In Bangladesh, LGBTQ individuals are forced to pay an unbearable price. The laws, religion, and social customs all conspire to fuel hatred and discrimination against them. Most queer people live their lives hiding their true identities—consumed by fear, loneliness, and silent anguish.
Being cut off from their families, losing employment opportunities, facing social hostility and contempt—these are their daily realities. Those who dare to come out often endure physical abuse, threats, or even murder.
In Bangladesh’s cultural framework, same-sex love is socially unaccepted and legally criminalized, leaving their love and their lives perpetually unsafe. For them, dignity and basic rights remain out of reach.
To transform this oppressive reality, the nation and society must stand together—with awareness, empathy, and humanity.
