Many states allow some kind of legalized relationship for gays, but only one, Massachusetts, has gay marriage on the books.
很多州都允许同志形成某种形式的合法关系，但是只有一个州，麻省，把同性婚姻写到了纸上。
“[S]peaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do,” he said.
“对我来说，仅就我个人，我个人相信允许同性恋公开服役是正确的。”他说，“不管我怎么看这件事，我无法逃离被这么一个现实困恼。
New research from the Center for Work-Life Policy quantifies the cost to employers when the workplace environment is unfriendly to gays and lesbians.
工作环境歧视同性恋者对雇主会造成多大的损失？工作-生活政策中心（the Centerfor Work-Life Policy）一项新的研究对此进行了量化分析。
In his speech, he declared his support for gays as "unwavering" and compared their plight to that of African-Americans involved in the civil-rights movement.
在演讲中，他宣称他对同性恋群体的支持“坚定不移”，并将他们的境况与非洲裔美国人在民权运动中的境遇相提并论。
This would amount to an ambitious reshaping of the status of America's gays, but Mr Obama has given no indication of when these planned initiatives would be acted upon.
如此种种雄心勃勃的计划，将重塑美国同性恋的地位，但是奥巴马并没有说什么时候才开始行动。
Slowly, there's starting to be a realization that gays are interested in sports, that they're actually good at sports, and they can excel and achieve like anyone else.
慢慢地，人们意识到同性恋也对体育感兴趣，他们其实擅长体育，他们能和其他人一样出类拔萃，取得成就。
In the new poll, Obama also scores net-positive approval ratings for his work on education, policies toward gays and lesbians, environmental policy and climate change.
在新的民意调查中，奥巴马在教育、同性恋政策、环境政策以及气候变化方面的工作获得了正面评价。
Five years ago the making of such a programme would have been unthinkable, but now, according to Mr Hong, people are at last beginning to realise that gays are “not aliens”.
五年前，制作这种电视节目是令人难以想象的。但现在，正如洪锡天所说，人们已经至少开始意识到，同性恋并不是“外星人”。
Gays who have children—and a quarter of gay couples do—gravitate towards them for the same reasons that straight parents do: better schools, bigger gardens, peace and quiet.
带有孩子的同性恋者——1/4的同性情侣是这种情况——倾向于生活在这些地区，原因和异性恋家长一样：学校好、花园大、环境平和安静等。
Though the organization paints a still overall grim picture for young gays, fully 78% of gay and transgender kids say they feel safe at school, according to a 2005 GLSEN report.
尽管对于年轻的同性恋者来说，形势依然严峻年，但是有78%的同性恋和有变性倾向的孩子称他们在学校里很安全（数据取自2005年GLSEN的报告）。
Not all gays want to marry, of course; but some are as keen as their straight friends to see their partnership recognised and protected by such a “valued and respected” institution.
当然，并非所有的同性恋都想要结婚；但是一些人如同他们的异性恋朋友们那样，渴望看到他们的伴侣关系得到这样一个“为人珍视和尊崇”的制度的认可和保护。
Officials said the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in the sale and rental of homes, doesn't specifically cite gays and lesbians when it comes to the groups protected.
官员称公平房屋交易法规定禁止在房屋销售和租赁有歧视，但在群体保护中并没有提到同志和拉拉。
Officials said the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in the sale and rental of homes, doesn't specifically cite gays and lesbians when it comes to the groups protected.
官员称公平房屋交易法规定禁止在房屋销售和租赁有歧视，但在群体保护中并没有提到同志和拉拉。
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