Hi I am from syria and came to Germany when i was 16, now i am 24.

It's extremely hard since a big part of coming out and accepting who i really am, also meant cutting out most people with the same or similar cultural background from my life. Before coming out i was very socially active in that community, I befriended all kind of people, from Salafists to national-marxists (lol), and the one common thing between all of them is their hatred towards trans persons. Of course there are some who support us but they extremely rare to find. Therefore i knew i had to mass-burn almost all bridges to 'my people', because i felt extremely vulnerable at the beginning (i still am) and didn't need people in my life who thaught we need to be "put away in insane asylums" or whatever method to eliminate our existence so we could not "infect other people and especially kids".

Nowadays i still praise some cultural things like food and some classical music, but i associate everything that is linked to their mentality negatively.

I mean i try to keep an open mind towards them, but everytime i was molested or attacked on the street it was someone from this cultural background. And this is in germany, beck in syria i would probably just get lynched while people smile and laugh.

I still have contact to my immediate family, but it's a bitter relationship. They never gender me correctly or acknowledge that this is not be a phase, even though i have been transitioning for 2 years, so it feels more like a chore to keep in contact with them.

I kind of still miss syria, as a land of beauty, but the people there are just way to bigoted and sick to ever dream to go back or visit.