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The most important thing to take from the percentage system is this:
百分制評(píng)價(jià)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)最重要的一點(diǎn)是，
If you have gay people over here
如果這邊是完全的同性戀，
and you have straight people over here,
另一邊是完全的異性戀，
and while we recognize that most people identify
當(dāng)大多數(shù)人將自己定位成靠近異性戀
as somewhere closer to one binary or another,
或靠近同性戀這一極端的位置時(shí)，
there is this vast spectrum of people that exist in between.
有相當(dāng)多的人落在了這個(gè)色譜的中間位置。
And the reality that this presents is a complicated one.
而事實(shí)上，這里展示的是一個(gè)很復(fù)雜的問題。
Because, for example, if you pass a law
因?yàn)椋热?，你們通過一項(xiàng)法律
that allows a boss to fire an employee for homosexual behavior,
允許老板開除有同性戀行為的員工，
where exactly do you draw the line?
那么這條線應(yīng)該畫在（色譜的）哪里？
Is it over here, by the people who have had one or two heterosexual experiences so far?
是畫在這里，有過一到兩次異性戀經(jīng)歷的人這頭？
Or is it over here
還是畫在那里，
by the people who have only had one or two homosexual experiences thus far?
只有過一到兩次同性戀經(jīng)歷的人那頭？
Where exactly does one become a second-class citizen?
究竟是什么原因使得一個(gè)人變成了二等公民？
Another interesting thing that I learned from my project and my travels
我的項(xiàng)目和我的游歷經(jīng)歷讓我學(xué)到的另一個(gè)有趣的事情
is just what a poor binding agent sexual orientation is.
是性取向?qū)τ谌藗兊耐饔梦⒑跗湮ⅰ?/div>
After traveling so much and meeting so many people,
在游歷了這么多地方、跟那么多人見面之后，
let me tell you, there are just as many jerks and sweethearts
我告訴你，同性戀團(tuán)體中也有笨蛋、好人、
and Democrats and Republicans and jocks and queens
民主黨支持者、共和黨支持者、土鱉、女神，
and every other polarization you can possibly think of
你能在人類群體中發(fā)現(xiàn)的
within the LGBT community
所有的觀點(diǎn)差異
as there are within the human race.
在同性戀團(tuán)體中都存在。
Aside from the fact that we play with one legal hand tied behind our backs,
是的，我們一起反抗意圖束縛我們權(quán)利的法律，
and once you get past the shared narrative of prejudice and struggle,
但是當(dāng)你撇開我們被歧視和一起抗?fàn)幍墓餐?jīng)歷，
just being other than straight
“同性戀”這個(gè)身份，
doesn't necessarily mean that we have anything in common.
并不表示我們之間有什么共同點(diǎn)。
So in the endless proliferation of faces that Self Evident Truths is always becoming,
所以隨著“不證自明的真理”活動(dòng)的開展，無窮無盡的人臉照片被新加進(jìn)來，
as it hopefully appears across more and more platforms,
它可能出現(xiàn)在更多的平臺(tái)，
bus shelters, billboards, Facebook pages, screen savers,
公交候車亭，廣告牌，F(xiàn)acebook頁面、屏幕保護(hù)程序中。
perhaps in watching this procession of humanity,
或許隨著人性的發(fā)展，
something interesting and useful will begin to happen.
一些有趣和有用的事情將會(huì)發(fā)生。
Hopefully these categories, these binaries,
這些分類、二分法、
these over-simplified boxes
過度簡(jiǎn)化的盒子，
will begin to become useless and they'll begin to fall away.
或許有希望變得沒有用處并開始消失。
Because really, they describe nothing that we see
因?yàn)檫@些標(biāo)準(zhǔn)無法描述我們的所看、所知，
and no one that we know and nothing that we are.
也無法描述我們是什么。
What we see are human beings in all their multiplicity.
我們看到的是人類的多樣性。
And seeing them makes it harder to deny their humanity.
而親眼看到他們使得人們很難否認(rèn)他們的人性。
At the very least I hope it makes it harder to deny their human rights.
最低程度我希望這些面孔讓人更難否定他們的人權(quán)。
So is it me particularly
所以，我是否就是
that you would choose to deny the right to housing,
你所針對(duì)的那種人，
the right to adopt children, the right to marriage,
拒絕承認(rèn)我有居住的權(quán)利、撫養(yǎng)孩子的權(quán)利、
the freedom to shop here, live here, buy here?
結(jié)婚的權(quán)利、開店、生活、購(gòu)物的自由？
Am I the one that you choose to disown
我是否就是你決定要脫離關(guān)系的人
as your child or your brother or your sister or your mother or your father,
你的子女、你的兄弟姐妹、你的父母、
your neighbor, your cousin, your uncle, the president,
你的鄰居，你的堂兄，你的舅舅，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)，
your police woman or the fireman?
你（社區(qū)中）的女警或消防員？
It's too late.
太遲了。
Because I already am all of those things.
因?yàn)槲乙呀?jīng)是你生活的一部分了。
We already are all of those things, and we always have been.
我們已經(jīng)是相互生活的一部分，我們也將繼續(xù)如此。
So please don't greet us as strangers,
所以請(qǐng)不要視我們?yōu)槟吧耍?/div>
greet us as your fellow human beings, period.
視我們?yōu)楦阋粯拥娜?。句?hào)。
Thank you.
謝謝。
| 重點(diǎn)單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| community | [kə'mju:niti] |
想一想再看 n. 社區(qū)，社會(huì)，團(tuán)體，共同體，公眾，[生]群落 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| describe | [dis'kraib] |
想一想再看 vt. 描述，畫(尤指幾何圖形)，說成 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| legal | ['li:gəl] |
想一想再看 adj. 法律的，合法的，法定的 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| procession | [prə'seʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 隊(duì)伍，行列 |
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| prejudice | ['predʒudis] |
想一想再看 n. 偏見，傷害 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| humanity | [hju:'mæniti] |
想一想再看 n. 人類，人性，人道，慈愛，(復(fù))人文學(xué)科 |
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| screen | [skri:n] |
想一想再看 n. 屏，幕，銀幕，屏風(fēng) |
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| identify | [ai'dentifai] |
想一想再看 vt. 識(shí)別，認(rèn)明，鑒定 |
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| employee | [.emplɔi'i:] |
想一想再看 n. 雇員 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| narrative | ['nærətiv] |
想一想再看 n. 敘述，故事 |
