Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
prayer firsts conversation
The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.
jesus journey spirit
For me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey.
gay catholic
I'm openly gay because I'm a Catholic.
letting-go thinking people
I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.
hatred homophobia
Homophobia whether internalized or externalized is really fear; it's not hatred, it's fear. It's fear of the truth about ourselves.
sex believe i-believe
I believe that there are moments in sex that are so awesome that they actually reflect God.
feels stills ideals
I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold,
eye politics conversation
Personally, I'd rather have pins stuck in my eyes than endure a conversation with John Kerry, but I'd love to hang with Bush.
rights zimbabwe cuba
...the current Human Rights Commission's working group is made up of the Netherlands, Hungary, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe. No, I'm not making that up.
gay has-beens
I'm gay. I always have been and I always will be, and I'm happy.
grief politics whining
I watched Nancy Pelosi and Tom Daschle. Good grief. What whining weenies.
pain gay desire
What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.
I purge compulsively. I'm constantly shedding things.
lying writing mean
My own view is simply that there are some very basic rules; very simple rules that apply to all writing in a way, which is: don't lie; if you're wrong, correct; do not misrepresent; and try and keep oneself intellectually honest - which means, as a writer, the very difficult task in public of admitting you were wrong.