奧運金牌變性人勇敢發聲 trans people is vital

凱特琳．詹納藉者媒體曝光度，希望改善變性人受歧視的處境。

蔡曜蓮

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2015-07-30 10:51

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有人形容凱特琳．詹納是地球上最紅的變性人，畢竟她男兒身時期，可是締造奧運男子十項全能世界紀錄的美國國手。有別於過往鐵錚錚的漢子形象，今年４月她首度以女性裝扮閃亮登場，立即颳起全球討論旋風；７月中旬，詹納在素有「體壇奧斯卡」之稱的「年度體育卓越表現獎」獲頒亞瑟艾許勇氣獎，公開暢談幾個月來的心情轉折。

The last few months have been a whirlwind of so many different experiences and emotions…. I know the people in this room have respect for hard work, I trained hard, I competed hard, and for that, people respected me. But this transition has been harder on me than anything I could imagine. And that’s the case for so many others besides me. For that reason alone, trans people deserve something vital. And from that respect comes a more compassionate community, a more empathetic society, and a better world for all of us.

過去幾個月來，許多不同的經驗與情緒，如一陣旋風似地襲來。⋯⋯我知道在場的人們敬重努力的價值。我嚴格訓練過，我艱苦競賽過，為了這一點，人們尊重我。但是這場轉變（變性）的困難超乎我想像，這也是其他（變性）人的狀況。光是這個原因，變性人就有某種重要性，從對他們的尊重，將會帶來更有同情心的社群，更有同理心的社會，一個對所有人來說，都更好的世界。