A life, a story, a mirror

Re “Faith, family test gay Muslim,” Column One, Dec. 17

It was great to read this article on Aliyah Bacchus. I have gone through the same thing in my life, but with a different religion in the equation.

I am 39 years old and still feel much as Bacchus does ... split. People ask me how I can embrace a belief that tells me I will go to hell? I wonder that myself. I have a very strong mother who will not accept my partner. I can barely say my partner’s name in my mother’s presence.

I appreciate reading about another lesbian who is brave enough to be who she is -- despite the religious conditioning.

Raquel Burbank

Glendale