He shook his head. "At home, it was not considered acceptable either. No, I am not opposed, how could I be? Freedom is important, for everyone, though I think most people here do not understand fully what a gift it is. What business is it who one loves? Certainly not the State's, nor anyone else's."

"It is just - in some ways, I think it is more difficult to love, or to feel something for a man than a woman. There is much more at stake."