Hello Tumblr, I am a homosexual. My name is waqar and This is my story.

I am a 21 year old student from Lahore, Pakistan. I came out of the closet about a year ago. Initially I told some close friends but it seemed that they failed to understand that it is not really a choice for me. I found out later that telling them was a mistake because since then I started receiving some threats on my facebook account and my email. Initially it was one or 2 messages that I did not pay much attention to but as it turns out the news spread from some of my friends to other people in my university where a local chapter of the extremist Muslim party (Jamat-ud-daawa) is very active. The first formal threat was issued 1 month ago when I was stopped in the university and taken to an empty place besides a campus building where I was slapped and pushed around and told to leave the university within 2 days. I went home that same day and came out to my parents looking for support. My mother since has been somewhat supportive however she fails to support me against my fathers wishes who feels I have betrayed him and my family and my religion and wont let me live in the house anymore. I have since stopped going to the university but the threats have increased up to a point where I cannot turn on my phone without receiving death threats in the form of text messages and phone calls. I have tried to contact the local authorities who have only subjected me to ridicule themselves and up till 2 days ago even refused to register an official complaint with the local police. I have tried to get in touch with some local members of the lgbt community but they cannot be of much help themselves. Everyone is afraid especially since the recent killings of people like me in the lgbt community in university campuses all over the city. I am afraid for my life and see no sign of support from friends family or the local authorities.

I have therefore decided to seek asylum.

I have sent countless emails, called and contacted many embassies, human right organizations and lgbt groups. I have heard many kind words of support however no instant way to get out of this place has been offered to me. The only possibility is to get asylum in Canada. Only embassy that has replied to me and will help me instantly. However they cannot help me until I get on a plane to Canada and reach there. Only then can I get asylum status.

I have been able to sell some belongings and scrape off some money to a total of 250$. However I need 1300$ atleast in total to cover a plane ticket and visa application. I am forced to ask all of you to help me in this scenario. I dont have paypal or any such services available where I am and no bank accounts are available to me. I have always been supported by my family and parents and never felt the need for that. Now that i have no one i’m at my wits end to figure out how to get this money. I am forced to plead to you and on other websites on the internet. The safest method and fastest to get money and buy a plane ticket with it I can think of right now is bitcoin.

This is the qr code.

My wallet address is : 1MiAzGzWgqw4WWCcwMHq2CcfFJQtxZHhB1

If there is anything you can send, no matter how little please do. I will try to repay your kindness with whatever I can. In return if i can help you with something please message me, I will be grateful and gladly work to repay you.

Thank you for taking the time out to read my story.