Short story response

I read this short story called "Rain" by Christina Chiu. In the story, a 17 year old chinese girl was talking about her sister Rain. As children, they were really close and did everything together. Over time, they grew apart because Rain was always praised by her parents for getting straight A's while the narrator never got straight A's and was always scolded by her parents for not being like her sister. Their parents are very conservative people and are very strict on the twins. The narrator felt distant from Rain so they stopped talking. One night, when the narrator was sneaking out of the house as usual, she saw Rain kissing her best friend Jade. She was shocked by what she saw at first but then after thinking about it, realized that she was more shocked by the fact that Rain didn't tell her about it. Rain was so caught up in being the perfect child that she was ashamed of who she really was. This connects to the gay and lesbian issue for the obvious reason but also because it connects to the struggle kids have every day in middle school and high school. Rain felt that she had to keep her true identity a secret because no one in her family or friends would understand. Kids today feel trapped because there is no one in thier lives to talk to about what they are going through. They would be made fun of at school and parents might not understand. It's extremely difficult to be a homosexual kid in high school and middle school. I can't even imagine what it would be like to know who you are but to deny it to everyone you know. Rain's situation is similar to what kids have to endure everyday in America.