英语词汇实用小百科 性取向LGBT

XH: Hello and welcome to Round Table’s Word of the Week. This week, we’re talking about the word LGBT and John, obviously, there’s an expansion form of it which I cannot say.

John: It’s not necessarily a word. I think in English, we would usually call it an acronym¹. So the acronym is LGBTQQIAAP. I think many of our listeners probably already know LGBT. This has been in common use for a long time. Basically, LGBT stands for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered.”

XH: LGBT大家应该都非常熟悉了，通常指的是男同、女同、双性恋和变性者。That’s it.

John: Transgendered, I think, it’s actually a little complicated. Really, it just refers to people who feel as if they were born into the wrong body. This can cover people who feel like they need to go through a sex change or it can just cover people who, you know, are female but want to act male or who are male but want to act female.

If we look at these other words, LGBTQQIAAP, the first Q is “queer” and this is someone who does not want to label themselves. They don’t want to say that they are lesbian. They don’t want to say that they’re gay. Interestingly enough, actually, “queer” used to be a derogatory term. It was reclaimed³ by the LGBT community, although sometimes it still, depending on how it’s used, can still be derogatory.

XH: 对，我也记得queer曾经是一个对同性恋群体带有贬义的称呼，但现在呢，一些性取向异于常人但又不想被明确分类的群体，他们愿意把自己称作queer。

John: The second Q is “questioning.” It can refer to someone who is just not very sure about their sexuality and maybe they’re going through, you know, a period of exploration.

XH: Okay, questioning that’s easy to understand, 就是对自己的性取向还存有疑问的人。

John: LGBTQQIAAP, just to remind everyone. The I is “intersex.” It refers to someone who, what is medically would be called a hermaphrodite, so, someone who has the reproductive organs of both male and female.

And then, the first A is “asexual.” Someone is not sexually attracted to either gender². The second A is “allies,” a straight, or heterosexual, person that supports the LGBT community.

The last letter, P, it stands for “pansexual.” This refers to a person who is actually attracted to a person because of their personality, not anything to do with their gender, not anything to do with their sexuality, but someone who just likes people for who they are.

XH: Let me try to explain. Intersex是指雌雄同体。Asexual 是无性别或者没有性欲的人。Allies 本身不是同志，但他们是LGBT人群的支持者。而最后的pansexual是指泛性恋，泛性恋的人对任何的人都有可能产生爱慕的情绪。That is a lot of explanation.

John: Yeah, it’s a lot. It’s a little complicated but I think, you know, once you do a bit of your own research, it becomes quite clear.

XH: It is also quite interesting. So, LGBTQQIAAP, that’s our word of the week.

1 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 reclaimed   

adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》