今天写这篇文章,是因为易有笔记看到了一则关于Johnny Depp的女儿Lily-Rose Depp为LGBTQ群体拍摄宣传图片的新闻报道(Johnny Depp’s daughter poses for LGBTQ photography campaign)。也许你曾经听说过LGBT的说法,甚至知道LGBT代表“包括同性恋在内的特殊性取向群体”,可是你知道LGBTQ代表什么吗?
好吧,其实LGBTQ是由五个不同单词的首字母缩写组合而成。其中:
L代表:Lesbian,指的是女同性恋者。(women whose primary emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attractions are to other women.)
G代表:Gay men,指的是男同性恋者。(men whose primary emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attractions are to other men. )
B代表:Bisexuals,指双性恋者。(men or women whose primary emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attractions are to both women and men. )
T代表:Transgendered,指变性者,包括异装者、变性人等。(a broad term that includes cross-dressers, transsexuals, and people who live substantial portions of their lives as other than their birth gender.)
Q代表:关于Q代表的含义,有两种解释,一种说是:Questioning,代表“质疑”。表示对自己的性取向(sexual orientation)、或性别(gender orientaion)比较迷惑,不知道该如何选择。另一种则比较直白,认为代表:Queer。其实从含义上来说,Queer和Gay都指(男)同性恋者,homosexual。但是其实在美国,很多同性恋者比较忌讳被称为“queer”。因为他们认为Queer比较带有侮辱性质(queer的词义有“古怪”之意),不如Gay的含义比较中性。Will个人觉得,Q代表Questioning的说法更为妥当、贴切。
LGBTQ群体的共同点是:他们都挑战主流社会认同的异性恋标准,并因此而受到歧视。(What people in these groups all have in common is that they challenge the heterosexist norms of mainstream society and are stigmatized as a result,引自Texas Tech University)Will认为,性取向是个体的自由,只要这种行为没有对他人造成伤害。随着社会的进步,主流社会应当更为宽容地对待这个弱势群体。
读者们,你们怎么看?欢迎在评论区写下你的观点。
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