Forced marriages of LGBT people are a human rights abuse.

A groom with henna dyed patterns on his hands, wears a traditional handmade garland on his wrist, as he waits for his wedding to start, during a mass marriage ceremony organized by the Pakistan Hindu Council in Karachi, Pakistan, January 6, 2019. (Image: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)

There is a saying in eastern culture that a stone looks good where it belongs. And indeed I never thought I would come to the United States, at age 41, to come out and live my life openly as a gay man…