The gay scene could not really enliven it, for his heart was not in turn with it.

这种欢乐的场面并不能真正地使他活跃起来，因为他的心情与这场面不合拍。

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This was how he had first encountered the gay scene in Kampala in the late 1990s, after hearing rumours of a night party in some gardens outside the city and deciding he had to gatecrash.

他听到了一些关于在城外的花园里举行深夜聚会的传言，并且决定一定要去，就这样他于19世纪90年代末在坎帕拉第一次见到了同性恋场景。

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So, yes, it makes me sad that it is so hard to meet gay women other than via the Scene.

所以，是的，这让我很难受，因为你很难认识女同，除非是通过聚会。

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