LGBT - Gay Vocabulary in English

Hi, everybody. It's okay to be gay. Did you know that? Did you know that in Canada, we

你們好。同性戀是可以的。你知道嗎？ 您知道嗎，在加拿大，我們是

have one of the highest gay populations in the world? So guess what? If you're thinking

世界上同性戀人口最高的國家之一？ 那你猜怎麼著？如果你在想

of coming to Canada to study English, you've got to be careful. You've got to wake up.

到加拿大學習英語，你已經 一定要小心你必須醒一下

You've got to change your mind. You've to change your thinking if you are homophobic.

您必須改變主意。如果您是恐同，請改變想法。

"Homophobic" means you do not like or are afraid of gay people. So here's the lesson.

“恐同”表示您不喜歡或不喜歡 害怕同性戀。所以這是一堂課。

Here's a head up: Don't be ignorant. Don't be stupid. Listen to what I've got to tell

請注意：不要無知。別傻了 聽我說的

you. I'll teach you some very interesting facts. You must keep an open mind. In your

我會教你一些非常有趣的事實。 您必須保持開放的態度。

country, maybe there are no gay people. Guess what? They're all coming here. You have many,

在你的國家，也許沒有同性戀者。你猜他們怎麽了？ 他們都來這裡。

many, many, thousands, millions of gay people living in your country. There are gay people

有很多許多很多成千上萬的同性戀者 生活在你的國家。有同性戀者

everywhere all over the world, so get used to it. We're here. We're queer. Get used to

遍及世界各地，所以要習慣它。 我們在這裡我們很奇怪。適應了

it. You go, girlfriend.

一起來吧！女朋友。

So check this out. We have this umbrella term -- as some people like to say -- called "queer".

所以看看，我們有這個總括術語，某些人喜歡講“queer"

"Queer" means "LGBT". Now, apparently there are some other letters after that, but they're

“ Queer”是指“ LGBT”。現在，顯然有 在“LGBT"後面其他一些字母，但它們是

too long and complicated for me to explain to you because I do not understand them. One

時間太長，我太難解釋 給你們，因為我不明白他們。一

thing that you have to be through this is understanding. Everyone is not a clear-cut

通過此操作，您必須做的是“理解”。

image of what they should be. Some people hide things. "You have a penis? But you are

每個人都不是很清晰應該是什麼形象。有些人藏了東西。 “你有陰莖嗎？但是你

just like a woman." Wow. Surprise? Go to Thailand. "Queer": lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender.

就像女人一樣。”哇，驚喜嗎？去泰國” “queer”：女同性戀，男同性戀，雙性戀，變性者。

Let's go through what these mean. A lot of the times, you'll see "LGBT community" or

讓我們看一下這些含義。許多 時間，您會看到“ LGBT社群”或

"LGBT-friendly". This means if you are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, come on in. Sit

“ LGBT友好區”。這意味著如果你是女同性戀， 同性戀，雙性戀，變性者，進來吧。

down. Have a coffee. We don't care what you do behind closed doors.

下。來杯咖啡。我們不在乎 閉門造車。

So "lesbian" -- a lot of people know from adult videos, and a lot of people like adult

所以“女同性戀”-很多人都知道 成人影片（指色情影片），很多人喜歡成人

videos of lesbians. But do you know that there are real people that are really lesbians and

女同志的影片。但是你知道那裡嗎 是真正的真正的女同性戀者，

they're not all beautiful porn stars? Oh, no. Lesbians are girls who like girls. If

他們不是所有美麗的色情明星嗎？不好了。 女同性戀者是喜歡女孩的女孩。如果

anyone's familiar with the bland Blur, you might know this song.

有人喜歡bland blur嗎？，您可能知道這首歌。

"Gay" can mean both "lesbian" and "gay", but we usually use it for boys who like boys.

“同性戀”可以同時表示“女同性戀”和“男同性戀”，但是 我們通常將其用於喜歡男孩的男孩。

"Girls who like girls who like boys who like boys" -- then we have "bisexual". Do you know

“喜歡女孩的女孩喜歡男孩的女孩 男孩”-那麼我們有“雙性戀”。

that in English, "bi" means "two"? "Bicycle" -- "bisexual". "Bisexual" means if you're

在英語中，“ bi”的意思是“兩個”？ “自行車” -“雙性戀”。 “雙性戀”是指您

a boy, you like boys and girls. Anything goes. You're like, "I'll have that one and that

一個男孩，你喜歡男孩和女孩。什麼都可以。 你就像，“我要那個那個

one -- yeah. All of them. Come on. Let's go." Okay? We have slang for this. You could say,

是的他們都。來吧。” 為此我們有語。你可以說

"He or she swings both ways." Badda, badda swing. So this means that they like boys and

“他或她雙向搖擺。”巴達，巴達搖擺~。 所以這意味著他們喜歡男孩，

girls. Cool. Options are open.

女孩。酷！。選項已打開。

Another one that is in this acronym -- the T, "transgender". Now, "transgender" is a

該縮寫中的另一個- T，“變性者”。現在，“變性者”是

little bit difficult for me to explain to you, but I will try. "Transgender people"

我有點難以解釋給你您，但我會盡力的。 “變性人”

mean they are born with either male or female parts. For example, I was born with woman

表示他們天生具有男性或女性部分。 例如，我與女人的部分一起出生

parts, but in my heart, in my soul, I don't think that I am a woman. I think that I am

部分，但在我的心中，在我的靈魂中，我沒有覺得我是女人。我想我是

a man. So maybe I will wear men's clothes. Maybe I will outwardly look like a man, but

一個男人。所以也許我會穿男裝。 也許我會看起來像個男人，但是

I still have the female body parts. The same would go for a man who is transgender. This

我還有女性的身體部位。相同 會去找一個變性人。這個

means that he has the man parts, but he feels like a woman. "Feel like a woman." Oh, yeah,

意味著他有男人的部分，但他感覺像女人。 “感覺像個女人。”哦耶，

it's karaoke time with Ronnie. Okay. So this means that the man may dress like a woman.

這是和羅尼的卡拉OK時間。好的。所以這 表示男人可能會像女人一樣穿衣服。

Maybe they're very sexy. But then, it's a man. Cool. No problem. Don't be surprised.

也許他們很性感...但是，這是一個男人。 （就是大家所説的“僞娘”） 酷！。沒問題。不要驚訝

Just keep an open mind.

只要保持開放的心態。

We have some slang terms for lesbians. Now, please be careful when you are using slang.

我們有一些針對女同志的俚語。現在， 使用俚語時請多加註意。

I don't care what the situation is; I don't care what the word is; be careful. Some people

我不在乎情況如何；我不 關心這個詞是什麼；小心。有些人

are sensitive. So we use the words "dyke" and "butch" to mean "lesbians". For gay men

很敏感。所以我們用“dyke” “ butch”表示“女同性戀”。對於男同性戀者

-- because they're men -- you have "twinkie" and "bear". Isn't that cute? From what I understand,

-因為他們是男人-你有“ twinkie”和“ bear”。 那不是很可愛嗎？據我了解，

a "twinkie" is a man who is very cute. Maybe he is younger. Maybe he acts a little bit

一個“ twinkie”是一個非常可愛的男孩。也許 他還年輕。也許他的行為有點

more like a woman. Did I mention he's cute? He's so cute. Usually has beautiful, beautiful

更像一個女人。我有提到他很可愛嗎？他是如此的可愛。 平時有美麗，美麗的

clothes. Again, I might be stereotyping, so I have to be careful. And a "bear" is a man

衣服。同樣，我可能正在刻板印象，所以 我要小心點。“bear”是指一個男人

who maybe, to you, looks more like a man. Now, "twinkies" are easier to see because

在您看來，誰看起來更像個男人。 現在，“ twinkies”更容易看到，因為

they would be more effeminate, which mean they look more like a girl. "Bears" look more

他們會更加印象深刻，這意味著 他們看起來更像一個女孩。 “bear”看起來更多

-- kind of like a bear -- like a man. They usually have a beard. They're usually muscular

-有點像像男人一樣他們 通常留鬍子。他們通常是肌肉發達的

and hairy on the chest. So sexy those bears. So cute those twinkies. I don't really know

胸部毛茸茸的那些好性感。 那些傢伙真可愛。我真的不知道

any slang words for bisexual people. The only thing that I know is "somebody swings both

雙性戀者的任何語。唯一的 我知道的是“某人同時兩向搖擺“

ways".

We have other terms for people who are gay. Somebody might say, "Hey. Have you seen Sharon?"

對於同性戀者，我們還有其他術語。 也許有人會說：“嘿。你見過善龍嗎？”

"Oh, yes. She's sexy." "Unfortunately, Sharon plays for the other team." This means she

“哦，是的。她很性感。” “不幸的是，善龍 在於另一對。”這意味著她

is a lesbian. Or you might see a very handsome guy named Bob, and your friend says, "Bob

是一個女同性戀。否則你可能會看到一個很帥的 叫鮑勃的傢伙，你的朋友說：“鮑勃

plays for the other team." "Well, I play football with him on Monday nights. He's on my team."

為另一支球隊效力。” “嗯，我踢足球 星期一晚上和他在一起。他在我的團隊中。”

This means -- if someone "plays for the other team" -- that they're queer; they're lesbian

這意味著-如果有人“為另一對效力”-他們很酷；他們是女同性戀

or gay. Surprise. Football players can be gay. Loads of them.

或同性戀。驚喜足球運動員 可以是同性戀。

Another word for "bisexual" is that somebody "switches sides". So that means they go from

“雙性戀”的另一個詞是 “切換雙方”。所以這意味著他們從

one sex to another sex freely and happily.

從一性到另一性，自由快樂。

One thing that's really difficult for people to maybe understand or to realize is, is the

對人們來說真的很難的一件事 也許了解或意識到的

person gay? Maybe in your country -- as I said before -- people hide being gay. That's

那個人是同性戀？也許在你的國家-和我一樣 之前說過-人們掩飾自己是同性戀。那是

cool. If you're ever in doubt, don't stare; don't laugh; don't look stupid. If you want

酷。如果您有任何疑問，請不要凝視。 不要笑別傻如果你想

to, you can ask them. It's an easy question. You can just say to the person, "Are you gay?"

的，你可以問他們。這是一個簡單的問。 您可以問對方說：“您是同性戀嗎？”

Believe me. They will tell you yes or no. So if you're worried about someone being gay,

相信我。他們會告訴您是或否。所以 如果您擔心某人是同性戀，

please ask them. Do them the common courtesy of asking them before talking about them.

請問他們。做他們共同的禮貌 在談論他們之前先問他們。

One way to find out without asking them, if you're a little shy, is some people will volunteer

一種無需詢問即可找出答案的方法，如果您是 有點害羞，有人會自願

the information. They will say something like, "My partner is a good cook." "Do you have

信息。他們會說， “我的搭檔是個好廚師。” “你有沒有

a business? Your business partner?" No. No. Usually -- not all the time -- but usually,

業務？您的商業夥伴？” 通常-並非一直如此-但通常，

if someone refers to someone as their "partner", it does mean that they're gay. But again,

如果某人稱某人為其“夥伴”， 這確實意味著他們是同性戀。但是再說一次

not all the time.

並非一直如此。

There's another thing that's slang that we say is called a "gaydar". Oh, it's so clever.

我們說的另一種俚語是 被稱為“gaydar”。哦，太聰明了。

It's actually the word "radar" -- "gaydar". Get it? Ray, gay, radar, gaydar? Good. So

它實際上是“radar”-“gaydar”一詞。 懂了嗎？ray，gay，gaydar？好。所以

"gaydar" means someone is very, very good at detecting or understanding if a person

“gaydar”表示某人非常非常好 在檢測或了解某人

is gay or not. So some people have a very, very good gaydar. They can point out a gay

是否同性戀。所以有些人有一個非常 很好的gaydar。他們可以指出一個同性戀

person a mile away. This is a good skill to have especially if you are gay. If you are

一英里遠的人。這是一項很好的技能 特別是如果你是同性戀。如果你是

sitting on the subway and you see a handsome boy or a sexy girl and you want to say hi,

坐在地鐵上，你會看到一個英俊的 男孩還是一個性感的女孩，你想打招呼，

just do so. Don't be afraid. Jump right in.

只是這樣做。不要害怕，做就對了。

We have something in Canada that is huge. It's called "Pride", "Gay Pride". There's

在加拿大，我們有一些巨大的東西。 它被稱為“驕傲”，“同性戀驕傲”。有

a huge parade, I believe, on Saturdays -- one Saturday every year. There's a lesbian parade

我相信，在周六進行一次大型遊行- 每年星期六。有一個女同性戀遊行

-- or the "Dyke March". And then on Sundays -- usually Canada Day or before Canada Day,

-或“戴克·邁克”。然後在周日 -通常是加拿大國慶日或加拿大國慶日之前，

there's the big, big gay parade. There are lots of naked people. So if you'd like to

有一個很大的同性戀遊行。有 很多裸體的人。所以如果你想

see naked people, come to Canada this Sunday, and you can see lots of gay people walking

看到裸體的人（不知道怎麽翻譯） ，這個星期天來加拿大， 你會看到很多同性戀者在走

on the street. You can take pictures and send them back to your mom. This is what I've seen

在街上。您可以拍照並發給你媽媽。這就是我所看到的

in Canada mom. Would you like one? Bye. Be gay.

在加拿大的媽媽。你想要一個嗎？ 再見！ 做同性戀！

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