translation.en: I'd always told myself there's no reason to share that I was gay, but the idea that my silence has social consequences was really driven home this year when I missed an opportunity to change the atmosphere of discrimination in my own home state of Kansas.
translation.zh: 我曾一直告诉自己说 我没有理由分享我是同性恋的事实 沉默的社会效应 这个想法直到今年才闪入我的脑中 当时 我错过了一个在家乡堪萨斯州 改善歧视氛围的机会