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For ten whole years, Queercraft has been a hub of activity and support for LGBTQ+ Minecrafters. Founded by Beaupedia in the far-off year of 2012, the community has grown into a group of bustling builders and friendly faces, all tied together by exciting events. It’s a place where people can find support and safety, as well as fun.
整整十年了，Queercraft 一直是众多LGBTQ+我的世界玩家参加活动，互帮互助的游戏聚集地。它由Beauprdia在距今有段时间的2012年创立，直到今天，这个社区已经成长为一个充满忙碌的创作者与热情玩家的群体，而这一切，都是由一些激动人心的事情共同促成的。在这个地方，人们不仅能够寻求帮助，获得安全感，还能享受乐趣。

Unfortunately, LGBTQ+ people can still face discrimination, especially in online games. So he wanted to make a space that would be open, fair, and understanding to everybody. “As much progress as we have made as a society when it comes to queer issues, the internet is still the wild west in a lot of ways,” says Beaupedia.

不幸的是，LGBTQ+群体仍然不能避免歧视，尤其是在网络*游戏中。所以他（Beauprdia）想要创造一个对每个人足够开放，公平，包容强的地方。“在如何看待同性恋这一方面，社会已经取得很大进步，但是，如今的互联网在很多方面仍不文明，就像以前那野蛮的西部，”Beaupedia说道

At that time, even Minecraft itself hadn’t been around for very long. Beau and a friend were checking out the game and found out about public servers and set one up for all LGBTQ+ people to play together and get to know each other. “I thought we’d play for a few months,” he says. “Little did I know that here we would be ten years later!”

在那时，甚至Minecraft它本身都没有存在多久，更别提流行了。Beau与一个朋友在探索这个游戏时，发现了公共服*务器在Minecraft中的存在，于是他们一拍即合，开设了一个服*务器，以供LGBTQ+群体来一起游玩，相互了解。“我本以为这个服务器只会开设几个月” 他说道。“没想到这一来便是十载!”

The main server hosted by Queercraft is a Survival server, filled with a variety of builds made by members of the community. Many players love to create mapart, lining up blocks just right so that the pictures they create can be viewed, well, on a map! “It requires so many materials, time, and planning,” says Beau. He doesn’t make them himself – “I’m not that talented or patient!” he admits.
Queercraft开设的主服*务器的游戏模式是生存，社区成员们在里面建造了各式各样的建筑。许多玩家热爱建造拼图，他们将方块不偏不倚的排列到一起，这样就能在手持的地图上欣赏他们所制作的图片了！“完成它需要大量的资源，时间，以及计划也必不可少，” Beau说道。他一个人可没法——“我没有天赋，也不足够耐心!” 他很爽快地承认道。

“It’s a wonderful way for people to express what they’re interested in,” he says. But it also helps people to find friends on the server. If someone makes an artwork of a character from a TV show they really like, other people will know that they can chat about that with them. And, of course, a lot of the mapart is Pride themed, allowing the server members to celebrate themselves in ways that they might not always be able to outside the game.
“为了让人们表达他们对某种事物的兴趣，这种方式真是太棒了，” 他说道。并且这样也帮助人们在服务器上找到了朋友。如果某人用一件作品还原了电视上他们都很喜欢的人物，就会让有相同爱好的人知道，他们是聊得来的。并且，许多拼图作品都毫无疑问以骄傲为主题，这允许服务器成员用他们游戏外而不能的方式在游戏内尽情庆祝。

New players in the Survival world are welcomed into the server with a tour. They’ll get a dozen free cookies, learn about the market where players exchange items for a currency called marbles, and visit the community centre, where they can pick up any spare items that have been donated for newcomers to enjoy. Then they’ll get their room at the inn, which they can stay in for seven nights while they build a little house of their own.

新玩家进入生存世界时总是受欢迎的，还能获得享受一场旅程的见面礼。不仅如此，他们也能免费领取一打曲奇，以此来了解到市场是一个玩家间交*易物品的地方，而货币是一种叫弹珠的物品。然后参观社区中心，一个可以领取闲置物品的地方，这些物品都是老玩家为新玩家捐置的，老玩家总是希望新玩家们享受游戏。更棒的是，最后他们会得到在旅店暂时的房间，他们可在这里居住七天，以便与他们在这七天内修建一间他们自己的小屋。

“Then we take them to the library,” says Beaupedia. The library teaches players about the server and about Minecraft in general. “The amazing thing is, we’re so far into this game existing and there are still people who just started playing,” he says. So the library will teach anyone who isn’t sure what they’re doing everything they need to know to get started.
“然后我们会带他们去图书馆,” Beaupedia说道。玩家可以在图书馆内学会关于图书馆与Minecraft的常识。“令人惊叹的是，当我们已经对这款游戏目前的内容了如指掌时，仍有玩家对其一无所知,” 他说道。所以任何人都可以从图书馆学到东西，比如当他们想要开始他们的游戏之旅，但却不知道应该做什么时。

And the final step is a great big welcome. Everyone online is invited to say hello to the new player through the world chat, which has no restrictions by distance. “It’s amazing. I love that moment. You just see the chat fill up with the people online saying ‘welcome!’‘welcome!’ ‘welcome!’ ‘Glad you found us!’”
这最后的一步是一场盛大的欢迎仪式。每位在线玩家受邀用世界聊天频道与新玩家打招呼，这完全不受空间的限制。“这太神奇了。我爱死这种感觉了。尤其是当你看见世界聊天频道上充满了在线玩家的问候 ‘欢迎!’‘欢迎!’  ‘很高兴相遇!’”

Queercraft’s welcoming nature has created a community that’s been running for over a decade. Some people have come and gone, but others have been there for the whole ten years. “We have people who joined when they were 13 who are now 23 and have children of their own,” says Beaupedia. “Which is hard to fathom.”
正是由于Queercraft欢迎新玩家的热情传统，才造就一个已经成立了十多年的社区。人们来来去去，但有的人已经在那里呆了已经整整十年。“我们有些人在13岁时加入这里，现在已经23岁了并且成立了家庭，并有了孩子，”Beaupedia 说道。“这确实很难捉摸。”

Queercraft also runs other servers, including themed creative servers like Pixel, for – you guessed it! – pixel art, and Mars, for all things space and sci fi. They have weekly events where players can request songs to be played and dedicate them to their friends, romances, or chosen family members. And they have DJ events where people can dance and piñatas dangle from the ceiling and drop rare items. “It’s kind of the heartbeat of the community, every week we come together for this event,” says Beaupedia.
Queercraft也运行着其他服务器，包括以创造为主题的服务器例如Pixel，好吧，你猜对了！– pixel艺术，火星，所有的太空与科幻的东西a。它们拥有每周事件，玩家可以选歌播放，来献给他们的朋友，爱人，或所选中的家人。与之同时，服务器里也会举办DJ事件，人们载歌载舞，伴随着天花板上悬挂的皮纳塔装饰，玩家间相互赠送稀有物品，“这里是社区精神的中心之地，每个月我们因此而相聚,”Beaupedia说道。

But Queercraft goes beyond Minecraft, too. Beaupedia created a non-profit organisaton called Prism which aims to go wider as a place of safety and support for the LGBTQ+ community. With discrimination still sadly common online and offline, Prism aims to give people a place to go if they have any problems, for example by setting up small group discussion sessions. Creating the non-profit wasn’t easy – many people don’t understand that a Minecraft group can be so important to the people involved. But Prism is now working and ready to expand, making sure that more and more LGBTQ+ people can get the help and community that they deserve.
但Queercraft的意义也超越了Minecraft它本身。Beaupedia创建了一个名叫Prism公益性的组织，旨在让这个安全的庇护所扩大，为LGBTQ+ 社区提供帮助。但可悲的是，歧视从未因为网络而消逝，Prism想要为拥有困难的人们提供栖息之地，比如成立小组讨论会议 。做公益并不是容易的——许多人实在不能理解，一个Minecraft组织对于参与其中的人是如此重要。但 Prism仍为之努力，让组织规模扩大，确保越来越多的LGBTQ+群体能获得帮助，享受他们应得的社区。

For more than ten years, this community has been bustling, making incredible map art, hanging out on the dance floor, and helping one another to feel loved and accepted. Here’s to an even better next ten years!
十多年来，这个社区仍繁忙如初，制作着不可思议的地图艺术，在舞池内来来往往，在帮与被帮中感受爱与包容。让我们共同迎接下一个更好的十年！




【专刀你 译自官网 2022 年 07 月 11 日发布的 Welcome to Queercraft；原作者 Jay Castello】
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