They can't know

"Did you know a love like our was once punishable by death, our people were hunted down and slaughtered where ever there was a trace of us. family's denied ever having a child to avoid that pure embarrassment of being associated with our kind. so we learned to be silent hiding in the darkest corners at the darkest hours of night, huddled up together hiding from the prying eyes of those who would do us harm, pulling those on the edge as close as we could, shoving the youngest as far back as they would go if only to preserver their happiness for another day."

Evan and Charles know they are extremely lucky. they have a loving mother/surrogate mother and surrogate brother who love them as they are, as well as staff and friends who will never betray them. but they know not everyone is like that. if anyone else where to find out they'd be killed without hesitation or wrose they be sent away to be corrected.
to sum it up being gay in the 1900 sucks.

*note this is a work in progess some things might change as i edit it and add more stuff to it*
*swearing, homophobic and racist language*