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first i was going to the gym with my brother and he doesn’t know that im gay so i never really had the freedom to look at people there freely lol 😭

but once my brother stopped going in september 2024, i started going alone for the first time and i was anxious asf because i had never worked out alone before.

during my first exercise, this guy came to help me finish my last rep and then asked if we could work together on the machine. so i helped him too.

the problem is that i’m super introverted so the next sessions, even if i saw him, i wouldn’t talk to him at all😔

anyway after some days i stopped seeing him completely and thought maybe he changed gyms or something.

then summer 2025 came and suddenly i saw him again. we still never actually talked, just eye contact every session, but i noticed he always tried to help me during exercises since i train alone. and i did the same for him sometimes too. one day i even helped him with squats.

with time i started feeling weirdly attached to this guy even though i don’t even know his name😭

the last time i saw him was in september 2025. he finished his workout and while leaving the gym he blinked at me 😭😭😭

now i genuinely don’t know if he was just being nice or if there was something more and honestly i feel messy asf because i still think about him sometimes and i don’t even know if i’ll ever see him again😔

Hey everyone,

I wanted to reply to that comment about how Moroccans who marry gay men abroad just hide away and don't share their lives. As a Moroccan guy happily married to a local man in a Nordic country, I just wanted to give my perspective. It’s really not that we are hiding or looking down on the community, it’s just that our lives changed.

Years ago, when I was still living in Morocco, I used to check groups like this all the time. But once you actually move, settle down, and finally feel safe, your focus just shifts. Nowadays I’m busy looking for a good job, traveling, and just living life. I’m past that stressful phase, and honestly, I wish this exact same peace and happiness for everyone here.

To give you some background, I came to this country as a student. Coming from Morocco, the dating scene here was a shock in the best way possible. It’s so easy, safe, and straightforward to date gay men here. No passive-aggressiveness, no mind games, and people are just very simple and direct. Because people here grow up with decent childhoods without the trauma or violence a lot of us face back home, you really see the difference in how they handle relationships.

Honestly, dating was super easy for me as a foreigner. People really appreciated me, saw me as exotic, and I actually got way more attention than the locals themselves.

The way I met my husband was also surprisingly simple. I dated two people before him, and then I moved to a different city. Literally on my third day in the new city, I met him. At first, we didn't even know if we were dating or just friends. We just took it slow. After a couple of months I moved in, and by the next year, we were married.

Things are just simple and easy here when you're in the right environment. I’m not saying this to brag at all, I just want to give people some hope. We don't forget where we came from, but life moves forward. Keep pushing, and I hope you all get to experience a life where you feel safe, respected, and loved.

Hello

I just want to know if is just me or someone else but when i wear girls clothes i feel my self more btw just in my house and when no body around

Is anyone else have the same feeling share with me your story and some tasks to do too

to all the queer folks out there, I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way but I was just sat thinking about how the second my parents find out, they'll almost immediately turn their backs on me and it's not like I've got a good relationship with either one of them in the first place. I know problems aren't exclusive to me and although it may seem harsh, everybodys too worried about their problems to care about anyone else's let's not lie to ourselves; also I'm def not someone who can maintain or even navigate most social interactions and that's on me, which is like rubbing salt on a wound when you haven't even got a stable base (aka a stable family background) to bounce off of.

anyway long story short, it has just dawned on me how truly alone I am

my question is: how does accept a hard truth and move on from it? (don't sugarcoat things)

i've always wondered, what is queer people's occupations, like there's a stereotype but i'm not sure how deeply accurate it is, in which it says that most queer people usually pursue stuff computer science related, like being being developers and all, but idk what's y'all take on that?

Im 24y and im not having any sex until i get the hpv vaccin

Plzz those who never had sex get the vaccine although its a little expensive, 70€/700dh/shot you ll need three shots

Let me tell you,my story,

I didnt accept myslef being gay until 22y

I always loved men's bodies and attracted to men

But i feel guilty about it in the same time

So i never tried to date someone or have sex with a man, i had alot of oppurtinies.many expressed there interest im not like many who do things they like and in the same time feel guilty about it

Until 2 years ago i almost died frr and isaid to myself you almost died and never experienced initimacy,love i had to accept who i was and still at the end its.my life i have to live it

Downoalded dating.wached gay movies and said yeeh this is what ilike,.i always been insecure about it being gay bcuzz some ppl around guess that iam gay although i pass as straight

Embracing my identity let me become more confident, yes im.gay ilike myslef and if you know about it idc im not insecure about it anymore.

All this to.explain why inever dated and never had sex

Last summer imet someone i saw him.on timder started talking older than me 5 years 23y him 27y

Thats the.first kiss in.my life, it was just kissing and cuddling we dont talk anymore

Sorry if this text isn't structured, im.really sick.ihave vertigo yestreday and today not able.to.work just in my bed i vomit from time time

Admins just accepted me decide to write this

And also i created this account just to look for subs like this one, im not a regular reddit user i expected subs like this one exist.

Plzz be kind in the comments and tell what you think

It genuinely makes me disgusted seeing jokes invented by homophobes become normalized and laughed at within queer spaces too. I hate it whenever someone says some hateful ass joke, especially here in Morocco so many ppl in the community are trying to fit into the social norms. It makes me feel even lonelier like I don’t belong anywhere.

Hello everyone, for some context, I (21 MtF) have known that I'm trans since i was 12yo (there were signs before). I've only started coming out to a few very close and trusted IRL friends like a year ago, they have been very supportive despite some of them not fully understating it.

However, I've been coming out to people online long before that, and I can say that it's still very hard to get accepted, even amongst "LGBT" people, a lot of queer people in Morocco still exclude trans people, thinking that being Homosexual is normal or justified while being trans isn't.

Another thing is that people expect you to look like a woman as a trans woman, they forget that we live in a conservative society, most of us have families or still live with them, and even if we didn't, just going outside isn't safe.

I'm happy to hear everyone's thoughts and experiences.

I’m not Moroccan, but I recently read Salvation Army by Abdellah Taïa. I wanted to ask: to what extent does the book reflect the social atmosphere and everyday reality of the period in which it’s set (I’m guessing the 1980s–1990s)?

Hi everyone,

We’re a Moroccan/ Finnish married gay couple planning a trip to Morocco, mainly Agadir and Marrakech. We’re still thinking things through and had a few questions, especially about practical stuff and safety.

For hotels/riads, is it generally fine for a married couple to book and stay in the same room without issues? Or do some places expect separate rooms
What is your experience, especially in Agadir and Marrakech?

Would appreciate honest advice or personal experiences. Thanks!

Hey everyone

Please if there's anyone mn Rbat ( all genders ) li kan , please dm me I need friends ( online , hang out ...)

Wa lakom wassi3 nadar ❤️

It’s sad how I made this account just to get this out of my chest and delete it after a few days for obvious reasons.
I just turned 18 and it hit me that I’ve genuinely never experienced love in any way. No relationship, no talking stage that actually went somewhere, nothing. I know 18 is still young, but being alone your whole life starts to weigh on you after a while.
Hookups have never really been my thing either. I don’t want random validation or sex just for the sake of it, I want something meaningful. I want someone who actually likes me romantically, someone I can connect with emotionally and feel safe with.
What makes it harder is how oversexualized we are. A lot of tops seem to only see us sexually, like we’re desirable physically but not someone they’d genuinely want to love or date seriously. And after seeing that over and over, it starts making you wonder if real connection is even possible sometimes.
Without mentioning how cautious you should be not giving your socials and stuff.

We the gays love to spill tea and gossip, BUT PLEASE THIS HABBIT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, even if the one who asks you about a specific person is your friend tryna get to know somebody, always tell them "i have no clue" w mridna ma3ando bas, you ain't God to show them the right from the wrong, sometimes we think by being open and helpful to our friends and telling em the truth about people we're protecting em but in fact you will be the bad guy by the end.

I did something i regretted doing but it's too late now i just hope it won't get to that dude. Months ago, i was friends with this dude living nextdoors and we vibed for months and months and i knew he was in GRINDR all day everyday, so i gave him a lil advice for his safety, i told him be careful there are some hiv+ people here, and everyday since then he was pressuring me to know who until i told him who but i made him promise me to never tell him or insult him cuz that hiv+ dude was an old dude i used to know as "friends" but i stopped being friends with him cuz he was just a bad influence. Time went by and me and this new dude had a fight and broke our friendship cuz he was nothing but a narcissitic who is insecure and hating other queer people even tho he himself is gay.

FUCK I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD HIM ABOUT THAT DUDE w khayf laywslha lih, i don't think he would do so cuz he'd be scared i'd out him if he did so BUT I JUST FUCKING HATE HOW WE THINK WE ARE HELPING EM STAY SAFE MEANWHILE WE ARE JUST RUINING OURSELVES.

the reason why i wrote this post was just to tell y'all سبق الميم ترتاح everyday all day. 3amrak t3ti lbnadam ras lkhayt 3la bndam khor wla 3la rask.

Have a good night!

I wanna preface this by saying I have zero issues with foreign languages, not what this is about!

I've recently had this realization that I've seen very few ( positive ) discussions about queer issues in our own vernacular.

I watched this moroccan movie recently, called المحݣور ما كيبكيش. It's not exactly a movie about being gay, more about poverty/vulnerability/social injustice. However the main character is ( probably? ) shown to be gay. But just visually and it is not talked about.

This got me thinking, what would us queer people, speaking about our queer issues b darija sound like? I say this because of the few openly LGBTQIA+ Moroccan people I've chanced upon on social media, the conversation is most frequently in English, sometimes in French. And in speaking, they sometimes express some ideas about self love and therapy and such that aren't unlike the Netflix shows I was seeing when I was younger, which isn't bad, but I can't imagine what we would say if we tried speaking about these issues b darija.

Again, not a bad thing, but it just leaves me wishing to see this representation out there, somewhere. I've never found any good queer Moroccan movie matalan. I've seen "Le bleu du caftan" which was fine but, in addition to sometimes feeling like it was made for foreign audiences ( some scenes look a touch out of place for Moroccan reality ) it also had this "show and don't speak" approach, where the queerness is only felt in hints and subtleties except for when they flat out said tanbghik.

I'd love to know what you guys think about this!

Je me définis comme bisexuel, mais je me pose constamment des questions sur ma sexualité, au point que ça me détruit mentalement parfois. Surtout quand je pense à la mentalité marocaine et à la religion. Heureusement, je suis loin du Maroc maintenant, je vis en France.

J’ai rencontré un mec français sur Tinder. Il est venu chez moi, on s’est embrassés, il m’a saucé 😅 et honnêtement j’ai ressenti du plaisir. Mais on n’est pas allés plus loin. Et depuis, je me pose la question : est-ce que je suis capable d’aller plus loin ou pas ?

Le problème aussi, c’est que j’ai l’impression qu’il cherche surtout des plans cul et pas quelque chose de sérieux. Et moi-même, je ne sais pas si je peux continuer comme ça ou non 😭

Et il y a aussi le côté religion et famille… Même si je m’éloigne de plus en plus de la religion, j’ai toujours ça dans la tête et je pense aussi à ma famille.

How to deal with a straight (like she says ) girl who keeps doing some stuff that I as a lesbian take as attention or interest because that’s the type of interactions I have with girls that are interested, but for her I know she’s not (almost sure) cause yeah she likes dudes… but I can’t help but keep thinking about it and analysing it and it drives me crazy but at the same time I know I shouldn’t and yeah we’re good friends BUT I CANT CONTROL IT, if anyone wanna hear me vent about it in details then give me some advice I’d be glad.

So yeah, Im just gonna be straight up about it lol.

Family pressure is getting real heavy lately and tbh Im at that age where la famille wont stop with the "wakha imta nfr7ou bik ?" and "3andek chi wahda f hyatk?" Like bro please leave me alone ...

So Ive been thinking about a lavender marriage. You know, finding someone in the same situation, a girl who is dealing with the same pressure, and just… making a deal. We protect each other, we can be besties, and everybody goes home happy.

Idk it sounds crazy written out like that but honestly when you think about the alternative, it makes a lot of sense. C bien dmg Ma3andich lha9 to just be myself openly f bladna, so this feels like the most realistic option rn.

Not looking for anything romantic obv, just someone cool, trustworthy, someone you can actually build a decent life with even if its not the conventional way. Respect and honesty over everything.

Anyone here actually done this or currently looking for something similar?