He Said, "Teacher I am that Person"

In China, I was aware that people are still a bit closed minded about "gay thing". I talked to my colleague about it and she just immediately said, well it's so sad but people still see that being a gay is an unacceptable thing. I then adjusted my expectations and careful not to bring up the topic again. I have been with few gay friends in the Philippines and most of the time it's so easy to spot a gay back at home since most of them are cross dressers. They even have long hairs and wear very sexy skirts while "shopping" at big malls like SM City Mall or Ayala Center Cebu. In China it's so hard to tell since they don't even have the freedom to show otherwise they would be discriminated and the worst scenario would be losing their friends and family.
Few weeks ago, while I was on the bus, a student sat beside me and asked to see my ipod touch.
He browsed though all my videos and when he finished he commented,
"You don't have Lady Gaga videos?"
"Not even Beyonce, or Britney Spears?"
"You're list is not updated." He continued.
I was a little surprised why he was asking for all those female videos. But I didn't put any thoughts about it. When I arrived in school I turned on my pc and logged in to qq. The moment I got online, he sent a quick hello then a question, "Have you met any gay in China?"
I said, "No. Why do you know anyone here?
He said "Of course, I have gay friends in Shanghai and Nanjing."
He asked other questions about what my opinion about being a gay then I tried to clearly stay away from the topic and just said, "some people are gays and some are not, some people accept them and some people don't."
Our conversation went on and on, then it was getting late so we said our goodbye. (88)
The following day I met him in class and he told me, "Teacher, I am that person we were talking about on qq."
I said, "What? are you serious?"
He said, "You should know when I asked you about Lady Gaga, Britney and Beyonce."
"Oh, I see." The only phrase I could say.
"Yes, I am a gay and does it surprise you that much? You're so naive. There are gays in China and I just happen to be one."