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Facing persecution and discrimination — even from his own family — Esmail had known for a long time that he had to get out of Yemen. | The spectre of remaining in the Middle Eastern country where he was born guaranteed a miserable, closeted existence. And that was the best-case scenario. | “I realized once I was five years old that it was bad to be gay, and it was forbidden in the religion and society,” says the 35-year-old, who now lives halfway across the globe in Winnipeg. | “I was depressed and afraid from (an) early age.”
Facing persecution and discrimination — even from his own family — Esmail had known for a long time that he had to get out of Yemen. The spectre of remaining in the Middle Eastern country where he was

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