1781: Anonymous LGBTQ+ Atheist from Egypt on Atheism, Bisexuality, Religious Persecution, Family Abuse, and LGBTQ+ Rights
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/10/30
“I do not know when I found out that I was an atheist, but I think this started when I was a child. The subject started to gradually grow, especially since I was the only child of my mother.”
“So, I started over time to ask myself why God does not help me get rid of this torment. I was praying to him over and over. I was a lonely, lonely girl with no friends. I was thinking a lot.”
“So when I became 16-years-old, I started looking for ‘Why God does not stand beside the weak people like me?’ I started looking into the religions. Until I discovered after more than 4 years of research that God is just an illusion.”
“Society did not accept the idea of atheism easily, especially (you know) that it is crazy to stand in a street yelling and say, ‘I’m atheist.’ That is impossible in an Islamic country like Egypt.”
“There was a friend on Facebook who claims to be an atheist and loves me and wants to marry me. I felt I finally found myself and told him about my beliefs. But I was naive. He took a screenshot from my posts, knew that I was an atheist and bisexual and sent it to my family.”
“So, the neighbors began to bully me and threatened me. They accused me of being a prostitute. I tried to deny that I was an atheist, but they believed the man who cheated me.”
“I left my family’s home for fear of the threat and now live with my friend in Cairo. Every time, I go to Alexandria. I visit my mother. I feel threatened.”
“Religious authority has now tightened its grip on society. I have been suffering and still suffer. My society thinks that women are less than human. They know that I love women more than men, so my mom hates me because of that.”
“The situation is not capable of being reformed at the moment. Rather, the reform in their view is to put us in mental hospitals or imprison us. It can reach the point of murder.”
“The Internet was the only outlet for us to express our ideas and some of the associations that we intended to open. But the new law of organizations and associations closed the ports in our face. Now, in the Middle East, it is difficult to speak freely, even on the Internet because the government is watching you all the time.”
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