I should be thankful

Minutes ago, I was reading the French news (Le Monde) and I was searching for some articles on homosexuality.

One article had actually caught my attention: This 22 year-old successful kid: Guillaume - not his real name (pronunciation: gooee-yomm), who is gay, reveals his story about his life at the lycée (high school). Guillaume is very opened about his sexual orientation when he was in the école since the age of 8. Nevertheless, his friends and teachers are also aware of his gay life. But one thing that hurts him most is that his peers often insult and tease him and his teachers are all towards disapproving his lifestyle. Guillame had attempted suicide twice just because he couldn't accept the insults made by the people around his environment. Although he is a top-student who always gets the best exam results in class and a model student (just like me), but he has to live in the closet and suffer in darkness for the rest of his life. His choice: Not to reveal his sexual orientation to his colleagues today.

Well, after reading this, I find Guillaume is sailing in the same boat as I am, but he faces discrimination almost everyday at school, and today, he stands strong and successful. Out of the 2,000 people in my school including teachers, only 3 discriminates my lifestyle, whilst others supported and gave me the encouragement to live. He should be the model to every gay men in this world.

Extrait:

« Jamais je ne révélerai mon homosexualité à mes collègues de travail ». Guillaume, 22 ans, prépare un bac professionnel. Il souhaite rester anonyme. « Je suis le deuxième d'une famille de trois enfants qui a vécu d'abord dans une petite ville du Lot-et-Garonne puis à Bordeaux. A 17 ans, j'ai fait deux tentatives de suicide. Déjà, vers l'âge de 8 ans, je subissais des quolibets de la part de mes copains de classe, qui me traitaient de pédé. Les profs étaient indifférents. On ne considère pas l'insulte homophobe de la même manière que l'insulte raciste. J'étais un enfant dit modèle, premier de la classe mais assez réservé. Les élèves ont dû me sentir comme une agression. Je suis devenu leur bouc émissaire. - Guillaume « n'arrivait pas à parler », alors, à 17 ans, il a craqué