Hello everybody. My name is Mohammad, and I have recently reconciled with the fact that I am not as straight as I had originally thought. I'm interested in politics, sport and the biological sciences. Many of my friends and family are muslim, but not many are practicing. I live in a town where homosexuals are depicted in the most horrible and degrading stereotypes imaginable. Even people who are supposedly 'open' cringe at people doing certain things that they think to be gay. I've always been strongly and vocally against this discrimination, but after realizing that I was attracted to men, a lot of it has really hit me hard. A few close friends of mine know, but I'm strongly tentative to tell anyone beyond them at this point. I stumbled upon this website while looking for advice from people who've already gone through the problems I'm in. I hope I can get this advice and also be of help to all of you if you have any problems I've faced in the past. I look forward to meeting you all.
Welcome Mohammed, it's terrible that even in today's society that there are still so many people that still think being gay is a sin and bad things will happen to you. Try and be proud of your sexuality and help and advice is right at your finger tips now, and I hope that you*manage to find guidance on the forums
