A: I often see people use the acronym “LGBT” — what does it mean?
B: LGBT are the first letters for: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
A: Is the LGBT community in Taiwan very large?
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B: I’m not too sure. But in the US, for example, according to a recent poll by Gallup, the LGBT community accounts for 7 percent of the population.
A: OK, so if you were to transpose this figure onto Taiwan, 7 percent of Taiwan’s population equates to over 1 million people.
B: However, Taiwanese society is comparatively conservative, so many LGBT people may be unwilling to come out.
A: 我常看別人寫LGBT,是什麼意思?
B: LGBT就是女同性戀、男同性戀、雙性戀與跨性別者的首字母縮略字。
A: 台灣的LGBT族群很大嗎?
B: 這我不太清楚,如果以美國為例的話,根據蓋洛普最新民調,LGBT族群約佔總人口的百分之七。
A: 那在台灣的話,百分之七就等於一百多萬人呢。
B: 不過台灣社會較保守,許多人還不願「出櫃」吧。
(Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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