Jul 18, 2004 07:58
20 yrs ago
English term
Patheja
small sentence
Non-PRO
English
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1.The organisation offers programs and workshops on AIDS prevention for different groups such as men who have sex with men, heterosexual women and men and transgenders.
2.We provide youth counseling services for young people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or questioning their sexuality.
3. One example, XXX, is an interactive peer-led group for queer and questioning young Asian and Pacific Islanders.
I'd appreciate if you could explain the meaning of sentence at serial number 3. Thank you.
2.We provide youth counseling services for young people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or questioning their sexuality.
3. One example, XXX, is an interactive peer-led group for queer and questioning young Asian and Pacific Islanders.
I'd appreciate if you could explain the meaning of sentence at serial number 3. Thank you.
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| 3 +7 | Explanation below |
Sarah Downing
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| 5 +1 | see explanation |
Sunshine King
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| 3 | Try to explain |
Stefanie Sendelbach
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Responses
+7
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Sarah Downing
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Explanation below
I think interactive in this case means that those taking part interact with those leading the group or their fellow participants. Possibly they all stand up and tell their stories and other make comments and suggestions.
Peers means that the group is led by people of about the same age - maybe they're homosexual too.
Queer is a slang word for gay/homosexual, so the group is a counselling (offering advice) group held for people who are gay or who are not sure about their sexuality (i.e. suspect they might be gay).
HTH!
Peers means that the group is led by people of about the same age - maybe they're homosexual too.
Queer is a slang word for gay/homosexual, so the group is a counselling (offering advice) group held for people who are gay or who are not sure about their sexuality (i.e. suspect they might be gay).
HTH!
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Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
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Works in: English to German, German, Portuguese to German
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Try to explain
Peers are people that belong to a common group. It can refer to the same age, the same class (in school), the same profession, etc. So peer-led means that somebody from within the group leads it.
I guess there is some mistake with 'for queer' and it is supposed to mean 'for queers', which means for homosexual people.
The 'and questioning' part also seems wrong to me. I understand it as follows: 'XXX is an interactive peer-led group for queers, where young Asian and Pacific Islanders are questioned'.
I hope this helps. If you have further questions, you can type it in the white box below your question and click on 'add a note'.
I guess there is some mistake with 'for queer' and it is supposed to mean 'for queers', which means for homosexual people.
The 'and questioning' part also seems wrong to me. I understand it as follows: 'XXX is an interactive peer-led group for queers, where young Asian and Pacific Islanders are questioned'.
I hope this helps. If you have further questions, you can type it in the white box below your question and click on 'add a note'.
Peer comment(s):
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Sarah Downing
: Peers is correct, but queer can also be used as an adjective and "and questioning" just means "and who are questioning their sexuality".
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You are right. And I thought they were mistakes... ;-)
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17 mins
Sunshine King
United States
United States
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English
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United States
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English to Italian, and 4 more.
see explanation
XXX is a interactive group, led by people equal to those they work with, for homosexual and undecided young Asion and Pacific Islanders
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nizamettin Yigit
: I agree, but depending upon xxx a person or name of the group the expression changes. if the hyphen between peer-led is a typo and is a coma than that is something else. Asker should make the choise based on his correct text I believe.
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