爱语导读:今年一月，来自于北京的同性恋人士孙先生因申请结婚被民政部拒绝，孙先生上诉民政部，这是中国第一例男同性恋争取婚姻权利，起诉被受理的事件。

　　Beijing (CNN)Sun Wenlin has known he was gay since he was 12. He came out to parents and friends two years later. Now 27, he met his partner Hu Mingliang, a security guard, in 2014.

　　北京（CNN）孙文林12岁时，就知道自己是同性恋。两年之后，他告诉了父母和朋友他的性取向问题。现在27岁，2014年时他遇到了一位保安胡明亮，现在是他的恋人。

　　Inspired by the 2014 British movie "Pride," Sun decided the time was right to settle down with Hu, whom he met online."After we saw the movie, I asked him, ’Shall we get married?’ He said: ’Yes. Let’s.’"

　　受到2014年英国的一部电影《骄傲》的激励，孙决定和在网上遇到的胡明亮确定关系。“看过那个电影后，我问胡明亮说，我们结婚吧，你愿意吗？”胡明亮回答：“我愿意！”

　　On June, 23, 2015 -- their one-year anniversary and three days before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to extend same-sex marriage rights across all 50 states -- the couple went to their local registry office in southern China’s Hunan Province and tried to officially tie the knot.

　　2015年6月23日—他们相遇的一周年纪念日，三天后美国最高法院决定将同性恋婚姻合法化覆盖50个州，那天他们走到中国湖南省民政局尝试申请喜结连理。

　　The registry denied their application, insisting only heterosexual couples could marry.

　　民政局婚姻登记处拒绝了他们的申请，称只有异性情侣才可以结婚。

　　Unprecedented court case

　　史无前例的案例

　　Furious, Sun sued the registry for refusing their application to marry in December 2015.

　　被拒绝后，孙一怒之下，2015年12月提交民政部拒绝他们结婚的诉讼。

　　To his lawyer Shi Fulong’s surprise, the Changsha Furong District People’s Court accepted the case in early January. Sun and Hu became the first gay couple in China legally fighting for the right to marry.

　　然而1月初，长沙芙蓉地区人民法院接受了这个案件，这让他们的受理律师也万万没有想到。孙先生和胡先生成为中国一对法院受理的为争取同性恋结婚权利的案件起诉人。

　　The court hearing had been scheduled for Thursday but on Tuesday they were notified it would be delayed. Friends and supporters had already made the journey to Changsha -- more than 900 miles (1,500 km) from Beijing.

　　法院开庭审理时间本计划是这周四，但是周二，他们被告知开庭时间延迟。然而北京距离长沙900英里（1500公里），孙先生和胡先生的朋友和支持者们已经在赶往长沙的路上了。

　　The court confirmed the case was delayed by declined to give further details. Calls to the registry office went unanswered.

　　法庭告知因为没有提供具体细节，此案件暂时延迟受理。长沙民政局婚姻登记处也没有给出答复。

　　"I just feel too powerless," Sun said. "They just wanted to drag it out, because no matter what the result would be, they wouldn’t know how to react."

　　“我感觉很无助，”孙先生说，“不管结果如何，法院只是想拖着这个案件，他们应该不知如何受理。”

　　Sun says he wants the benefits that married heterosexual couples enjoy.

　　孙先生说他们只是想享受其他异性夫妇所享有的权利。

　　"Even if we were the only gay couple in the world, we should be allowed to marry!" he told CNN. "It’s the basic human right and I ought to enjoy it."

　　“即使全世界我们是唯一的同性情侣，我们也应该可以结婚！”孙告诉CNN记者，“这是我们应该享有的基本人权。”

　　Shi, the lawyer, said he isn’t too optimistic about the outcome, but it was significant because put the idea of gay marriage in the spotlight.

　　史律师表示，他对这案件将会取得的结果并不抱有乐观态度，但这很有意义的，因为把同性恋婚姻的想法第一次曝光使其受到关注。

　　Sun, however, is determined to win. He said he would keep appealing if they lost the case."If we lost, that means China overtly discriminates against gay people on the legal level."

　　然而，孙先生决心要赢得诉讼。他表示，如果他们败诉，他会坚持上诉。“如果我们败诉了，这意味着中国公然抵制同性恋婚姻合法化。”

　　China’s current Marriage Law says marriages are based on the free choice of partners, "on monogamy and on equality between man and woman."

　　中国现有的婚姻法表示，中国人在一夫一妻制和男女平等的基础上享有选择伴侣的婚姻自由。

　　"The law doesn’t say that same-sex marriages are illegal," Sun argues."So I should enjoy the right. It’s just the government doesn’t allow it to happen."

　　“法律并没有表明同性婚姻是非法的，”孙先生说道，“所以我应该享有这个权利，这只是政府不容许这样的婚姻形式的存在。”

　　Progress

　　同性恋的进步

　　In 2001, homosexuality was removed from an official list of mental illnesses for clinical treatment in China. This followed a 1997 decision to decriminalize it.

　　1997年，中国更改法律条文使同性恋合法化。随之2001年，在中国临床治疗中，同性恋被官方从精神病名单中移除。

　　In the last two decades, China’s LGBT community has made gains in social acceptance.

　　最近20年中，中国同性恋群体得到了社会的认可。

　　Young gay and lesbian activists are increasingly pushing for more rights and recognition, taking heart from June’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court decision to extend same-sex marriage rights across all 50 states.

　　随着六月份美国最高法院将同性恋婚姻视为合法婚姻，中国年轻的男同性恋和女同性恋积极分子逐渐得到了社会的认可。

　　Last July, activist Li Tingting and her partner Teresa Xu held an informal wedding ceremony in Beijing to push for same sex unions.

　　去年七月，同性恋积极分子李婷婷和她的伴侣在北京举行了一个非正式的婚姻仪式，以此来促进同性恋团体。

　　

　　Li told CNN that marriage is the uppermost concern within the Chinese LGBT community, and it would alleviate many of the issues facing gay people, namely divided finances, care of children and social benefits.

　　李婷婷告诉CNN记者说，婚姻是中国同性恋团体面临的最大的担忧，如果同性恋婚姻合法化将会减轻同性恋人士的一系列问题，如分割财产、抚养孩子和社会福利等。

　　Although she herself didn’t try to go to the local registry to be official, Li praised Sun for his courage and said she supported him.

　　李婷婷表示，尽管她个人并没有去当地的民政部去申请合法婚姻证明，但她很称赞孙先生的勇气并支持孙先生的行为。

　　"The case itself is much more meaningful than the result," Li said. "He has stepped forward trying to open the dialogue with authorities by legal means."

　　“孙先生争取同性恋婚姻合法化这个事件本身比结果更加重要，”李婷婷表示，“他们敢于站出来和司法部门对话来争取自己的合法权利。”

　　In August, lesbian college student Chen Qiuyan brought an unprecedented court case against China’s Ministry of Education over school textbooks that stigmatize gays and lesbians.

　　八月，同性恋大学生陈秋燕带针对中国教育部教科书丑化同性恋者而起诉教育部，这是中国前所未有的案件。

　　Although her case ended up being withdrawn, Chen managed to discuss the issue with ministry level officials and her case inspired other college students to report text books that made similar claims.

　　尽管陈秋燕的案件被法院撤回，陈秋燕努力和教育部门的相关人员探讨此事，她的时间激发了别的大学生对教科书上类似说法的报告。

　　We’re not freaks

　　我们并不是怪胎

　　Despite advances, the social stigma remains.

　　尽管取得了进步，但社会对同性恋的羞辱依旧存在。

　　According to a 2015 survey by U.S. research group Pew, 61% of China’s population said that homosexuality was unacceptable.

　　根据2015年美国研究小组的调查，61%的中国人口认为同性恋是不可接受的。

　　No Asian nations are on the 22-strong list of countries that have legalized same-sex marriage.

　　没有一个亚洲国家在同性恋婚姻合法化的22国名单之列。

　　Under pressure to carry on the family line, many Chinese gays and lesbians enter into "fake marriages" -- gay men marrying straight women or lesbian women marrying straight men.

　　迫于中国传统的传宗接代的婚姻概念压力，中国很多同性恋男女进入了“病态的婚姻”—同性恋男和异性恋女结婚，同性恋女和异性恋男结婚。

　　There are at least 16 million women married to gay men in China, according to local media reports.

　　据当地媒体介绍，中国至少有1600万女性和男同性恋结合。

　　Sun told CNN he hoped that this court case would open public debate about gay people and their interests and welfare in China.

　　孙先生告诉CNN记者说，他希望他的申诉案件能够开庭公开辩论关于中国同性婚姻的利益和福利问题。

　　But he admits that China has a long way to go in terms of getting equal treatment.

　　不过他坦言，中国实现同性婚姻得到平等对待，还有很长的路要走。

　　"My hope is that when people see gays or lesbians holding hands on the street, they wouldn’t see them as freaks or curiously look back," he says." We are just as average as everybody else."

　　“我希望人们在街上看到同性恋手拉手走在街上时，不要认为他们是怪胎或者好奇的回头看，”孙先生说，“我们和别人一样普通，没有什么区别。”

　　来源:CNN官网

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