Unapologetically, Kunye neQhayiya

UJuni yiNyanga yeQhayiya, ukuba uphose yonke into egqunywe ngumnyama! Njengoko ndiskrola kwi-Facebook feed yam, kukho iitoni zeentengiso ze-LGBTQ ezigxile kwimicimbi; yonke into ukusuka kuphahla lwepatio amaqela ukuya kubusuku bosapho luthembisa indawo ekhuselekileyo yolutsha. Kubonakala ngathi ivenkile nganye ngequbuliso inomboniso omkhulu wezinto ezithontsiza kwimvula. Ukubonakala kubalulekile (ungandivi kakubi). Imithombo yeendaba zentlalo iye yaqaphela kwaye ngoku kukho iimemes ezimbalwa ezinqabileyo (kodwa ezifanelekileyo) ezijikelezayo, ezisibiza ukuba sikhumbule Ikratshi alikho malunga nenkxaso yenkampani, i-glitter, kunye ne-brunch. Ngokwe-Ofisi yeColorado yoPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho kunye noRhwebo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe, kukho "i-220,000 LGBTQ + abathengi eColorado abanamandla okuthenga aqikelelwa kwi-10.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola." Enye i-statistic ebalulekileyo yokulahla i-87% yale demographic izimisele ukutshintshela kwiimpawu ezikhuthaza isikhundla esilungileyo se-LGBTQ. Ikratshi limalunga nokubhiyozela impumelelo apho simi khona njengoluntu ngoku, emva kweenkulungwane zengcinezelo. Kumalunga namalungelo oluntu kunye nokukwazi kwethu ukuba ngamnye kuthi aphile inyaniso yethu ngaphandle kokoyika ubomi bethu bokwenyani kunye nokhuseleko. Ukuzingca lithuba lokulungelelanisa phakathi koluntu lwethu. Kubaluleke kakhulu kum ukuba siqonde apho besikhona kwimbali, ukuba sifike kangakanani kwinkulungwane ye-20, kwaye kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba siqhubeke nomlo wethu wokuqinisekisa ukuba uluntu lwethu lwe-LGBTQ lukhuselekile.

Okokuqala, ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuqala ekuhlaleni. I-Denver inoluntu lwe-LGBTQ lwesixhenxe ngobukhulu eUnited States. IColorado inembali edidayo malunga nokuthintela ubudlelwane bomzimba phakathi kwabantu abathandanayo besini esifanayo, ukulingana komtshato, umthetho werhafu, amalungelo e-transgender kukhathalelo lwempilo, kunye namalungelo okwamkelwa. Maninzi amanqaku abhalwe kakuhle malunga nembali emdaka yaseColorado, andiqondi ukuba kuya kulunga kum nokuba ndizame isifundo sembali esicokisekileyo. Imbali iColorado iza kwenza umboniso oqala nge-4 kaJuni ebizwa ngokuba yiRainbows kunye neeRevolutions, ethembisa ukuphonononga "indlela ubukho babantu be-LGBTQ + eColorado ibe sisenzo semvukelo ngaphaya komnyama, ukusuka kwizibhengezo ezithe cwaka zokuzazisi ukuya kuqhanqalazo oluvakalayo nolunebhongo lwamalungelo oluntu kunye. ukulingana.” Imbali yethu yasekhaya inika umdla, ukusukela kwimihla yeWild West ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo yowiso-mthetho. NgokukaPhil Nash, umhlali waseDenver kunye nomlawuli wokuqala kwiZiko le-GLBT (ngoku elaziwa njengeZiko leColfax) "Eyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yokubona ukuqhubela phambili kwembali yethu kukucinga ngayo ngamaza." Ngethuba leminyaka yokugqibela ye-20 iminyaka i-Colorado ikwazile ukuqinisekisa amalungelo okutshata, ukuba namaqabane ahlanganiswe yi-inshurensi yezempilo, ukwamkelwa kwabantwana, kwaye iqinisekisa amalungelo asisiseko ukuba angacalulwa, asongelwe, okanye abulawe ngenxa yesini okanye imbonakalo yesini. Ngo-2023, sijonge ukuba lonke ukhathalelo lwezempilo oluqinisekisa isini lugqunywe phantsi kwe-inshurensi yezempilo eColorado. Oku kuthetha ukuba abantu abaguquguqukayo ekugqibeleni baya kuba nokufikelela kwiinkqubo zolondolozo lwempilo ezihlawulelwa yi-inshurensi.

Ngokwembali kuzwelonke, andinakuze ndizixolele ukuba andikhange ndithethe ngo-Stonewall nezidubedube ezabakho. Le yayiyeyona nto ibangela ukuba uluntu lwe-LGBTQ luququzelele esidlangalaleni emva kweenkulungwane zengcinezelo. Ngeli xesha (1950 ukuya koo-1970), iibhari zamafanasini kunye neeklabhu yayiziindawo zokuhlala ukuze uluntu luhlangane ngenjongo yokusela, ukudanisa kunye nokwakha uluntu. NgoJuni 28, 1969, kwibhari encinane ebizwa ngokuba yiStonewall Inn, eGreenwich Village, eNew York (eyeyeqela leenjubaqa njengenkoliso yelo xesha), kwangena amapolisa aza agqogqa le ndawo yentselo. Olu hlaselo yayiyinkqubo eqhelekileyo apho amapolisa ayengena kwindawo yombutho, ajonge izazisi zabaxhasi, ejolise kubafazi abanxibe okwamadoda namadoda anxibe iimpahla zabasetyhini. Emva kokuba izazisi zijongiwe, abaxhasi baye bakhatshwa ukuya kumagumbi okuhlambela bekhatshwa ngamapolisa ukuya kuqinisekisa isini. Kwabakho udushe phakathi kwamapolisa kunye nabaxhasi bale bar kuba ngobo busuku kuba abaxhasi abazange bathobele. Ngenxa yoko, amapolisa ababetha aza ababamba abaxhasi. Kwalandela uqhanqalazo lweentsuku ezininzi. Abaqhankqalazi badibana bevela macala onke ukuze balwele ilungelo lokuhlala ngokuphandle kwiindlela zabo zokwabelana ngesondo kwaye bangajongani nokubanjelwa ukuba gay esidlangalaleni. Ngo-2019, i-NYPD yacela uxolo ngezenzo zabo zokukhumbula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50. I-Stonewall Inn isame eNew York kwisitalato iChristopher. Luphawu olubalulekileyo lwembali kunye nombutho wesisa obizwa ngokuba yi-Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, ezinikele ekuboneleleni ngenkxaso, imfundo, kunye nenkxaso yezemali kuluntu olusezantsi lwe-LGBTQ kunye nabantu abakhe baphathwa ngokungekho sikweni e-US nakwihlabathi liphela.

Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kwe-Stonewall Riots, uBrenda Howard, itshantliziyo elithandana nesini esibini, waziwa ngokuba "nguMama weQhayiya." Wabhala isikhumbuzo kwinyanga kamva (ngoJulayi 1969) kwiziganeko ezenzeka e-Stonewall Inn nasezitalatweni. Ngo-1970, uBrenda wathatha inxaxheba ekuququzeleleni iParade yesitalato iChristopher, eqhankqalaza ephuma eGreenwich Village ukuya eCentral Park, ngoku eyaziwa ngokuba yiPride Parade yokuqala. I-YouTube ineevidiyo ezininzi ezineengxelo zobuqu zeziganeko ezichaza ngobo busuku kwiSitalato sikaChristopher kunye nayo yonke intlangano ephantsi ekhokelela kwintlangano yelizwe, eqhubeka ikhokela intlawulo kwimiba yamalungelo oluntu ngenxa yokuba idlula yonke iminyaka, isini, isimo sentlalo noqoqosho, ukukhubazeka, kunye nobuhlanga.

Ke…makhe sithethe ngolutsha lwethu okomzuzwana. Isizukulwana sethu esizayo sinamandla, sinovelwano, kwaye sikrelekrele ngendlela endingenako nokuyiqonda. Basebenzisa amagama abonakalisa ubuni besini, utyekelo lwezesondo, kunye nezimbo zobudlelwane, ngokungafaniyo nezizukulwana ezidlulileyo, ezisikhokelela kulo mzuzu kanye ngexesha. Ulutsha lwethu lubona abantu benamacala amaninzi nangaphezulu nangaphaya kokucinga okubini. Phantse njengokuba akuzange kwenzeke kwizizukulwana ezidlulileyo ukuba kukho i-spectrum apho sonke siguquguquka, kwiinkalo ezininzi zobomi bethu, kwaye akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngokusisiseko ukungangeni kwiibhokisi ezincinci ezicocekileyo. Ngayo yonke intshukumo yobulungisa boluntu, kubalulekile ukunika imbeko kwisiseko esisivumeleyo ukuba sime apho sikhoyo namhlanje. La malungelo akaqinisekiswanga ngekamva lethu kodwa sinako ukuxhobisa ulutsha lwethu ukuba luhlale luvakalisa izimvo zalo kwaye siluxhase ngemiba entsonkothileyo esijongene nayo sonke. Sinethuba elihle lokuqhubela phambili kufutshane nesizwe esithenjiswe sona. Ukusebenza njengomphathi wokhathalelo ngentsebenziswano nesebe elingxamisekileyo labantwana bengqondo, ndikhunjuzwa yonke imihla ukuba abantwana bethu banobunzima kuxinzelelo lwentlalo kunye nezinto, thina, izizukulwana ezidala ezingaziqondi ncam. Njengoko sidlulisela induku kwesi sizukulwana sitsha, kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba umlo wabo uya kukhangeleka wahlukile kowethu. Kwakhona ndiyabona ukuba amalungelo e-LGBTQ ahlanganiswe kakhulu nelungelo elisisiseko lokufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo.

Iminyhadala ye-New York's Pride ka-2022 inemixholo ethi, “Ngokungenanceba, Thina.” UDenver uthathe isigqibo ngomxholo othi “Kunye neQhayiya” ukuphawula umbhiyozo wokuqala wobuqu kwiminyaka emibini ngenxa ye-COVID-19. Ekupheleni kwale nyanga (ngomhla wama-25 kuJuni ukuya kumhla wama-26) ndiza kuzigquma ngento yonke enombala we-rainbow kwaye ndime ngokungazingciyo njengomfazi onama-polyamorous, obhinqileyo. Ukwazi ukuba akumele ndoyike ukuphulukana nendlu yam, umsebenzi, usapho okanye ukubanjwa ezitalatweni ngenxa yendlela endizibonakalisa ngayo kweli hlabathi, enkosi kuwo wonke umsebenzi obalulekileyo oweza phambi kwam. Ikratshi lithuba lokubhiyozela wonke umsebenzi onzima oye waphunyezwa ekutshintsheni imithetho kunye nezimo zengqondo zentlalo. Masijuxuze ezitalatweni sibhiyoze ngathi siphumelele idabi elide kakhulu kodwa singazibeki phantsi sithi silungile ngendlela izinto ezenzeka ngayo ngoku. Ungaze ubhidanise umbhiyozo kunye nokuzola. Masifundise ulutsha lwethu ukuba lomelele kwaye lube sesichengeni, lungoyiki kodwa lube novelwano. Masikhuthazane ukuba sinxibelelane ngeemfuno zethu kunye nezazisi njengabantu ababelana ngalo mhlaba. Yiba nomdla kwaye uzimisele ukucela umngeni kwiinkolelo zakho, nokuba uziva ngathi sele ulungelelaniswe nale ntshukumo! Uphando, funda, buza imibuzo kodwa ungathembeli kubahlobo bakho be-LGBTQ ukuba bakufundise ngale miba. INyanga yokuZikhukhumeza lixesha lokuqhubeka nokulungelelanisa nokumema iingxoxo ezinzima malunga nendlela esinokuqhubeka ngayo nomsebenzi wethu ngokubhekiselele kubulungisa bezenhlalakahle kunye namalungelo oluntu kwi-LGBTQ abantu kunye nazo zonke iindlela zoluntu phakathi.

 

imithombo

oedit.colorado.gov/blog-post/the-spending-power-of-pride

outfrontmagazine.com/brief-lgbt-history-colorado/

historycolorado.org/exhibit/rainbows-revolutions

xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots

thestonewallinnnyc.com/

lgbtqcolorado.org/programs/lgbtq-history-project/

 

Resources

Ukulala ngesondo nguChristopher Ryan kunye noCacilda Jethá

Iprojekthi yeTrevor- thetrevorproject.org/

Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga nePride Fest eDenver, nceda undwendwele denverpride.org/

Iziko kwiColfax- lgbtqcolorado.org/

YouTube-Khangela “Izidubedube zeStonewall”