He is African American and gay, and he says that at first, he did not take the nomination too seriously.

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But, you know, I know someone who was a teacher in a Chicago public school for decades and lost his job, teaching math to high school kids, because he is gay.

我认识一个任职于,一所芝加哥公立学校几十年的老教师,被解雇了，他在高中教数学，仅仅是因为他是同性恋。

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If you see a man who is not effeminate, you might ignore it or say maybe he's not really gay after all.

如果你看到不是娘娘腔的同性恋者，你可能会忽视他,或者认为他不是真的同性恋者。

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He is using the English translation of the German word frohlich from Nietzsche's The Gay Science.

他用的其实是德语“快乐的“一词的英文翻译,而那个词则来自尼采写的“快乐的科学家“这个标题。

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