10月底,蘋果公司執行長庫克(Tim Cook)發布公開信,向世人坦承性向。雖然他從未刻意隱瞞,但也不曾明說;如今他選擇出櫃,反而立下平權標竿。他除了感謝其他同性戀者付出的努力,也倡議無論同性戀或異性戀,都值得同等的尊重和對待。
【出櫃淺談】
come out 出櫃
A:Tim Cook made it public, he is a gay!
(庫克公開承認他是同性戀!)
B:By coming out, he lets the world know that he is proud of being gay.
(他公開同志身分,是要讓世界知道他以身為同性戀為榮。)
sexual orientation 性傾向
A:That's what I call a leader. He is far ahead of other corporate men and women who are afraid to reveal their sexual orientation.
(這才叫領袖,就是比那些在業界不敢透露自己性傾向的男男女女,走在更前頭。)
B:I understand their plight and fears. People may still label them as "unusual."
(我了解他們的困境和恐懼。人們仍然會給他們貼上「不正常」的標籤。)
discrimination 歧視
A:There's still a long way to go.
(還有很多努力的空間。)
B:Yes, you can make laws as equal as possible, but combating discrimination, bigotry and prejudice is much harder.
(是啊,即使你可以追求法律上的平等,但是消除歧視、偏執和偏見則更為困難。)
【延伸關鍵字】
1. gender equality:性別平等
2. LGBT:lesbian(女同性戀)、gay(男同性戀)、bisexual(雙性戀)、 transgender(變性者)各取其字首的統稱
3. out of closet:出櫃(較正式的說法)
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