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When arranged marriage conflicts with sexual identity

My Islamic family arranged my marriage and I'm gay and getting married next month and I keep thinking about what it means to build a life on a lie this big.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The self fractures under the impossible weight of honoring family while betraying essence.

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“Where Are You with Religion and sexuality?”

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