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This is one place in the world where you islamabad to avoid being openly gay at all costs! The British initially introduced Pakistan's anti-gay laws in the Pakistan Penal Codewhich criminalized homosexuality with a possible prison sentence. However, following gay from the British inand as part of the subsequent Islamification of Pakistan, the Parliament took this one massive scary bar further by not only punishing homosexuality with a year prison sentence, but in addition, with a whipping sentence of up to lashes, or worse, a possible the capital sentence — gay stoning!

Whilst we've never visited Pakistan yet! In this interview, Salman tells us what life is really like in Pakistan for the gay community along bar some invaluable practical tips for any LGBTQ travelers wishing to visit. For a similar interview, be sure to gay check out our article about gay life in Iran.

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I was born and grew up in in Karachi — the largest city in Pakistan. I also work as a customer support representative. Yes, I was quite open to many of my acquaintances, most of my immediate bar, and many islamabad my followers on social media.

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I was one of the few and only openly gay people in Pakistan. Sadly we don't have many queer people in Pakistan who are open about being gay because culturally, religiously, islamabad socially, we gay a very conservative society that does not talk about or accept these things! My close friends accepted me for who I am and we remain bar today.

Sadly, there were also a few ex! In relation to my family, I'm not fully out to them. I have some extended family members living in Canada and the UAE who got to know about me from social media. Some of them scolded me for bringing shame to our culture, our country, and our gay Nearly all of them shunned their relationship with me to such an extent that none of them ever wanted to even talk or even associate themselves with me!

THAT was something I don't think I will ever recover from, but it's definitely made me a stronger person. After years of hard work, I was finally able to make the big step, which I'm super proud of. However, since leaving Pakistan and getting involved with LGBTQ activism, my friends back home told me that it would not be safe for me to return.

There are some influential bar who filed a defamation case against me in the Pakistani Courts who've also been sending islamabad threats online, citing Pakistan's draconian blasphemy and anti-gay laws! Obviously, I do want to return one day to Pakistan one day — it is, after all, my homeland!

In the meantime, I am happy that I'm able to live my life freely in the USA whilst being a positive role model for the next generation of queer Pakistanis going through the same thing that I did.