Tag: EmrahJusufoski
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GAY AND BULLETPROOF
“I became a walking weapon. Not the kind that hurts people, but the kind that withstands. Each moment of pain, every insult, every betrayal, they didn’t break me—they forged me into something stronger. The more I endured, the more I realized: I was still here. Still breathing. Still standing. And that was the turning point.…
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I Had to Burn Everything to the Ground to Rebuild Myself
The first time I saw my own reflection and didn’t recognize the person staring back, I knew something had changed. Not in a small way—not in the way a new haircut or a different city does. No, this was deeper. Like watching a house burn down and realizing you were the one who struck the…
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Fuck the System, I’m Building My Own
They never wanted me to win. Let’s start there. From the very beginning, the world told me to fall in line, play by their rules, and accept my place. But their rules were never made for someone like me. Their system wasn’t designed to support a gay kid abandoned at 16, left to fend for…
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The Gay Orphan Who Refused to Stay in the Shadows
There’s a version of my story where I disappear. Where I accept my fate, fade into the background, and let the world have its way with me. Where I let the people who abandoned me win. But that’s not this story. That will never be my story. Because I refused to stay in the shadows.…
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Silenced, Banned, Erased—And Yet, Here I Am
They tried to erase me. They shut down my voice, my platform, my presence. They whispered that I was too much, too loud, too defiant. They wanted me gone. They failed. I’ve been banned, shadowbanned, kicked out, shut down, erased from spaces I built with my own hands—all because I refuse to be anything less…