I've never been raped, and I've never been in anything remotely approaching a Burmese prison. But as a gay American, I've experienced prejudice and even hatred, and I've forged meaning and I've built identity, which is a move I learned from people who had experienced far worse privation than I've ever known.
Nunca he sido violado, y nunca he estado en nada que se aproxime a una cárcel birmana, sin embargo, como gay estadounidense, he sido víctima de prejuicios y hasta de odio, y he forjado sentido y construido identidad, que es algo que aprendí de personas que han experimentado privaciones mucho peores de las que yo haya conocido.