“Fear is the real virus.”

“I filled out the census form the other day. I ticked bisexual. I felt very warm because there is this option for sexuality and it’s great.”

“Do you really know yourself? Are you yourself, or are you just a projection of others?”

“The past year has been a particularly difficult time for the Chinese queer community, because we may face racial discrimination and LGBTQ+ discrimination. I hope people will continue to pay attention to and support Queer China UK, and that we will create a more equal and diverse society together.”

“Especially during COVID-19, as an Asian or a Chinese, we are afraid. If we wear a mask, we will walk with our heads down. We avoid having eye contact with others. When we buy stuff, we are afraid, and we are afraid to wear gloves and we try to leave the shop as fast as we can. A lot of times, our ethnicity, gender, and sexuality influences the way we walk; we talk or act in our everyday life. How we use a public space or private space.”

“An old lady who lived upstairs. Everyday, she would sit here reading while smoking. I think it's very good. If I can do this in the future, I'll be OK, and it's very good and very chill.”

“The same day, myself and 2 other tomboys (from Hong Kong), 3 of us got attacked. I got a left hook right in the face. That’s why I think you should learn self-defence just to protect yourself and your loved ones.”

“If you look at history of all the pandemic, like Spanish flu, SARS, H5N1, Mers, even HIV, these are diseases where they are zoonosis, so it’s transfer from animals to humans. If we continue to eat them and destroy their habitat. The link between us and them is going to be forever close.”