Not only did I suffer from hiding my affection for those of my gender, I also tried to persuade myself that I was straight and that my love for them was simply friendship. For Isis, love has been a history of unbearable suppressed feelings. Tuan said he suffered from a similar identity crisis, and at one time indulged in extensive and risky pleasures because he hoped to get HIV and quickly die from AIDS in order to end the pain of self-denial. Tang has been accused of discouraging lesbians from taking his classes. But there are still subtle forms of prejudice against gays.
Activists say there are only two universities that have gay and lesbian clubs.
Other universities use various excuses to prohibit them, such as claiming that the clubs would fail to attract participation or that there are already too many extracurricular clubs on campus. Certain religious schools reportedly spy on Internet campus bulletin boards to monitor gatherings of homosexual students and destroy such club notices. Surviving high school Survival for homosexual high school students can be even tougher. Exacerbating the problem of intolerance is Taiwan's extremely poor sexual and gender education, not to mention the lack of education on diversity in sexual orientation. We have no official textbooks that discuss homosexuality.