The first time Peter acknowledged his attraction to other boys was during prayer. He grew up in a conservative Chinese church in Manhattan's Chinatown and used prayer as a space to name his secret feelings — as well as a tool to combat them.
He knew the leaders of his church disapproved of same-sex marriage. One day, the pastor's wife asked his youth group to pray for someone who had been banned from the church because he was struggling with being gay, a clear indication that he had "invited the