This story originally appeared on Alma. After I came out as a lesbian, my mother embraced me with open arms. She loved me, and this didn’t change that. But she knew — and I knew — that I had to leave my gayness at the door when entering Bukharian… Read more »
I’m a lesbian Bukharian Jew. Can I exist?
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