I got beaten up at university because I’m gay, and the university decided it was my fault
The Middle East feels like a place God made to be hell for everyone. I was just sitting at uni during a break between classes, scrolling through cat videos. Out of nowhere, a guy comes up to me, absolutely furious. He points at my phone case and snaps, "What is this?"
I asked him why he was asking, but he didn't answer. He just grabbed my phone, smashed it on the ground, and started hitting me. Security stepped in pretty quickly and took us to the Dean’s office. There, I had to listen to the Dean tell me that I was the one in the wrong for "promoting homosexuality."
He said he was being "lenient" by only giving me a warning instead of expelling me. I didn't even tell him I was gay; I told him I didn't even know what the colors on the case meant.
I asked about the guy who broke my phone and attacked me for no reason, and the Dean just said, "You provoked him, so deal with the consequences."
I can't take this anymore. I’m losing my mind and I just need to get out of this place by any means possible.