treading a fine line

Another reason is sort of internal I guess, feeling like I don't deserve to identify with something. I am Malayali but it's not a community I'm comfortable in. This comes from the fact that I'm an expat, I can barely speak the language much less understand it. I don't practice the culture that much either. I feel disassociated from it, if that makes sense. I love the community and the people but often feel estranged. Any efforts of trying to get closer to that community is often mocked.

I don't fully fit in with the Queer community because of the fact that I'm religious and also because I'm aromantic instead of like gay or smth. There's a lot of internalized hatred within the community. It's even more complicated the other way around because identifying as asexual or aromantic isn't haram in islam, but identifying with any of the other LGBTQ+ labels is haram. Everythings so complcated T-T

- anonymous 13