I’m gay.

It boggles my mind that there are people in the world who harbour so much hate for people like me. There are people out there who don’t want us to live, who want to see us dead, who actually kill us, and who don’t have much remorse when we die.

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Pulse nightclub after the attack. Image via Getty.

But it especially pains me to think of the closeted men who were killed last night—especially young gay men who had to live in secrecy because they weren't sure they would be accepted by anyone. I picture their families and loved ones wondering, grappling with their realisations that they were gay, hoping that they would have loved them all along. I know what it's like to have to party in secret.

Australians held vigils to remember the victims. Image via Getty.

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