Unapologetically, Pamodzi ndi Kunyada
Juni ndi Mwezi Wonyada, ngati mwaphonya chilichonse chokutidwa ndi utawaleza! Pamene ndikudutsa pazakudya zanga za Facebook, pali malonda ochuluka a zochitika za LGBTQ; chilichonse kuyambira maphwando a padenga la padenga mpaka mausiku apabanja akulonjeza malo otetezeka kwa achinyamata. Zikuwoneka kuti sitolo iliyonse mwadzidzidzi imakhala ndi chiwonetsero chachikulu cha zinthu zomwe zikudontha mu utawaleza. Kuwoneka ndikofunikira (osandilakwitsa). Malo ochezera a pa Intaneti azindikira ndipo tsopano pali ma memes ochepa (koma abwino) akuyandama, akutikumbutsa kuti Kunyada sikukhudzana ndi kuthandizira makampani, glitter, ndi brunch. Malinga ndi Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, pali "220,000 LGBTQ+ ogula ku Colorado omwe ali ndi mphamvu zogula $ 10.6 biliyoni." Ziwerengero zina zofunika kuzitaya ndi 87% mwa anthuwa ali okonzeka kusinthana ndi ma brand omwe amalimbikitsa malo abwino a LGBTQ. Kunyada ndi kukondwerera zomwe tachita pomwe tili ngati gulu pakalipano, pambuyo pa zaka mazana ambiri akuponderezedwa. Ndizokhudza ufulu waumunthu ndi kuthekera kwa aliyense wa ife kukhala ndi moyo choonadi chathu popanda mantha pa moyo wathu weniweni ndi chitetezo. Kunyada ndi mwayi wokonzekera m'dera lathu. Ndikofunikira kwambiri kwa ine kuti timvetsetse komwe takhala tikukhala m'mbiri, momwe tafika patali m'zaka za zana la 20, komanso momwe kulili kofunika kuti tipitirize nkhondo yathu kuti gulu lathu la LGBTQ litetezedwe.
Choyamba, ndikuganiza kuti ndikofunikira kuyambira kwanuko. Denver ali ndi gulu lachisanu ndi chiwiri lalikulu la LGBTQ ku United States. Colorado ili ndi mbiri yosokoneza yokhudza kuletsa maubwenzi pakati pa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, kufanana kwaukwati, malamulo amisonkho, ufulu wa transgender ku chisamaliro chaumoyo, ndi ufulu wolera ana. Pali zolemba zambiri zolembedwa bwino kwambiri za mbiri yonyansa ya Colorado, sindikuganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kuti ndiyesere phunziro lambiri lambiri. Mbiri Colorado idzachita chiwonetsero kuyambira June 4th yotchedwa Rainbows and Revolutions, yomwe ikulonjeza kuti idzafufuza "momwe anthu a LGBTQ + akukhala ku Colorado akhala akupanduka kupitirira utawaleza, kuchokera kukudzinenera kuti ndi ndani mpaka ziwonetsero zokwezeka komanso zonyada za ufulu wa anthu ndi kufanana.” Mbiri yathu yakumaloko ndi yochititsa chidwi, kuyambira masiku a Wild West mpaka zaka khumi zapitazi. Malinga ndi a Phil Nash, wokhala ku Denver komanso wotsogolera woyamba ku GLBT Center (yomwe tsopano imadziwika kuti Center on Colfax) "Njira yabwino yowonera momwe mbiri yathu ikuyendera ndikuganizira za mafunde." M'zaka zapitazi za 20 Colorado yatha kuonetsetsa kuti ali ndi ufulu wokwatirana, kukhala ndi abwenzi omwe ali ndi inshuwalansi ya umoyo, kulera ana, ndikuonetsetsa kuti ufulu wawo usakhale wosankhidwa, kuopsezedwa, kapena kuphedwa chifukwa cha kugonana kapena kugonana. kufotokoza jenda. Mu 2023, tikuyang'ana kuti pakhale chisamaliro chaumoyo chonse chotsimikizira kuti amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ali ndi inshuwaransi yazaumoyo ku Colorado. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu a trans adzakhala ndi mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala chopulumutsa moyo chomwe chili ndi inshuwaransi.
Ponena za mbiri yakale pamlingo wadziko lonse, sindingadzikhululukire ndekha ngati sindinatchule Stonewall ndi zipolowe zomwe zidachitika. Ichi chinali chothandizira, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti magulu a LGBTQ akonzekere poyera pambuyo pa kuponderezedwa kwazaka zambiri. Panthawiyo (zaka za m'ma 1950 mpaka 1970), mabala ndi makalabu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha anali malo osungiramo anthu ammudzi kuti asonkhane ndi zolinga zakumwa, kuvina ndi kumanga mudzi. Pa June 28, 1969, pa bala yaing’ono yotchedwa Stonewall Inn, m’mudzi wa Greenwich, New York (yomwe inali ndi magulu a zigawenga mofanana ndi ambiri a m’nthaŵi imeneyo), apolisi anafika ndi kuukiramo. Izi zinali njira zomwe apolisi amalowera mgululi, kuyang'ana ma ID a anthu omwe amawakonda, kuyang'ana amayi ovala ngati amuna ndi abambo ovala zovala zachikazi. Pambuyo poyang'ana ma ID, omvera adaperekezedwa kupita kuzibafa limodzi ndi apolisi kuti akatsimikizire kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi. Ziwawa zidachitika pakati pa apolisi ndi oyang'anira balalo chifukwa usiku womwewo chifukwa ogula sadatsatire. Apolisiwo anamenya mwankhanza ndi kumanga olondawo chifukwa cha zimenezi. Ziwonetsero zamasiku angapo zidachitika. Otsutsa adasonkhana pamodzi kuchokera kumadera onse kuti amenyane ndi ufulu wokhala momasuka muzogonana komanso kuti asamangidwe chifukwa chongokhala gay pamaso pa anthu. Mu 2019, NYPD idapepesa chifukwa cha zomwe adachita pokumbukira zaka 50. Stonewall Inn ikadali ku New York pa Christopher Street. Ndi mbiri yakale yomwe ili ndi bungwe lachifundo lotchedwa The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, lodzipereka popereka uphungu, maphunziro, ndi chithandizo chandalama ku magulu a LGBTQ ndi anthu omwe azunzidwa ndi chisalungamo ku US ndi padziko lonse lapansi.
Miyezi ingapo pambuyo pa zipolowe za Stonewall, Brenda Howard, wolimbikitsa zachiwerewere, adadziwika kuti "Amayi Onyada." Adalemba chikumbutso patatha mwezi umodzi (Julayi 1969) pazomwe zidachitika ku Stonewall Inn komanso m'misewu. Mu 1970, Brenda adatenga nawo gawo pokonzekera The Christopher Street Parade, akuguba kuchokera ku Greenwich Village kupita ku Central Park, yomwe tsopano imadziwika kuti Pride Parade yoyamba. YouTube ili ndi mavidiyo angapo omwe ali ndi nkhani zaumwini za zochitika zomwe zikufotokoza usiku umenewo pa Christopher Street ndi mabungwe onse omwe adayambitsa gulu ladziko lonse, lomwe likupitirizabe kutsogolera nkhani za ufulu wa anthu chifukwa zimadutsa mibadwo yonse, jenda, chikhalidwe cha anthu, chikhalidwe cha anthu, kulumala, ndi mtundu.
Ndiye…tiyeni tikambirane za unyamata wathu kwa mphindi imodzi. Mbadwo wathu womwe ukubwerawu ndi wamphamvu, wanzeru komanso wanzeru kwambiri moti sindingathe n’komwe kumvetsa. Amagwiritsa ntchito mawu osonyeza kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi, zokonda zogonana, komanso maubwenzi, mosiyana ndi mibadwo yakale, zomwe zimatifikitsa ku nthawi yeniyeniyi. Achinyamata athu akuwona anthu ngati amitundu yambiri komanso apamwamba komanso opitilira kuganiza kopanda malire. Pafupifupi ngati sizinachitike m'mibadwo yam'mbuyomu kuti pali mawonekedwe omwe tonsefe timasinthasintha, m'mbali zambiri m'miyoyo yathu, ndikuti sikulakwa kwenikweni kusalowa m'mabokosi ang'onoang'ono abwino. Ndi magulu onse a chikhalidwe cha anthu, ndikofunikira kupereka ulemu ku maziko omwe atilola kuyima pomwe tili lero. Ufuluwu sunatsimikizidwe mtsogolo mwathu koma titha kupatsa mphamvu achinyamata athu kuti apitirize kufotokoza zakukhosi kwawo ndikuwathandiza kupyolera mu zovuta zomwe tonse tikukumana nazo. Tili ndi mwayi wabwino wopita patsogolo kufupi ndi dziko lomwe tinalonjezedwa kwa ife. Ndikugwira ntchito ngati woyang'anira chisamaliro mogwirizana ndi dipatimenti yodzidzimutsa ya ana amisala, ndimakumbutsidwa tsiku lililonse kuti ana athu amavutika ndi zovuta zamagulu ndi zinthu zomwe, ife, mibadwo yakale sitimvetsetsa. Pamene tikupatsira ndodo ku mbadwo watsopanowu, tiyenera kukumbukira kuti nkhondo yawo idzawoneka mosiyana ndi yathu. Ndikuwonanso kuti ufulu wa LGBTQ uli wophatikizidwa kwambiri ndi ufulu wofunikira wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala.
Zochitika za New York Pride za 2022 zili ndi mutu wakuti, "Unapologetically, Us." Denver wasankha mutu wa "Pamodzi ndi Kunyada" kuti ukhale chikondwerero choyamba chamunthu m'zaka ziwiri chifukwa cha COVID-19. Kumapeto kwa mwezi uno (June 25th mpaka 26th) ndidzikulunga muzinthu zamtundu wa utawaleza ndikudzikuza mopanda manyazi ngati mkazi wa polyamorous, bisexual. Kudziwa kuti sindiyenera kuopa kutaya nyumba yanga, ntchito, banja kapena kumangidwa m'misewu chifukwa cha momwe ndimawonekera m'dziko lino, chifukwa cha ntchito yofunika kwambiri yomwe yabwera patsogolo panga. Kunyada ndi mwayi wokondwerera ntchito yonse yovuta yomwe yachitika pakusintha malamulo ndi makhalidwe a anthu. Tiyeni tivine m'misewu ndikukondwerera ngati tapambana nkhondo yayitali kwambiri koma osasiya kukhala bwino ndi momwe zinthu zilili pano. Musati musokoneze chikondwerero ndi kumasuka. Tiyeni tiphunzitse achinyamata athu kukhala amphamvu ndi osatetezeka, opanda mantha koma achifundo. Tiyeni tilimbikitsane kuti tifotokoze zosowa zathu ndi zomwe tikudziwa monga anthu akugawana dziko lapansi. Khalani ndi chidwi ndikukhala wokonzeka kutsutsa zikhulupiriro zanu, ngakhale mukumva ngati mukugwirizana kale ndi gulu ili! Sakani, phunzirani, funsani mafunso koma osadalira anzanu a LGBTQ kuti akuphunzitseni pankhaniyi. Mwezi Wonyada ndi nthawi yoti tipitilize kukonza ndikuyitanitsa zokambirana zolimba za momwe tingapitirizire ntchito yathu yokhudzana ndi chilungamo cha anthu ndi ufulu wa anthu a LGBTQ ndi madera onse apakati.
magwero
oedit.colorado.gov/blog-post/the-spending-power-of-pride
outfrontmagazine.com/brief-lgbt-history-colorado/
historycolorado.org/exhibit/rainbows-revolutions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots
lgbtqcolorado.org/programs/lgbtq-history-project/
Resources
Kugonana Patsiku ndi Christopher Ryan ndi Cacilda Jethá
Ntchito ya Trevor- thetrevorproject.org/
Kuti mumve zambiri za Pride Fest ku Denver, chonde pitani denverpride.org/
Center pa Colfax- lgbtqcolorado.org/
YouTube- Sakani "Stonewall Riots"