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Taren and Musa Story

Their story is similar to Khalid. The couple from Syria is now living a happy life in Toronto after contacting Outward LGBT Community.
In Syria, they had lived in secret and they had kept their relationship in the closet. Being gay is a criminal offence in Syria. Taren and Musa lived in constant fear if anyone found out.
Eventually, they decided to reach out to Outward LGBT community to help them relocate to a new country where they can be free to live out their relationship and grow old together happily.
In Toronto, they were allocated an apartment and are now safe and proud of their relationship. They are very grateful for Outward LGBT Community for making…

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Khalid Story

Khalid was initially from Russia. Gay men were being tortured and being beaten to death. Through reports by Irina Gordienko and Elena Milashina, stories of the horror unfolding in Chechnya, Russia reached the entire world.
The Novaya Gazeta reported that they were indeed evidence that gay men were being tortured and killed in Russia. Outward LGBT Community immediately reached out to the Russian LGBT network to set up safe houses or people who managed to escape the anti-homosexual purge.
Khalid was one of them. He took a leap of faith and contacted Outward LBGT Community.
He was afraid that the community might be working with the police. Today, he is living a…

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Sally Story

Sally understood she was different right from an early age and she accepted it. When she turned 16, Sally’s mother died and she was forced to go live in the street. Being a lesbian, she was discriminated and underwent brutality.
She reached out to Outward LGBT Community in 2018, to help her move from Barbados. We settled her in the Canada. Sally says that when he first arrived in the Canada she was so excited. She was connected with so many people who were going through the same situation as her. She was also linked with several resources that helped her deal with anxiety and depression. She has so many resources to help her settle in the new environment.
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