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Irteza

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a year ago

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Posted On: August 21st 2025, 09:11 pm

I keep getting messages saying how am I so strong & if I’m honest I’m really not :/ this is probably me a lot of nights, I think recently it’s been hitting a lot harder seeing those around me starting families and moving forward but feeling stuck myself; reconciling faith, sexuality, culture it’s not easy & I don’t think it ever will be if I’m honest .
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#queer #southasian #muslim #lgbt #faith #sexuality #religión #queermuslims

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a month ago

soraiyavalentine

😢😢😢🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

8 months ago

shakemalhotra

"Grieving the life that could have been." I've never heard it said this precisely and it stopped me completely. As a queer South Asian woman I know this grief intimately not one loud moment of loss but a quiet, ongoing mourning for the version of yourself that was never allowed to exist. The strength people see isn't the absence of that grief. It's learning to carry it and live fully anyway. Sending you so much love. 🖤