Kufikira Pazovuta: Mwezi Wonyada 2023

LGBTQ+ Pride ndi…

Echo, kugwedeza, ndi kumasuka kukumbatira onse.

Njira yapadera yopita ku chisangalalo, kudziona kukhala wofunika, chikondi, chidaliro, ndi chidaliro.

Kuyenerera, chimwemwe, ndi kudzikuza mu ulemu kuti mukhale ndendende chomwe inu muli.

Chikondwerero ndi mzimu wovomereza mbiri ya munthu.

Kuwona kudzipereka kozama kwa tsogolo la chinthu china.

Kuvomereza kuti, monga gulu, sitilinso chete, obisika, kapena tokha.

• Charlee Frazier-Flores

 

M'mwezi wa June, padziko lonse lapansi, anthu amalumikizana kukondwerera gulu la LGBTQ.

Zochitikazo zikuphatikiza zikondwerero zophatikiza, ziwonetsero zodzaza ndi anthu, makampani otseguka ndi otsimikizira, ndi ogulitsa. Mwinamwake munamvapo funso lakuti "chifukwa chiyani?" Chifukwa chiyani pakufunika Mwezi Wonyada wa LGBTQ? Pambuyo pa nthawi yonseyi, zosintha zonse, zovuta, ndi zochitika zachiwawa zomwe anthu akukumana nazo, nchifukwa chiyani tikupitiriza kukondwerera? Pokondwerera poyera, zikhoza kukhala za onse amene adadza patsogolo pathu; kungakhale kusonyeza dziko kuti ndife ambiri osati ochepa; zikhoza kusonyeza izo Thandizo kwa omwe akubisala kuti apewe tsankho, kumangidwa, kapena kuphedwa. Chifukwa chake ndizosiyana kwa aliyense. Ngakhale kwa iwo omwe salowa nawo pa zikondwerero zenizeni, ochirikiza angawonekere kwambiri kapena amalankhula m'mwezi wa June. Ndaphunzira m’zaka zonse kuti mwezi wa June umalola anthu kufotokoza maganizo awo paokha komanso pagulu. Kuwonekera ndikofunikira kwa iwo omwe akukumana ndi tsankho. Zomwe takumana nazo pamoyo wathu zimamveka mosiyana, ngakhale m'gulu la LGBTQ. Zosangalatsa zonse ndi zikondwerero zingathandize kubweretsa chilimbikitso ndi kumverera kwabwino kwa gulu la anthu oponderezedwa. Ndi malo omwe achibale, mabwenzi, ndi othandizira angabwere kudzachitira umboni za moyo wa anthu apadera. Ndikuyitanitsa mgwirizano ndikuthandizira gulu lophatikizana. Kukhala nawo pa zikondwererozo kungachititse munthu kudzimva kuti akulandiridwa. Kutenga nawo mbali pachikondwerero cha Kunyada kumalola ufulu wodziwonetsera nokha, malo odziwonetsera, ndi malo owerengedwa ngati amodzi mwa ambiri. Ufulu ndi mgwirizano ukhoza kukhala wosangalatsa.

Njira yotulukira kwa munthu aliyense amene adzipeza kuti ali wosiyana ndi gulu lovomerezeka padziko lonse lapansi ndi lapadera.

Zikondwerero zonyada si za iwo okha omwe amadziwika kuti ndi "ena." Sikuti ndi okhawo omwe ali mgulu la LGBTQ. Ndi malo onse olandiridwa! Tonse timabadwira m’zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana, zachuma, ndi maphunziro. Omwe ali mgulu la LGBTQ amatha kukhala ndi zofanana ndi ena mkati mwawo. Komabe, ngati apatsidwa mpata woti afotokoze zimene anakumana nazo paokha, kuzama kwa zovutazo kumasiyana malinga ndi mwayi wawo komanso kusowa kwa mwayi. Ndikofunika kuzindikira kuti luso la munthu, kuvomereza, ndi kupambana nthawi zambiri zimalepheretsedwa ndi tsankho. Nkhani zathu zimasiyanasiyana kutengera zinthu zomwe zili mkati kapena popanda mphamvu zathu. Zotsatira zamaganizo, zamaganizo, ndi za thanzi zomwe munthu amakumana nazo m'moyo wake zimakhudzana kwambiri ndi kulandiridwa, kulandira chithandizo, ndi chithandizo chomwe timalandira kuchokera kwa ena. Mwachitsanzo, munthu wakuda, wamba, kapena wachikuda adzakumana ndi zokumana nazo zosiyana ndi za mzungu. Tiyerekeze kuti munthu wa BIPOC akuwonetsanso kuti ndi wosagwirizana ndi jenda kapena trans, wokhala ndi malingaliro osagwirizana ndi chikhalidwe, ndipo ndi neurodivergent. Zikatero, adzamva kusalidwa kochuluka kuchokera kumagulu omwe samawavomereza pamagulu ambiri. Mwezi Wonyada ndi wofunika chifukwa umapereka mwayi wokondwerera kusiyana kwathu. Mwezi Wonyada ukhoza kubweretsa chidziwitso pakufunika kogawana malo, kulola kuti munthu aliyense amve, kupita kumalo ovomerezeka padziko lonse lapansi, ndikupanga malo ochitirapo kanthu omwe pamapeto pake amapanga kusintha.

Nthawi zambiri, zimene timaona kuti n’zovomerezeka kaŵirikaŵiri zimazikidwa pa zokumana nazo za moyo wathu, makhalidwe, zikhulupiriro, ndi mantha.

Gulu la LGBTQ likusintha mosalekeza, kugawana, ndikuphwanya malingaliro okhudzana ndi zomwe anthu amakumana nazo. Makoma ozungulira mitima yathu ndi malingaliro athu akhoza kukula ndikukula kukhala ophatikizana. Ndikofunikira kulingalira zokondera zathu payekhapayekha potengera zomwe takumana nazo m'moyo. Kukondera ndi malo akhungu omwe sitikudziwa chifukwa cha ufulu womwe moyo wathu wapadera watipatsa. Mwezi uno lingalirani momwe kulumikizana kwanu kudziko kungasiyanire ndi munthu wina. Kodi moyo wawo ungasiyane bwanji ndi wanu? M’chenicheni, mosasamala kanthu za mmene munthu angadziŵikire, munthu angayambe kumvetsetsa, kuvomereza, ndi kumvana. Kumvetsetsa zosankha za wina ndi zomwe wakumana nazo sikofunikira kuti tivomereze ulendo wawo. Mwa kuchita zinthu zosiyana ndi zimene timachita, tingathandize ena kuchita chimodzimodzi. Kufunafuna chimwemwe kwaumunthu kumawoneka mosiyana kwa aliyense. Kutsegula mitima ndi maganizo athu kukhoza kukulitsa luso lathu lovomereza ena.

Kutchula ena ngati akunja kumachitika muzochitika zilizonse zomwe zikuwonetsa mphamvu zotsutsa.

Kodi mudawonapo kuchotsedwa kwa munthu potengera momwe amawonera kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi, zomwe amakonda, komanso kudzizindikiritsa? Ndawonapo ziwonetsero, ndemanga, ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nkhanza. Mu media, titha kupeza zomwe zimatsutsana ndi kudziwonetsera tokha. Ndikosavuta kuyika anthu m'magulu mosiyana ndi kumvetsetsa kwathu kapena kuvomereza kwathu. Wina angatchule munthu kapena gulu la anthu kuti "ena" osati iye mwini. Zingapangitse munthu kudziona kuti ndi wapamwamba kuposa anthu amene timawatchula kuti ndi osiyana ndi zimene amaona kuti ndi zovomerezeka. Kuzilemba kwina kungakhale njira yodzitetezera, kugwedezeka kwa mawondo ku mantha, kapena kusamvetsetsa. M'mbiri, tawona zomanga za mphamvu iyi popatula ena. Zalembedwa kukhala lamulo, zolembedwa m'magazini azachipatala, zomveka pakati pa anthu, ndi kupezeka m'malo antchito. Pazikoka zanu, pezani njira zothandizira kuphatikizika, osati mongoganizira chabe, koma pezani njira zokulitsa kuzindikira kwa ena mogwira mtima. Lankhulani, ganizani, ndi kukhala moyo wachidwi ndi kulimbikitsa ena kuchita chimodzimodzi.

M’pofunika kukumbukira kuti zimene timachita monga munthu payekha zingathandize kwambiri.

Khalani olimba mtima kuti muyang'ane zolemba ndi matanthauzo omwe ali m'maganizo mwanu ndikuyamba kufunsa mafunso omwe palibe amene akufunsa. Tinthu tating'onoting'ono timene timagawana ndi kufotokoza zimatha kusintha malingaliro a wina. Ngakhale zochita zathu zitapangitsa kuti munthu wina aziganiza bwino, zimatha kusintha m'banja, m'dera kapena kuntchito. Khalani omasuka kuphunzira zizindikiritso zatsopano, mawonedwe, ndi zokumana nazo. Tanthauzo la omwe ife ndife komanso zomwe timamvetsetsa za dziko lotizungulira zikhoza kusintha. Khalani olimba mtima kuti muwonjezere kuzindikira kwanu. Khalani olimba mtima kuti mulankhule ndikupanga kusintha. Khalani okoma mtima ndi kusiya kusokoneza ena kudzera m'magulu. Lolani anthu kuti afotokoze moyo wawo. Yambani kuwona ena ngati gawo la zochitika zonse zaumunthu!

 

Malingaliro a kampani LGBTQ Resources

One Colorado - one-colorado.org

Sherlock's Homes Foundation | Thandizeni LGBTQ Achinyamata - sherlockshomes.org/resources/?msclkid=30d5987b40b41a4098ccfcf8f52cef10&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Homelessness%20Resources&utm_term=LGBTQ%20Homeless%20Youth%20Resources&utm_content=Homelessness%20Resources%20-%20Standard%20Ad%20Group

Colorado LGBTQ History Project - lgbtqcolorado.org/programs/lgbtq-history-project/

Mbiri ya Mwezi Wonyada - history.com/topics/gay-rights/pride-month