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

我們是世界上擁有最高同性戀人口的國家之一？所以你知道嗎？如果想

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

來加拿大學英文，你要小心了，要警覺點。

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

你得換個方向思考，如果你討厭同性戀的話，你得改變想法了。

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

「Homophobic」意思是你討厭或者害怕同性戀。所以來看看這一課。

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

這裡有一個重點：不要無知，不要愚笨。聽聽我要教你們甚麼。

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

我要教你們一些有趣的事實。你們要把心胸打開。

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

在你們的國家，可能沒有同性戀者。猜怎麼著？他們全都來到這兒了。所以你們國家其實有

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

很多，很多，數以千計，百萬計的同性戀者。同性戀者存在

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

這世界上的每個角落，所以趕快習慣這個事實吧！我們在這兒，我們是同性戀。習慣

it. You go, girlfriend.

這個事實吧。來吧，同志們。

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

來看看這個吧！我們有個總稱，一些人喜歡稱之─"queer"同性戀者。

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

同性戀者又稱 "LGBT"。現在，顯然地，後面有一些其他的字接在後面，但他們實在

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

太長也太複雜，以至於我沒辦法在這邊解釋給你們聽，因為連我都不瞭解那些字。

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

只有一件事是你們必須記住─理解。每個人不一定

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

如他們表面般呈現的樣子。一些人會隱藏一些事。"你有那根嗎？但你看起來就像女生"

Wow. Surprise? Go to Thailand. "Queer": lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender.

哇，驚訝嗎？去泰國看看。同性戀者又名：蕾絲邊, 同性戀, 雙性戀者, 變性者.

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

我們來看看這些字是甚麼意思。很多時候，你會看到"LGBT團體"或

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

"支持LGBT"。這些代表，如果你是蕾絲邊, 同性戀, 雙性戀者, 變性者，歡迎加入

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

坐下來，喝杯咖啡。我們喜歡你，我們不在乎你關上門後的私生活

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

所以"蕾絲邊"，一大堆人是從成人影集得知的，而且一大堆人喜歡蕾絲邊的成人影集

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

但你知道有一大群人他們是真的蕾絲邊

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

而他們不全都是漂亮的AV女優嗎？答案是肯定的。蕾絲邊意指，女生喜歡女生。如果

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

有人熟悉Blur樂團，你們可能知道這首歌。

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

"Gay"可以同時代表"蕾絲邊"和"同性戀者"，但我們通常用它來形容男生喜歡男生

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

女生喜歡女生或男生，男生喜歡男生或女生，我們稱之為"雙性戀"

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

你知道在英文中，"bi"代表二嗎？像腳踏車(兩個輪子)，雙性戀者，代表如果你是男生

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

你喜歡男生和女生。其他例子，只要你喜歡這也喜歡那個，

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

就像這樣，都喜歡嗎，OK我們走吧。知道嗎？我們有句諺語來形容，你可以說，

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

"他或她雙側打擊" 啪，啪，揮擊。所以這代表他們喜歡男生和

girls. Cool. Options are open.

女生。酷~選擇是開放的。

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

另外一個T是"變性"的頭字母縮寫。現在"變性者"一詞，我有點

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

難向你們解釋，但我還是會試試，"變性者"

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

代表他們天生有另一部分是男生或女生。舉例來說，我是女兒生，

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

但在我心中，靈魂中，我並不認為我是女人，我認為我是男人。

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

所以我可能會穿著男生的衣服。或者我外貌會看起來像男人。

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

但我始終還是有女性的身體。對變性的男人來說是一樣的道理。

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

這代表他有著男人的身體，但他令人感覺起來像女人。"感覺起來像女人~"

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

喔，耶，卡拉OK時間。好，所以這代表男人可能穿著起來像女人

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

可能他們非常性感，然而他是男人，酷。沒問題，不需要感到驚訝

Just keep an open mind.

保持一個開放的心。

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

對於蕾絲邊，我們有一句俗諺。現在，你必須要小心地去使用俗諺

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

我不管是甚麼情況也不管是甚麼樣的字句，就是要小心

Some people are sensitive. So we use the words "dyke" and "butch" to mean "lesbians".

有些人很敏感，所以我們會使用一些字像"dyke" 和"butch"去形容蕾絲邊

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

對於同性戀男人，因為他們是男人，可以使用"twinkie" 和 "bear"。是不是很可愛？從我理解的角度來看

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

一位 "twinkie"是一個非常可愛的男人。或許他很年輕。或許他的行為舉止有一點像女人

Did I mention he's cute? He's so cute. Usually has beautiful, beautiful clothes.

我剛剛有提到可愛嗎？他非常可愛。通常還會穿著非常漂亮的衣服

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

再一次，我或許有點刻板印象，所以我要小心點。然後像 "bear"是一個男人

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

對你，他可能看起來像男人。所以"twinkies"可能比較容易辨識

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

因為他們比較女性化，也就是他們看起來像女生。"Bears"看起來

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

像熊，也就是男性化一點。他們通常有鬍鬚或有肌肉

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

或有胸毛。所以bears非常性感魅力，twinkies非常可愛。我不知道有沒有

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

俗諺是給雙性戀者的。唯一一個就是"他或她雙側打擊"

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

對於同性戀者我們有其他形容的字。有些人或許會說"嘿，你有看到雪倫嗎？"

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

喔，有阿，她好性感喔" 遺憾地，雪倫代表另一種意涵。代表她

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

是蕾絲邊。或者你可能看到一個很帥的男人Bob，你的朋友說"Bob

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

為其他隊打擊" 恩哼，星期一晚上，我和他玩橄欖球。他是我隊上的。"

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

這代表─如果有人"為其他隊打擊"─他們是同性戀者或蕾絲邊

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

或男同性戀者。你可能會訝異，橄欖球員會是同性戀，跟你說，有著一大群呢

Another word for "bisexual" is that somebody "switches sides".

另一個字"雙性戀"，代表一個人"轉向"

So that means they go from one sex to another sex freely and happily.

意味他們能在性向中自由快樂地轉變

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

有一點人們可能很難去理解

is the person gay? Maybe in your country -- as I said before -- people hide being gay.

這個人是同性戀嗎？在你的國家可能─像我之前說的─人們會隱藏性向

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

那很酷。如果你曾經懷疑，不要盯著，不要嘲笑，不要顯拙

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

如果你想知道，可以問他們。很簡單的問題。你可以問他"你是同性戀嗎？"

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

相信我。他們會告訴你是或不是。所以如果你煩惱某人是否同性戀

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

請問他們。在議論別人之前，詢問是基本禮貌

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

還有一個不需詢問就能得知的方法，如果你太害羞的話，讓他們主動提供訊息

They will say something like, "My partner is a good cook."

可能可以問像"我的夥伴是很好的廚師"

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

你有生意，生意夥伴嗎？通常，但不一定每次，但通常

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

如果某人提及某人是他們的"夥伴"，代表他們是同性戀者

But again, not all the time.

但再次聲明，不一定都是這樣

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

還有另一個俗諺我們稱之"同性戀雷達" 喔，好聰明對不對

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

是從"雷達"這個字來的─"同性戀雷達" 懂嗎？ (音相似) 非常好

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

所以"同性戀雷達"代表一個人非常非常擅長，偵測或瞭解一個人是否

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

為同性戀。所以一些人有著非常好的"同性戀雷達"。他們可以偵測出

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

方圓一哩內的同性戀者。這是一個很棒的技巧，特別如果你是同性戀者的話

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

如果你坐在subway，看到一個很帥的男生或性感的女生，你想和他們打招呼

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

趕快行動吧。不要害怕。直接動作。

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

在加拿大，我們有一個很盛大的活動。叫做"同性戀榮耀"

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

那是一個非常大的遊行，我相信，在星期六，每年的某一個星期六。有一個蕾絲邊的遊行

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

或是"溝遊行"。通常在加拿大國慶日當天或之前

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

有一個很大很大的同性戀遊行。有很多裸體的人群，所以如果你喜歡看裸體

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

這星期日來加拿大，你就可以看到很多同性戀走在街上

You can take pictures and send them back to your mom. This is what I've seen in Canada mom.

你可以拍照然後傳給你的媽媽，說這是我在加拿大所見

Would you like one? Bye. Be gay.

你喜歡其中一個嗎？掰，祝愉快~