Stand up and speak up - Meryl Streep

When I was a little girl growing up in middle class New Jersey, my entire artistic life was curated by people who lived in the straightjacket of a very conformist suburban life. 

我从小是在新泽西州的一个中产阶级家庭长大的，我的整个艺术生涯都是由郊区那些墨守成规的人规划的。

In the late 50s and early 60s, all the houses in my neighborhood were the same size. In the developments, they even were the same shape and color and style. 

在50年代末60年代初，我所在小区的所有房屋都是一样大小的。在发展过程中，它们甚至有着完全相同的形状、颜色和风格。

Standing out, being different was like drawing a target on your forehead and you had to have a special kind of courage to do it. 

要想脱颖而出、与众不同，那就意味着你在自己额头画了一个靶子，会成为众矢之的。这需要非凡的勇气。

And some of my teachers were obliged to live their whole lives hidden, covertly. But my sixth and seventh grade music teacher, Paul Grossman, was one of the bravest people I knew. 

我的一些老师因此被迫终身隐忍度日。但是，我六、七年级的音乐老师保罗·格罗斯曼是我认识的最勇敢的人之一。

Because later, when I was in graduate school, I read that he had transitioned and become one of the first transgender women in the country. 

因为后来，当我读研究生的时候，我听说他做了变性手术，并且成为了美国第一批变性女性之一。

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