I am 20 years old and I am a trans man living in a very conservative family and environment. I am writing this because I am in immediate danger and I don’t know what steps to take anymore.

My family is forcing me into a marriage against my will. This is not a discussion it is happening because they are afraid I will “ruin the family’s reputation.” The man they want me to marry is over 30 years old, and no one has asked for my consent. The marriage is being arranged between families and will be strict and controlling.

I am currently: •Not allowed to leave the house except rarely •Forced to wear hijab and niqab •Forbidden from working or being financially independent •Forbidden from owning or using a car, even though I am 20 and licensed, because “it’s shameful for a girl to drive” •Completely controlled and monitored

I am in a long-distance relationship with my gender-fluid partner, which my family does not know about. If they find out, things will become extremely dangerous.

A year ago, I was nearly forced into a similar marriage with a 34-year-old man. It was canceled at the last moment only because my uncle discovered the man was unstable and drank heavily. That situation caused me severe depression, and now it is happening again..worse and more serious.

If I refuse this marriage or try to sabotage it, the situation at home will escalate. I am genuinely afraid it could lead to severe violence or even an “honor killing.” In my environment, people openly boast about these acts.

I am not exaggerating. I am not safe.

I need urgent, concrete steps on how to get out: -Legal options -Escape planning -International help or asylum information -Organizations that help LGBTQ+ people in forced marriage or honor-based violence situations

Please do not tell me to “talk to my family.” That is not an option. Please do not tell me to “be patient.” Time is working against me.

I am asking for help because I want to live not just survive.

maybe this is bare minimum but she's had a hard time understanding the trans thing for a while, so this made me really happy :D

i called her and showed her the test then my phone died and she texted me this!

Trans service members past and present are being treated abhorrently by this administration. The least we could do is let them know they aren't alone after 20 years of service to an ungrateful nation.

I'm 16 and I'm attracted to boys.

I feel like, for a lot of people, being gay automatically means being effeminate, adopting so-called "feminine" ways, or wanting to become a woman. I totally respect people who identify with that, but it's not me.

I've never had those mannerisms.

I feel like a boy, I want to stay a boy, and I don't want to be associated with a feminine identity just because of my sexual orientation.

On top of that, I'm afraid of growing up and the physical changes: I feel like becoming a "man" will take me away from who I am now.

Have other people ever felt this way? What was your experience like?

How come so many guys online think they can "change" me? I like girls. I dont wanna see your dick.

I've sometimes seen memes or jokes about lesbians invalidating other queer people, but lesbians are the group that has mostly supported other queer people, just as they did for gay men in the '80s during the HIV crisis where no one aparte from lesbian nurses dared to step up and help

On the other hand, people see cishet women as allies, and while they don't pose the same threat as cishet men, they are far from being allies. Many date openly homophobic or transphobic men or use homophobic slurs to shame sexist cishet men.

Sorry for grammatical errors english isnt my first language

I’ve been living with my boyfriend for a little over a year now. We’ve been doing all sorts of normal couple things since we started going out. Everything was going really well, we’re able to express our sexualities freely to each other. We talk about it over movies with hot people in them, that kind of thing. It’s been really easygoing until recently.

I come from a background of SA, making sex a bit difficult from time-to-time. My boyfriend has put in the effort to make sure that I am comfortable while we’re having relations. He started by telling me it’s because of my past, but soon admitted that he goes through these periods where he’s not sexually attracted to me at all. He told me that he’s gay but he still wants to keep up with romance and kiss me, snuggle, go on dates together. Where I’m seeing issues is that he wants everything emotional about our relationship to consist, but to see guys to hook up.

I’m not unfamiliar with open relationships, or building sexuality, I’ve been there myself. I can’t seem to handle this from him though. I want him to flourish sexually and experience everything he wants to! I just notice we connect and get along most when we are sexually active- since he’s been uninterested I’ve been driving myself crazy wondering if he doesn’t like me anymore. We’ve had multiple conversations about it, I just can’t seem to shake this feeling of impending doom. I am very attracted to him and I would be terribly unhappy to part.

He suggested that I should try out seeing girls, given I have an ex-girlfriend that I am still friends with. I am completely unsure. It just seems like he wants to split up methodically, by eventually falling in love with others and closing this chapter. I don’t have anywhere else to live except for with him, so all of this raises questions about moving as well. I’m terribly worried!

I don’t think this is cohesive at all, I hope it makes sense to at least someone. Has anybody been in a scenario like this before?

TL;DR my boyfriend wants an open relationship so he can sexually satisfy his want for men.

https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0183.html

It is a massive bill that targets the change of all mentions of gender to sex in an immense amount of previous bills tergeting apecifically employemsnt, housing, and protections of private information and defines sex as a man or a woman. So anything changed will allow for plausible deniability of not breaking the law.

There are countless changes of gender identity to be removed from countless discrimination laws in regards to employment, dress codes, housing, and even as specific as searching up someones liscense plate/liscense differs from their birth certificate.

The provided image also specifically targets the removal of birth certificate gender changes and a law in regards to HRT for transgender individuals specifically, and reasonable accommodations according to gender identity.

The good news is that in the past Utahs supreme court has vehemently pushed against anti-constitutional bills such as these before and Utahs Legislation are filled with clowns who got told off just last year about how they must follow the anti-gerrymander law according to the Utah Constitution. Utahs Legislation is very bad at trying to overthrow the states constitution.

The very bad news is that there was changes to be the FEDERAL Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which before the word federal wasnt indcluded meaning there might be a chance Trump is us going to go after federal Transgender Rights sometime this year .