“My Experience of Being a Queer Chinese Immigrant in New Zealand”
China Pride Festival organiser and AUT student Arajoe Xi tells us how ‘colourful’ Aotearoa helped her embrace her inner rainbow.
“在新西兰成为酷儿华裔移民的经历”
有幸参加这次的采访，在这里来分享一下我身为一个中国lgbtq群体在新西兰生活的经历。
首先自我介绍一下，我是Arajoe Xi，今年20岁，正在AUT读视觉传达设计，也同样是一个兼职的平面设计师，我2016年跟随父母来到新西兰，刚来时我上高中，也正在处于自己的性取向探索阶段，所以可以说我的青春期基本上是在新西兰度过的。
其实早在很小的时候就察觉到自己会对同性产生好感，但是我也不确定那是不是真正的爱情。看到这边高中，会有一些和自己同性伴侣骄傲的在学校牵着手，甚至在学校的心里咨询室也会有彩虹旗的标示，这时候的我逐渐开始了解一些国外的一些同性恋文化和历史。
有时候我也会在街上一些商店门口贴有彩虹标示，心里充满感动，有时候由衷的感觉新西兰真的是个很自由很开放的国家啊，在这里人们可以做自己想做的事情，爱自己想爱的人，这与从小到大接触到的中国保守文化很不一样。
关于出柜。我的出柜还算顺利，在高中我已经强烈的感觉到我果然还是喜欢同性的时候，一次偶然的聊天，和我妈妈坦白了这一切，第一次出柜，我哭了，当时喜欢的日本女孩子要回国了，当时的我非常消沉，决定和我妈坦白这一切，她也接受了，但是她还是认为这可能是发生在朋友之间的喜欢。不过这也是不意外的，我的妈妈一直和我无话不谈，就像好朋友那样的相处模式，所以我出柜的顺利还算是在意料之中的。
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