福克斯新闻 准备一场LGBTQ婚礼格外辛苦

Fox on Love with Ashley Papa. For some couples, planning the perfect wedding can take extra work. Kirsten Ott Palladino, author of 'Equally Wed¹: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your LGBTQ Wedding,' says despite the Supreme² Court ruling, many gay couples still face challenges when planning their wedding: "For LGBTQ couples, we have some added challenges, including the heteronormative assumptions from the bulk of the wedding industry and being pigeonholed³ into masculine and feminine roles which may or may not fit us, finding vendors⁴ who not only are willing to work with us, but want to work with us and will celebrate our union."

Like all couples, Palladino says start by finding the right venue⁵ as this sets the tone for your entire wedding day. When it comes to guests, focus on your most supportive family and friends: "Look for those that are interested and up to that task and concentrate on them instead. Even if that's your partners family which will soon be yours or your chosen family, your friends who have become family to you." Hurdles⁶ may arise, but the day is really all about the love.

With FOX on Love, I'm Ashley Papa.

欢迎大家和阿什利·帕帕一起走进福克斯爱的专题。对一些夫妇来说，策划一场完美的婚礼可能格外辛苦。《平等婚姻:规划你的LGBTQ婚礼的终极指南》一书的作者柯尔斯滕·奥特·帕拉迪诺说，尽管最高法院已经将同性婚姻合法了，许多同性恋人在筹划婚礼时仍然要面临很多阻碍：

“LGBTQ情侣在准备婚礼时还要面对一些额外的挑战，婚庆行业主流的异性恋假设，而且，男性和女性这样的性别划分可能适合我们，也可能不适合，寻找那些不仅愿意与我们合作，还愿意祝贺我们的结合的商家(也不容易)。”

和其他夫妇一样，帕拉迪诺说，首先要找到合适的婚庆场所，因为这将为你的整个婚礼定下基调。至于宾客，把精力集中放在最支持你的家人和朋友身上：“找那些感兴趣并能胜任这项任务的人，把注意力集中在他们身上。即使那是很快也会成为你的家人的你伴侣的家人，

又或者是你主动选择的家人，就是那些已经被你当做家人的朋友。”

可能还是会出现小插曲，但爱才是这一天的主题。

感谢大家收听今天的福克斯爱的专题，我是阿什利·帕帕。

1 wed   

v.娶，嫁，与…结婚

参考例句：

• The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
• The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 pigeonholed   

v.把…搁在分类架上( pigeonhole的过去式和过去分词 )；把…留在记忆中；缓办；把…隔成小格

参考例句：

• This document was pigeonholed for quite some time. 这份公文压了不少时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The scheme has been pigeonholed. 这个方案被压下来了。 来自辞典例句

4 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

5 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

6 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句