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Fighting to Be Myself

Aramofen

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For years I fought to prove who I was. I was not the person they told you I was. I was me. Today I fight for a day when I can live as myself, without judgment being my people’s favorite pastime. I fight for a country where we make a habit of burning masks, not breaking hearts. Long live Iran. #جاویدشاه (Long live the Shah)

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