Listen, they are alone at a crossroads. They’re not at home in their own home.

I could lose my parents’ love, the support from the society, my social standing, or I could even be discriminated against. I was afraid of this.

It might have been my first encounter with an LGBT person. What shocked me was that she lived a good life.

Empathy can’t solve everything. Many of the most pernicious problems are structural, not individual, and no amount of individual empathy can solve them.