Although all my friends in Australia know about my sexual orientation, I haven't come out to my parents in China.
My coming out experience is very different from his. His mother said, 'I knew it for a long time! Do you want me to tell the rest of the family for you? So that you don't have to say it again. 'Fully coming out' and 'half coming out'īorn and raised in Australia, Paul came out to his parents at an early age. Of course, there have been quarrels, as well as the distress, joys, and embarrassment caused by cultural differences.īut overall, it is our differences that help us get to know, and like each other, better. We spent a long time living together in lockdown.
That was three and-a-half years ago - and we've been together ever since.
When I first came to Australia to study, I met Paul* on a dating app.Īfter several dates, we just felt right.
