The movie "Love You Simon" is on fire.
The story of high school boy Simon being "accidentally" coming out of the closet and finding true love has moved hundreds of millions of viewers.
After watching the movie, it was dusk, the sky was bleak, but my heart brightened.
Simon has lived the look that all his friends dream of, which makes people envious.
Even more striking is that "Love You Simon" is a milestone in American gay movies . It is the first mainstream gay movie produced and released by a mainstream Hollywood film producer and screened in 2402 theaters across the United States at the same time. It is classified as a PG13 mainstream gay movie .
As long as you are over 13 years old, you can buy a ticket to enter the venue. There are theaters lined up on both the east and west coasts and the central inland. You can watch it wherever you want.
After more than 70 years of equal rights struggles, most Americans have finally shown great tolerance towards gay groups.
But what about Chinese comrades on the other side of the ocean?
Being treated as a pervert, porn mania, AIDS person.
70 years back.
One day after eating hot pot, my friend picked up a piece of shrimp slip and shouted, "Now the world has changed. There are more people who support homosexuality, but people who oppose homosexuality are scolded badly."
Fortunately, through the fog, my friend could not see the expression on my face.
I really want to say that you don't realize the despair of confirming that you are gay for the first time, you can't feel the perverted pain of being pointed at your nose, and you can't understand the panic when you come out to your parents.
But I resisted it.
Because there is no empathy in this world, they don't know how painful it is unless the needle pierces others .
In "Love You Simon", the mother comforts Simon:
"Being a homosexual is your own business, and it feels like you can only bear it alone."
This is absolutely true.
China’s tens of millions of friends, from childhood to adulthood, endured the severe pain and walked forward without saying a word, no one came to sniff .
In 2005 , you were in the second year of junior high school.
The talent show "Super Girl" is in full swing.
There is a group of boys in the class who don't like to learn. They often discuss which girl in the class has the biggest breasts. You gave them a stern look and continued to write the third major topic of the physics paper.
You are introverted and are often teased by naughty boys. Someone reaches out from behind and touches your chest. Someone deliberately pulls out the valve core of your bicycle tire. You dare not fight back. You can only wipe away your tears and push the car home.
You are most afraid of physical education, and even more afraid of the teacher calling your name and letting you come up to demonstrate. Whether it's volleyball, basketball, or standing long jump, you can't do it well.
In the laughter of your classmates, you blushed, rubbed the corners of your clothes, and broke your heart.
You have never told anyone about these unbearable past. Unlike Simon, he has considerate parents and childhood sweethearts.
And you, only you .
In 2008 , you were in your first year of high school.
There was a big earthquake in Wenchuan, and Beijing opened the Olympic Games.
At school, you met the first boy you like—Aye at the same table.
He is not tall, has thick calves, and has two dimples when he laughs. He looks a bit like the actor Du Tianhao.
In math class, he leaned on your shoulder; in physical education class, he taught you to take the ball; occasionally when you come back from the toilet, there is an extra Dove in the pencil case, you know, he bought it for you specially.
At that time you were still using Nokia's small black screen phone to send text messages. In order to save money, you make up 70 characters before clicking send. Every time you receive a text message from him, you are so happy, even if he just asks which English text you recite.
In high schools where puppies are forbidden, boys like boys, which is even more sinful. Your love affair with him ended without a disease, and he has become a lifetime pain in your heart.
Unlike Simon, there is still a chance to drive far away with someone you like.
You finally realize that you are gay.
In 2013 , you were in your sophomore year.
Apple mobile phones are popular, Weibo and WeChat are on the rise.
In the four-person dormitory, when you go to bed and go to the table, you deliberately put a curtain on the side of the bed to prevent the GV from being discovered.
Seeing that your roommate has changed four or five girlfriends, you feel anxious.
You throw away Nokia and replace it with Huawei. You find a small blue in the Android application market, click it after downloading, and the colorful avatars are arranged one by one. The people in it are the same as you, and they all like men.
You seem to have found a life-saving straw, overjoyed.
Simon also saw the Blue who posted the post, so coincidentally, it was all related to blue .
Although you have registered for an account, you dare not upload photos for fear of being recognized by gay classmates around you, ridiculed and scolded by others.
In this way, GV and Xiaolan spent four years in college with you.
In 2017 , the second year of work.
The popularization of 4G technology has led to the rise of mobile phone live broadcasts.
You finally saved enough money to buy the latest iPhone. There are a few colorful little software in the phone, but you are still a single dog.
People you know get married one after another, you have been a best man 3 times , and 6 wedding wines. Whenever someone asks about your situation, you always say that it's good to be single.
Secretly scolded, what a JB.
You are accustomed to opening small software in the middle of the night, "Look at your big XX?" "About X?" More than a dozen foul language greeted your eyes, unsightly. You sigh softly, and cross out the hungry strangers.
On the live broadcast software, you followed a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, just because he looks a bit like Ah Ye. Every night, you listen to his nonsense and fall asleep in a hurry.
On the day of 520, a girl with a sweet smile was drunk and took the opportunity to confess to you. You hugged her and cried and said: "If I like girls, it would be great . "
The girl smiled boldly: "What type of man do you like, I will introduce you to you."
Just like Simon and Leah, who had a crush on him, smiled and confessed .
In 2018 , you quit your job and went to Beijing to start a business.
"Idol Trainee" and "Creation 101" bombarded the screen one after another, and the "yin and yang contract" overturned the entire entertainment circle.
As the year is approaching, your parents continue to urge you to marry, you finally can’t stand it and you decide to come out .
On a rainy night, you stand in the middle of the living room, uttering your heartfelt words every word.
When you talk about the word "homosexual" , a thunderstorm rolls past the window, tearing up the cold night.
You can't forget the tears on your mother's face, let alone the twitching corners of your father's mouth because of anger, you lowered your head, grabbed the door and left, letting the rain pour on your face.
You came out 10 years later than Simon. Simon's parents feel guilty for not caring about their children, and your parents think you are embarrassing them.
Later, staying up late and sudden death frequently appeared in your circle of friends. You were shocked and changed the habit of going to bed late.
"I can't be single before I die."
Someone on Weibo said:
"Some things that seem to be right can only be reached by climbing over a mountain. In China, we are all climbing on this mountain where the peak cannot be seen at a glance."
We are not Simon, we do not have his parents, friends and classmates, but this is not the reason why we are willing to fall.
As everyone knows, freedom and equality are never achieved overnight.
From Dr. Kinsey’s research on sexual behavior, to the establishment of the Gay Liberation Front in 1969, to the 21st century’s legalization of same-sex marriage, after more than 70 years of bloody struggle, the gay people in the United States are today.
If you remain silent, let alone 70 years, 700 years later, the future homosexuals will still be in the quagmire of yesterday, without change.
What we have to do is to let more people know about our existence .
As Lu Xun said:
"If you can do things, you can make a sound. There is a bit of heat, and a bit of light. It makes it like a firefly, or it can emit a little light in the dark, without waiting for the torch."
Let more people know that homosexuality is not a pervert, not a sex mania, nor is it a person with AIDS.
Like you, we are ordinary people who cry and laugh.
I hope that 50 years later, Chinese friends can also enjoy love and happiness like Simon.
May that day come sooner, and hope that the one you love will also love you.
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