{"id":416,"date":"2012-05-05T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/?guid=d167464cb20563bc36dcdbaf69dc9093"},"modified":"2014-02-25T23:37:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T23:37:28","slug":"about-me-and-the-blog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2012\/05\/about-me-and-the-blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me and the Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I know there must be quite a few blogs like this on the web, but I’ve never come across one by a Bangladeshi, so I thought I’d write one myself.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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A little bit of background on me.<\/span><\/h4>\n


<\/span>I’m a bisexual Bangladeshi guy, 21 years old, Muslim, currently living and studying in England. <\/span>I was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but my family moved abroad in the early 90’s when I was still very young. Since then, it’s been a lot of back and forth between various countries around the world, with a few years spent in Bangladesh here and there. <\/span>

<\/span>As such, I’m aware that my life is not at all representative of the average Bangladeshi’s. I last left Bangladesh about 4 years ago, and I’ve always been closeted when I was there. I couldn’t tell you anything about the LGBT community in Bangladesh except for what I’ve found online. <\/span>However, over the past few months <\/span>I’ve been dealing with coming out to Bangladeshis, Muslims, and other people whom I once thought might <\/span>respond badly to my sexuality. <\/span>I’m writing with the hope that someone out there who’s circumstances intersect with mine will find my personal journey vaguely useful. I know when I was younger and really, really closeted, and frankly, really, really alone, a personal account like this would have been comforting to read. <\/span>

<\/span>While I’m aiming to write about mostly my personal experiences, my posts might be peppered with my opinions on various LGBT issues now and again. <\/span>I’m also keen on making this blog bilingual, but my written Bangla honestly isn’t great. I’ll try and do the same post in Bangla and English, but I doubt either post will be the same word for word. <\/span>

<\/span>And finally, I’m keeping myself and anyone I talk about anonymous for now. Details of dates, places and people will be vague.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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