LZ Granderson: The myth of the gay agenda | TED

Translator: Jenny Zurawell Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Ivan Druzeta Recezent: SIBELA KESAC

When I was about 16 years old

Kada sam imao 16 godina

I can remember flipping through channels at home during summer vacation,

sjećam se kako sam prebacivao TV kanale u vrijeme ljetnih praznika

looking for a movie to watch on HBO --

tražeći neki dobar film na HBO.

and how many of you remember "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?

Koliko vas se sjeća filma "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?

Oh yeah, great movie, right? -- Well, I saw Matthew Broderick on the screen, and so I thought,

Odličan film, zar ne? I, vidim Matthew Brodericka na ekranu, i pomislim

"Sweet! Ferris Bueller. I'll watch this!"

"Zgodno! Ferris Bueller. "Ovo izgleda dobro!"

It wasn't Ferris Bueller. And forgive me Matthew Broderick,

I, oprosti mi Matthew Broderick,

I know you've done other movies besides Ferris Bueller, but that's how I remember you; you're Ferris.

Znam da si snimio gomilu filmova, ali tako te ja pamtim; ti si za mene Ferris.

But you weren't doing Ferris-y things at the time; you were doing gay things at the time.

Ali nisi se ponašao kao Ferris u to vrijeme; u to vrijeme si se više ponašao kao gay.

He was in a movie called "Torch Song Trilogy."

Matthew je glumio i u "Torch Song Trilogy."

And "Torch Song Trilogy" was based on a play about this drag queen who essentially was looking for love.

Taj je film baziran na priči o transvestitu koji zapravo samo traži ljubav.

Love and respect -- that's what the whole film was about.

Ljubav i poštovanje - to je glavna misao filma.

And as I'm watching it, I'm realizing that they're talking about me.

I dok gledam film, počinjem shvaćati da govore o meni.

Not the drag queen part -- I am not shaving my hair for anyone -- but the gay part.

Ne dio o transvestitu - ne namjeravam brijati bradu ni za koga - nego dio o homoseksualnosti.

The finding love and respect, the part about trying to find your place in the world.

O potrazi za ljubavlju i poštovanjem, o potrazi za svojim mjestom pod zvjezdama.

So as I'm watching this, I see this powerful scene that brought me to tears,

I tako, gledam film, i vidim tu snažnu, dojmljivu scenu, koja mi je izmamila suze

and it stuck with me for the past 25 years.

i ostala dio mene slijedećih 25 godina.

And there's this quote that the main character, Arnold, tells his mother

Sjećam se citata, kada se glavni lik, Arnold, obraća svojoj majci

as they're fighting about who he is and the life that he lives.

dok se prepiru o tome tko on zapravo je, i kakav život živi.

"There's one thing more -- there's just one more thing you better understand.

"Želim samo da shvatiš jednu, jedinu stvar.

I've taught myself to sew, cook, fix plumbing, build furniture,

Učio sam se šivati, kuhati, popravljati cijevi, izrađivati namještaj

I can even pat myself on the back when necessary,

čak mogu sam sebe i potapšati po ramenu, kada mi to treba

all so I don't have to ask anyone for anything.

samo kako ne bih morao tražiti pomoć od drugih.

There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect,

Ništa mi drugo, od nikoga ne treba, osim ljubavi i poštovanja,

and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life."

i nitko tko mi ne može pružiti te dvije stvari, nema mjesto u mom životu."

I remember that scene like it was yesterday; I was 16, I was in tears, I was in the closet,

Sjećam se te scene kao da je bilo jučer; šesnaestogodišnjak, u suzama, skrivajući svoju seksualnost,

and I'm looking at these two people, Ferris Bueller and some guy I'd never seen before,

i gledam to dvoje ljudi, Ferrisa Buellera i još nekog nepoznatog tipa,

fighting for love.

kako se bore za ljubav.

When I finally got to a place in my life

Kada sam konačno došao do dijela svog života

where I came out and accepted who I was, and was really quite happy, to tell you the truth,

kada sam mogao prihvatiti tko sam, prihvatiti vlastitu seksualnost, što me stvarno veselilo,

I was happily gay and I guess that's supposed to be right because gay means happy too.

bio sam sretan gay. Pa i jedno od značenja riječi "gay" je radostan, veseo.

I realized there were a lot of people who weren't as gay as I was --

Shvatio sam da postoji mnogo ljudi koji nisu gay kao ja ---

gay being happy, not gay being attracted to the same sex.

s time da ovdje mislim na "gay" kao "sretni", a ne "gay" kao "homoseksualci".

In fact, I heard that there was a lot of hate and a lot of anger

Zapravo sam uočio da postoji mnogo mržnje i mnogo gnjeva

and a lot of frustration and a lot of fear

i mnogo frustracija i mnogo straha

about who I was and the gay lifestyle.

oko toga tko sam ja zapravo i oko gay stila života.

Now, I'm sitting here trying to figure out "the gay lifestyle," "the gay lifestyle,"

Razmišljao sam i pokušavao shvatiti taj "gay stil života", "gay stil života",

and I keep hearing this word over and over and over again: lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle.

i stalno sam slušao te iste riječi: stil života, stil života...

I've even heard politicians say that the gay lifestyle is a greater threat

Čak sam čuo i izjavu političara, da je gay stil života, veća prijetnja

to civilization than terrorism.

civilizaciji od terorizma.

That's when I got scared.

E, to me tek uplašilo.

Because I'm thinking, if I'm gay and I'm doing something that's going to destroy civilization,

Pomislio sam, ako sam ja gay, i činim nešto što će uništiti civilizaciju,

I need to figure out what this stuff is, and I need to stop doing it right now.

moram shvatiti o čemu se tu radi, i prestati sa time istoga trena.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So, I took a look at my life, a hard look at my life,

Pa sam pogledao svoj život, dobro sam ga pogledao,

and I saw some things very disturbing.

i vidio neke uistinu uznemirujuće stvari.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And I want to begin sharing these evil things that I've been doing with you,

I želio bih sa vama podijeliti te zle stvari koje svakodnevno činim,

starting with my mornings.

počevši od mojih jutarnjih navika.

I drink coffee.

Pijem kavu.

Not only do I drink coffee, I know other gay people who drink coffee.

Ne samo da ja pijem kavu, već znam i druge gay ljude koji piju kavu.

I get stuck in traffic --

Često zaglavim u prometnoj gužvi --

evil, evil traffic.

zloj, zloj prometnoj gužvi.

Sometimes I get stuck in lines at airports.

Ponekad zaglavim i u redovima na aerodromima.

I look around, and I go, "My God, look at all these gay people!

Pogledam oko sebe i pomislim, "Bože, pogledaj ti sve te gay ljude!

We're all trapped in these lines! These long lines trying to get on an airplane!

I svi smo zarobljeni u tim redovima! Tim dugim redovima, pokušavajući ući u avion!

My God, this lifestyle that I'm living is so freaking evil!"

Moj Bože, taj životni stil koji ja živim, je tako nevjerojatno zao!"

I clean up. This is not an actual photograph of my son's room; his is messier.

Ja čistim. Ovo nije stvarna fotografija sobe moga sina; njegova je neurednija.

And because I have a 15-year-old, all I do is cook and cook and cook.

I obzirom da imam 15-godišnjeg sina, stalno samo kuham i kuham i kuham.

Any parents out there of teenagers? All we do is cook for these people --

Ima li ovdje još roditelja tinejdžera? Po cijele dane samo kuhamo za njih --

they eat two, three, four dinners a night -- it's ridiculous!

oni pojedu dvije, tri, četiri večere u danu -- nevjerojatno!

This is the gay lifestyle.

To je taj gay stil života.

And after I'm done cooking and cleaning and standing in line and getting stuck in traffic,

I nakon što završim sa kuhanjem, pranjem, stajanjem u redu i čekanjem u prometu,

my partner and I, we get together

moj partner i ja, zajedno

and we decide that we're gonna go and have some wild and crazy fun.

odlučimo da nam treba malo divlje i lude zabave.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

We're usually in bed before we find out who's eliminated on "American Idol."

Najčešće zaspimo u krevetu i prije nego što objave tko ispada iz "Supertalenta".

We have to wake up and find out the next day who's still on

Tek kad se probudimo idući dan, saznamo tko je još ostao u natjecanju

because we're too freaking tired to hear who stays on.

jer smo preumorni da bi dočekali kraj emisije.

This is the super duper evil gay lifestyle.

To je taj totalno otkačeni, zli, gay stil života.

Run for your heterosexual lives, people.

Spašavajte svoje heteroseksualne živote ljudi.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

When my partner, Steve, and I first started dating,

Kada smo moj partner Steve i ja, započeli vezu,

he told me this story about penguins.

ispričao mi je priču o pingvinima.

And I didn't know where he was going with it at first.

I na početku mi nije bilo jasno koja je poanta priče.

He was kind of a little bit nervous when he was sharing it with me, but he told me that

Bio je pomalo nervozan dok ju je pričao, i rekao

when a penguin finds a mate that they want to spend the rest of their life with,

da kada pingvin pronađe partnera sa kojim želi provesti život,

they present them with a pebble -- the perfect pebble.

donese mu oblutak -- savršen kameni oblutak.

And then he reaches into his pocket, and he brings this out to me.

I tada je zavukao ruku u džep, i poklonio mi ovo.

And I looked at it, and I was like, this is really cool.

Pogledao sam, i pomislio, kako je ovo predivno.

And he says, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

A on je rekao: "Želim provesti ostatak života sa tobom."

So I wear this whenever I have to do something that makes me a little nervous,

Nosim ga svaki puta kada moram učiniti nešto što me čini nervoznim,

like, I don't know, a TEDx talk.

kao na primjer održati TEDx govor.

I wear this when I am apart from him for a long period of time.

Nosim ga i kada smo razdvojeni duže vrijeme.

And sometimes I just wear it just because.

A ponekad ga nosim samo tako.

How many people out there are in love? Anyone in love out there?

Koliko je ovdje ljudi zaljubljeno? Je li itko od vas zaljubljen?

You might be gay.

Vi ste možda gay.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Because I, too, am in love, and apparently that's part of the gay lifestyle that I warned you about.

Jer, i ja sam zaljubljen. A to je očito dio gay životnog stila na koji vas upozoravam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

You may want to tell your spouse. Who, if they're in love, might be gay as well.

Trebali bi o tome popričati sa svojim partnerom/icom. Jer, ako je i on/ona zaljubljeni, možda su također gay.

How many of you are single? Any single people out there?

Koliko ovdje ima samaca? Ima li samaca u dvorani?

You too might be gay! Because I know some gay people who are also single.

I vi ste možda gay! Jer, znam i neke homoseksualce koji su samci.

It's really scary, this gay lifestyle thing; it's super duper evil and there's no end to it!

Stvarno je prestrašan ovaj gay životni stil; potpuno je zao, i ne vidim mu kraja.

It goes and goes and engulfs!

Samo grabi i grabi i obuzima sve pred sobom.

It's really quite silly, isn't it?

Ovo je uistinu smiješno, zar ne?

That's why I'm so happy to finally hear President Obama come out and say

Zato sam sretan kada konačno čujem predsjednika Obamu, kako otvoreno kaže

(Aplauz)

that he supports --

da osobno podržava --

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

that he supports marriage equality.

jednakost bračnih zajednica.

It's a wonderful day in our country's history; it's a wonderful day in the globe's history

To je prekrasan trenutak u povijesti SADa; prekrasan trenutak u svjetskoj povijesti.

to be able to have an actual sitting president say, enough of this --

da doživimo da aktualni predsjednik kaže, dosta je bilo --

first to himself, and then to the rest of the world.

prvo sebi, a zatim i cijelom svijetu.

It's wonderful.

Prekrasno.

But there's something that's been disturbing me since he

Ali ipak me nešto uznemirava od kada je on

made that remark just a short time ago.

to nedavno izjavio.

And that is, apparently, this is just another move by the gay activists

A to je..., da je to očito, samo još jedan potez gay aktivista

that's on the gay agenda.

koji se nalazi na gay programu.

And I'm disturbed by this because I've been openly gay now for quite some time.

A to me uznemirava, jer, već neko vrijeme, otvoreno iskazujem svoju seksualnu orijentaciju.

I've been to all of the functions, I've been to fundraisers,

Bavio sam se raznim aktivnostima i funkcijama u gay zajednici,

I've written about the topic, and I have yet to receive my copy of this gay agenda.

I pisao sam o toj temi, ali još nisam dobio svoju kopiju tog gay programa.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I've paid my dues on time,

Plaćam svoje dugove na vrijeme,

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I've marched in gay pride flags parades and the whole nine,

Sudjelovao sam u gay paradama, bio aktivan sudionik,

and I've yet to see a copy of the gay agenda.

a još čekam svoj primjerak tog gay programa.

It's very, very frustrating, and I was feeling left out, like I wasn't quite gay enough.

To je stvarno frustrirajuće, i osjećao sam se zapostavljeno, kao da nisam dovoljno gay.

But then something wonderful happened: I was out shopping, as I tend to do,

Ali tada se dogodilo nešto predivno: bio sam u kupovini,

and I came across a bootleg copy of the official gay agenda.

i naišao na kopiju službenog gay programa.

And I said to myself, "LZ, for so long, you have been denied this.

I rekao sam sebi: "LZ, ovo ti je tako dugo uskraćivano.

When you get in front of this crowd, you're gonna share the news.

Sada konačno možeš podijeliti vijest sa drugima.

You're gonna spread the gay agenda so no one else has to wonder,

Razdijeliti ćeš gay program, kako se nitko ne bi morao pitati

what exactly is in the gay agenda?

što zapravo sadrži taj gay program?

What are these gays up to?

Što zapravo ti homoseksualci smjeraju?

What do they want?"

Što žele?

So, without further ado, I will present to you, ladies and gentlemen --

Pa, bez daljnjeg okolišanja, predstavljam vam, dame i gospodo --

now be careful, 'cause it's evil -- a copy,

ali, pazite, budite oprezni, jer to je zlo -- kopija,

the official copy, of the gay agenda.

službena kopija, gay programa.

(Music)

(Muzika)

The gay agenda, people!

Gay program, ljudi!

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

There it is!

Evo ga!

Did you soak it all in? The gay agenda.

Jeste sve upili? Gay program.

Some of you may be calling it, what,

Neki od vas ga zovu, kako ono,

the Constitution of the United States, is that what you call it too?

Ustav SADa, da li ga i vi tako zovete?

The U.S. Constitution is the gay agenda.

Ustav SADa je gay program.

These gays, people like me, want to be treated like full citizens

Ta gay ekipa, ljudi poput mene, žele da ih se tretira kao punopravne građane

and it's all written down in plain sight.

i sve je tu napisano, crno na bijelo.

I was blown away when I saw it. I was like, wait, this is the gay agenda?

Bio sam potpuno šokiran kada sam to vidio. Pomislio sam, ovo je gay program?

Why didn't you just call it the Constitution so I knew what you were talking about?

Zašto ga jednostavno ne zovete Ustav, pa da sam odmah znao o čemu govorite.

I wouldn't have been so confused; I wouldn't have been so upset.

Ne bih bio toliko zbunjen, niti uznemiren.

But there it is. The gay agenda.

Ali evo, ovdje je. Gay program.

Run for your heterosexual lives.

Spašavajte svoje heteroseksualne živote.

Did you know that in all the states where there is no shading that

Da li ste znali da u svim zemljama koje nisu osjenčane

people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered

ljudi koji su gay, lezbijke, biseksualne ili transrodne osobe

can be kicked out of their apartments

mogu biti izbačeni iz iznajmljenih stanova

for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered?

samo zbog svoje seksualne orijentacije?

That's the only reason that a landlord needs to have them removed,

To je jedini razlog koji najmodavac treba kako bi ih izbacio,

because there's no protection from discrimination of GLBT people.

jer ne postoji zaštita protiv diskriminacije LGBT osoba.

Did you know in the states where there's no shading that

Da li znate da u svim zemljama koje nisu osjenčane,

you can be fired for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered?

možete dobiti otkaz samo zato što ste gay, lezbijka, biseksualna ili transrodna osoba?

Not based upon the quality of your work,

Ne na temelju kvalitete vašeg rada,

how long you've been there, if you stink,

koliko ste dugo zaposleni, ili da li jednostavno smrdite,

just if you're gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.

samo zbog vaše seksualne orijentacije.

All of which flies in the face of the gay agenda,

A sve je to u suprotnosti sa gay programom,

also known as the U.S. Constitution.

poznatim i kao Ustav SADa.

Specifically, this little amendment right here:

Posebno, ovaj ovdje mali amandman:

"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities

"Niti jedna država neće donositi ili nametati zakon koji će uskratiti privilegije ili povlastice

of citizens of the United States."

građanima SADa."

I'm looking at you, North Carolina.

Gledam vas, u Sjevernoj Karolini.

But you're not looking at the U.S. Constitution.

Ali vi očito ne gledate u Ustav SADa.

This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights,

O tome se radi u gay programu: jednakost. Ne posebna prava,

but the rights that were already written by these people --

nego prava koja su već napisana od strane

these elitists, if you will.

te elite, ako tako želite.

Educated, well-dressed,

Obrazovanih, lijepo odjevenih,

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

some would dare say questionably dressed.

neki bi se usudili reći i upitno odjevenih.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Nonetheless, our forefathers, right?

Unatoč svemu, našim precima, zar ne?

The people that, we say, knew what they were doing when they wrote the Constitution --

Ljudi koji su znali što rade kada su napisali Ustav --

the gay agenda, if you will.

gay program, ako vam tako više odgovara.

All of that flies in the face of what they did.

Ono što su napisali je suprotno od onoga što su učinili.

That is the reason why I felt it was imperative that

Zato sam smatrao da je nužno

I presented you with this copy of the gay agenda.

da vam predstavim tu kopiju gay programa.

Because I figured if I made it funny, you wouldn't be as threatened.

Jer sam pomislio da ukoliko ga prikažem duhovitim, nećete ga smatrati prijetnjom.

I figured if I was a bit irreverent, you wouldn't find it serious.

Pomislio sam, ukoliko budem i blago neuljudan, nećete ga smatrati važnim.

But when you see the map, and you see our state of Michigan --

Ali kada pogledate kartu, i našu državu Michigan --

it's legal to fire someone

gdje je legalno otpustiti nekoga

for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered,

zato što je gay, lezbijka, biseksualna ili transrodna osoba,

that it's legal to remove someone from their home

da je legalno nekome uskratiti najam stana

because they're gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered,

zato što je gay, lezbijka, biseksualna ili transrodna osoba,

then you realize that this whole conversation about marriage equality

tada shvatite da cijela ova diskusija oko jednakosti bračnih zajednica

is not about stripping someone's rights away,

ne govori o ukidanju nečijih prava,

it's about granting them the rights that [have] already been stated.

već o provedbi nečijih prava koja su već donešena.

And we're just trying to walk in those rights that have already been stated,

Mi samo pokušavamo koristiti prava koja su već izrečena,

that we've already agreed upon.

o kojima su se naši preci već usuglasili.

There are people living in fear

Postoje ljudi koji žive u strahu

of losing their jobs

od gubitka svojih poslova

so they don't show anyone who they really are

pa skrivaju od drugih svoje pravo lice

right here at home. This isn't just about North Carolina;

i to upravo ovdje. Ovo se ne odnosi samo na Sjevernu Karolinu;

all those states that were clear, it's legal.

sve one zemlje koje nisu osjenčane, tamo je to legalno.

If I could brag for a second,

Dozvolite mi da se na kratko pohvalim,

I have a 15-year-old son from my marriage.

Imam 15-ogodišnjeg sina iz mojeg braka.

He has a 4.0.

Ima 4.0

He is starting a new club at school, Policy Debate.

I pokrenuo je novi klub u školi, za političke debate.

He's a budding track star;

On je zvijezda u usponu;

he has almost every single record in middle school for every event that he competed in.

osvojio je zapažena mjesta u svim natjecanjima u kojima je sudjelovao u srednjoj školi.

He volunteers.

Volontira.

He prays before he eats.

Moli se prije jela.

I would like to think, as his father -- and he lives with me primarily --

Volio bih vjerovati, da sam kao otac -- a najviše vremena provodi samnom --

that I had a little something to do with all of that.

zaslužan za dio tih njegovih uspjeha.

I would like to think that he's a good boy,

Volio bih vjerovati da je dobar mladić,

a respectful young man. I would like to think that

pristojan mladi čovjek. Volio bih vjerovati da

I've proven to be a capable father.

sam se dokazao kao sposoban otac.

But if I were to go to the state of Michigan today,

Ali da danas odem u Michigan,

and try to adopt a young person who is in an orphanage,

i pokušam usvojiti dijete iz sirotišta,

I would be disqualified for only one reason:

bio bih odbijen zbog samo jednog razloga

because I'm gay.

zato što sam gay.

It doesn't matter what I've already proven, what I can do with my heart.

Nije važno što sam dokazao, koliko mogu postići roditeljskom ljubavlju.

It's because of what the state of Michigan says that I am

Samo zbog toga kako me država Michigan vidi,

that I am disqualified for any sort of adoption.

ja sam diskvalificiran kao potencijalni posvojitelj.

And that's not just about me,

A ovdje se ne radi samo o meni,

that's about so many other Michiganders, U.S. citizens,

već o toliko građana Michigena, građana SADa,

who don't understand why what they are

koji ne razumiju zašto je to što su,

is so much more significant than who they are.

toliko važnije od onoga kakvi su.

This story just keeps playing over and over

I to je priča koja se stalno ponavlja

and over again in our country's history.

i ponavlja u našoj povijesti.

There was a time in which, I don't know,

Postojala su vremena, kada

people who were black couldn't have the same rights.

ljudi crne boje kože nisu imali ista prava.

People who happened to be women didn't have the same rights, couldn't vote.

Žene nisu imale ista prava, nisu mogle glasati.

There was a point in our history in which, if you were considered disabled,

Postojala su vremena u našoj povijesti, kada su invalidi

that an employer could just fire you, before the Americans with Disabilities Act.

mogli biti otpušteni sa posla bez posebnog razloga. Prije Akta o građanima sa hendikepom.

We keep doing this over and over again.

Stalno ponavljamo iste greške.

And so here we are, 2012,

I evo nas ponovno u 2012.,

gay agenda,

gay program,

gay lifestyle, and I'm not a good dad

gay životni stil, i mišljenje da ja nisam dobar otac

and people don't deserve to be able to protect their families

i ljudi ne zaslužuju graditi i čuvati svoje obitelji

because of what they are, not who they are.

zbog toga što su, a ne kakvi su.

So when you hear the words "gay lifestyle" and "gay agenda" in the future,

Pa kada ponovno čujete "gay životni stil" i "gay program"

I encourage you to do two things:

Predlažem vam da učinite dvije stvari:

One, remember the U.S. Constitution, and then two,

Prvo, sjetite se Ustava SADa, i drugo

if you wouldn't mind looking to your left, please.

pogledajte molim vas u lijevo.

Look to your right.

Pogledajte u desno.

That person next to you is a brother, is a sister.

Osoba pored vas je brat, sestra.

And they should be treated with love and respect.

I trebali bi biti tretirani sa ljubavlju i poštovanjem.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.