A: Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai was on Japanese music channel “The First Take” on YouTube last week, performing her hit “Womxnly,” also known as “Rose Boy” in the Chinese title.
B: Who is the Rose Boy in the song?
A: The name refers to Yeh Yung-chih, a junior high school student who died after being bullied by students at his school in 2000 over his “effeminate” behavior.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FIRST TAKE. 照片： THE FIRST TAKE 提供
B: School bullies are horrible.
A: Hopefully, the song can be heard far and wide, and people can come together to fight gender violence.
A: 歌手蔡依林上週登上日本YouTube音樂頻道「The First Take」，演唱她的名曲《玫瑰少年》。
B: 誰是玫瑰少年？
A: 他是指一位叫葉永鋕的國中生，因為動作比較女性化，在2000年慘遭同學霸凌而死。
B: 那些校園惡霸真可惡。
A: 希望更多人能聽到這首歌，一起來對抗性別暴力。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩〉
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