欧美人文风情第311篇:为做自己而骄傲同志们的真实告白（打印版）

We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't. 人们跟我们说沉默就不会有事，但并不会。

I can't live my life straight because you're straight—I can't. 我不能因为你是异性恋就要我过那样的生活－－我没办法。

I just gotta live my life for me and do it for me because this is my life. 我就是得为自己而活且为自己而做，因为这是我的人生。

I've done my hair down. I've worn the dresses. I've done things that aren't natural to me to please other people. 我放下我的头发。我穿上那些洋装。我做了自己觉得别扭的事来讨好别人。

I was told to wipe off my makeup and be a boy. What they should have told me was to be myself. 人们要我抹去浓妆然后好好当个男生。他们应该跟我说的是叫我做自己。

If other people aren't comfortable, that is not your problem—that is their problem. 如果其他人觉得不舒服，那不是你的问题－－那是他们的问题。

I want to tell other queer people that it is okay to be yourself. We won't stand for hatred. 我想告诉其他酷儿们，没关系就做自己。我们不会容忍仇恨。

LGBTQ+ people are strong and resilient. We're not gonna go away. LGBTQ+ 族群是很坚忍不拔的。我们不会消失。

It's so important that we keep fighting for the right to be who we are, the right to love whoever we want to love. 这十分重要，我们要继续争取做自己的权利、爱想爱的人的权利。

Like all civil rights movements that have gone before, we're not gonna give up. 就像从前所有的民权运动一样，我们不会放弃。

I'm still a proud gay man, okay? 我仍是个很骄傲的男同性恋，好吗？

We have to be out and proud and visible where we can for the people where they can't. 我们必须出柜且骄傲，为那些困境中的人站到世人面前。

I live pride every single day. Refuse to ever give up. 我每天都骄傲地活着。拒绝放弃。

What do we do? Stand up! Fight back! 我们该怎么做？挺身面对!迎头反击!

I love you. Stay strong. 我爱你们。要坚强。