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I have often wondered why they made the rainbow flag as the symbol of gay. The colors of the rainbow come from white, and each one of them look beautiful; however, being gay has not always brought me the light, the innocent feeling of white. The light has, instead, casted the shadow on my heart that I cannot move on until today, even though it has been two years since I was chased away from my dearest parents. I sometimes envy those gay couples who live in New York, or states that have already passed the law that admit same sex marriage; or the crowd that welcome same sex couples walking down the street like heterosexual couples do without contempt. Hong Kong has claimed that it is a cosmopolitan city the whole time, yet living in Hong Kong …show more content…

When I was four, I liked both pink and blue, I played Barbie dolls with the girls that lived next to us and toy cars with the boys on the street. I noticed that my mother sometimes looked at me like I was doing something wrong after I went to play with the girls. I asked my mother what had happened, but she remained silence. One night, I heard her crying in her room with her knees on the flood, crossing her fingers, mumbling “Oh, God...… Please, don’t let our little boy be the sinful one. Please forgive us, and lead us on to the right way.” I was hiding behind the door, and wondered to myself -- why was mother saying this to God? Who was God? Did I do anything that would make mom upset? After this incident, I stopped playing with the girls, but only the boys on the street. I went home, and I saw my mother having the approving smile on her face. I knew that I did something right, and she had never cried since …show more content…

I hold the question and all the wonders to myself, but I did not want to ask my teacher in front of the class because I felt that it was not the norm to say it during the class time. I went up to our class teacher, Mike, who was the most sincere Christian at the school to ask questions. For a moment, I almost thought Mike was going to pass out because his face turned white; he was shivering after listening to my doubts. After a while, he seemed to get himself back together; but instead of answering me, he closed his eyes, crossed his fingers, and prayed to himself. Mike prayed a long while that I nearly fell asleep, even though I was standing. He was finally done with his prayer, then he opened the drawer, took out the Bible, and turned to Leviticus 20:13, where it said, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their blood-guiltness is upon them.” I did not quite get the idea of what was it saying, yet I had the feeling that I should not have asked those questions. Mike refused to answer my questions, and waved me out of his

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