I
f
aia kekahi kānalua i koe he kaua paha me Iraq
ma ka manao o na mea apau, ua holoiia me ka hoohenehene wehe o
ʻO kahi hanana hou o "Will and Grace." Ma hope o Karen flirts
me ka huhū loa me ka mea nona ka hale ʻaina, nīnau ʻo Grace,
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻoe e launa pū me kēlā kāne?" Pane mai o Karen
me kāna leo pēpē pēpē maikaʻi loa: “Auē, e ka meli. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iaʻu
he lā mai ka wā i Pelekikena ʻo Bush a ua kokoke mākou e hoʻouka kaua iā Iraq.
ka
Ua hopu pono ka laina i ka hui o ke kulekele haole a me kahi hoomoana
sensibility (bet ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike e pili ana i kēlā hui).
Hiki ke hana ʻia kēlā ʻano hoʻohenehene ma ke kīwī hoʻokahi wale nō queer sit-com
he ʻāpana o kahi hanana hoihoi: nui nā ʻeke o ka hui
Ke lawe nei ke kaiāulu queer i nā kūlana kulekele i ke kaua hiki. ʻO kēia
ʻAʻole i hiki i ka makahiki 1991 i ka wā o ke Kaua ʻo Gulf I a ua hana ʻia
kakaikahi wale no mai. (ʻElua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, no ka laʻana, he nui o nā kāne kāne
Ua kū'ē nā hui i ka hoʻopaʻi make.) Ironically, it marks
ʻaʻole wale ka maturation o ka neʻe gay, akā hoʻi i ka
kona kumu i loko o kahi kālai'āina o ka hoʻololi kaiaulu ākea.
noonoo
pehea ka pane ʻana o ke kaiāulu i ke kaua a ka pelekikena mua ʻo Bush
kū'ē iā Iraq. ʻO ka papa alakaʻi o ka National Gay and Lesbian
Ua hoʻopuka ka Task Force (NGLTF) i kahi ʻōlelo ikaika e kūʻē i ke kaua. ʻO ia
Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ke kaua he hihia hoʻoponopono pili honua i koi
ʻO ka nānā ʻana o NGLTF, hāʻawi ʻia i ke kauoha a ka hui
e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia male kāne a me ka wahine. Mai ka manaʻo o NGLTF,
ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia wale ke kaua ʻo Persian Gulf War i ke ola o
ʻO kēlā mau wahine male a me nā kāne male kāne i ka pūʻali koa, akā he mea koʻikoʻi hoʻi i ka home
hoʻolilo i nā papahana no ka mālama olakino a me ka noiʻi no ka maʻi AIDS.
NGLTF
ʻO ia wale nō ka hui kāne kāne i kū i kēia kūlana a ʻo ia nō
ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia e ka nūpepa gay a me ka lehulehu no ka hele ʻana ma waho
ʻO ka wehewehe haʻikiʻi o kahi "pilikia gay." ʻO ia
ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi mau pūʻulu kumu o ka ʻāina, e like me ke kūʻokoʻa
i hoʻonohonoho i nā mokuna o ACT UP, i hana like. Akā no ka nui loa
hapa, kū hoʻokahi ʻo NGLTF.
Holomua
i ka lua o ka peresidena Bush, a me ke kaua lua ma
ke Kaikuono Peresia. Ua kū hou ʻo NGLTF i ke kaua. Akā
no laila, loaʻa iā Log Cabin Republicans, ka Metropolitan Community
Church, ka Lavender Green Caucus (e kākoʻo ana ma ka inoa o
nā pilikia kāne kāne a me nā wahine wahine i loko o ka Green Party), a me ka Chicago
ʻO ka Anti-Bashing Network (CABN), kahi hui kākoʻo o ka ʻāina
ua hoʻopuka i kekahi mau hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ma Chicago's ʻelua
nā pepa gay e hoʻolaha ana i kona kūlana. Ua hui pū ʻia kēia mau hui
e ka lehulehu o nā mea kaulana kaulana, ʻo Michael's Michael
ʻO Stipe, ʻo Amy Ray a nā kaikamahine Indigo, ʻo Ani DiFranco, a me Lily Tomlin,
ʻo lākou a pau i puka ākea e kūʻē i kahi kaua kūpono me
Ilaka.
Maopopo,
ua loli nui.
noonoo
ka ʻōlelo a me ka leo o kēia mau ʻōlelo antiwar. Eia kā CABN
ʻO ka ʻōlelo a Dekemaba 15 e kūʻē i ke kaua: "He kaua hou US
pepehi kūʻokoʻa i nā kānaka o ko mākou kaiāulu ma ʻaneʻi ma ka home ma ka hoʻohuli ʻana
nā kālā kūpono mai nā papahana lawelawe kaiaulu i hoʻemi ʻia.
No ka laʻana, nā papahana e pale aku i ka poʻe HIV+ mai ka nalowale ʻana i kā lākou
hale a hoʻolako i nā lawelawe hoʻopakele ola ke alo nei
nā hōʻemi koʻikoʻi i ka wā o ke kaʻe ʻana o kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he pūʻali koa puʻupuʻu
ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kālā ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. I kēia makahiki wale nō
ua ʻike mākou i nā hōʻemi nui ma Horizons Community Services a
ka Howard Brown Health Center, ʻoiai ʻekolu mau keʻena lawelawe AIDS
hāʻule i hoʻokahi i mea e mālama ai i ke kālā, a me ka $ 2.5 miliona holoʻokoʻa
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka waihona kālā o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Illinois no ka liʻiliʻi o ka AIDS.
ka
Ua pūlima ʻia ka ʻōlelo e ka nui o nā queer koʻikoʻi o Illinois
nā mea hoʻoikaika, me Larry McKeon, ka mokuʻāina o waho o ka mokuʻāina
lunamakaainana; ʻO Miranda Stevens-Miller, he mea hana transgender kaulana;
a ʻo nā Reverend Alma Crawford lāua ʻo Karen Hutt, nā kahu kahu o ka Ekalesia
o ka Puka Wehe, ke anaina GLBT eleele o ke kulanakauhale. Eia hou,
he nui nā mea hoʻoikaika me Equality Illinois, ka leo nui loa o ka GLBT lobbying
hui ma ka mokuʻāina, i kau inoa ʻia ma ke ʻano he kanaka.
ka
ka hoole ana i ka manao o ka hooponopono o Bush
no ke kaua me Iraq e ka Green Party's Lavender Green Caucus,
ʻo ka ʻaha kūkā wale nō i loaʻa ke kūlana kūhelu i loko o ka Green
Party, heluhelu ʻia e like me kahi puke antiwar 1970s-era: "The Lavender
Ke kū nei ka ʻaha kūkā o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Green Party ma ke kūʻē
i ka hoouka kaua a me ke kaua me Iraq a me kona poe kanaka, no ka mea
nā kumu penei:
-
ʻO ka poʻe o
He kuleana ko Iraq i ka hoʻoholo ponoʻī ʻia e ka mōʻaukala
mua a me nā kānāwai honua. -
Peresidena George
ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻo W. Bush i kahi pōʻino a maopopo i kēia manawa
ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai Iraq. -
Kahi a me
kūʻē ikaika ka manaʻo o ka honua i ka hana kaua
ka mokuʻāina o Iraq….
a
e hele ana. ʻO ka ʻōlelo Lavender Green Caucus (www.lavendergreens.org)
e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka pūʻali koa "Mai nīnau, Mai
Tell" policy, ka mea e hōʻole i ka "gay, lesbian, bisexual, a
ʻO ka poʻe transgender ke kuleana e lawelawe ākea i ka pūʻali koa
i nā wā maluhia. Ke hele nei i ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka pūʻali koa
hoʻokuʻu i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā limahana male i ka wā o ke kaua, "no laila
e ʻae ana i ka poʻe male kāne, male kāne, bisexual, a transgender
make no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻohana mau ʻia ka pūʻali koa
o "Mai Nīnau, Mai Haʻi" i ke kaua ma
ka hoʻoweliweli, ka mea i hōʻino loa i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kāne kāne
ʻO ka poʻe linguists akamai i ka ʻōlelo ʻAlapia, ua loaʻa i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohewa nui mai ke kāne kāne
a me ka poe nana pono.
On
Ianuali 5, ka Metropolitan Community Churches—he hui aupuni
ʻO nā hui Protestant kāne kāne a male wahine—i hoʻopuka ʻia "A
Kāhea i kahi hoʻoholo maluhia e hakakā me Iraq, "ʻo ia
ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Pono mākou e kū pū me ka maopopo ʻole no ka maluhia. ʻO kēia
ʻaʻole ia he hihia pili politika a i ʻole kūpaʻa lāhui.
He pilikia uhane hohonu ia me ka pōʻino
hopena i ko ke Akua ao. He pilikia uhane hohonu
kahi i hea ʻia ai mākou e komo i loko o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka naʻau a me ka makemake
o ka hana a ke Akua.
NGLTF—ka mea
ua ʻoi aku ka makaʻala e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i ia mau kūlana ma muli o ka uē ʻana
e kūʻē i kāna mau hana i ka wā o ke Kaua Kaiwa Persian mua-ma Dekemaba
30 i kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka National Council of Churches
ma ka lā 12 o Dekemaba. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Keep America Safe: Win Without War,"
Heluhelu ʻia ka ʻōlelo, ma kahi hapa: "He poʻe ʻAmelika aloha ʻāina mākou
kaʻana like i ka manaʻoʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae ʻia ʻo Saddam Hussein e loaʻa
mea kaua luku. Kākoʻo mākou i ka nānā ʻana i nā mea kaua UN
e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka wehe ʻana o Iraq. Manaʻo mākou he preemptive
ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Iraq e hōʻino i nā pono aupuni ʻAmelika. "
ka
Ua hiki i ka ʻōlelo "E mālama iā ʻAmelika palekana" ke hui pū
he laulā o nā pūʻulu holomua, ʻo kekahi o ia mau mea i kālele ʻia
pili wale i nā pilikia "gay". Ka Hui Lahui
o na Wahine, Kauka no ke Kuleana Pilikanaka, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition,
Na Waiwai Hana, a me na Hana Wahine no na alakai Hou, no ka
laʻana, ua pūlima ma.
W
hen
ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Gay Liberation Front i ka makahiki 1969 ma hope o
ʻO ka Stonewall Riots, ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā kāne he mea ākea, nā kumu ʻāina
ka hana i kālele ʻole i ka mea a mākou e kapa nei i kēia manawa "nā pilikia gay."
He mea koʻikoʻi ia i kēlā mau lā neʻe mua e hakakā ai
ke kaua ma Vietnam a e hakakā no ka pono hānau keiki a me ka wahine,
e like me ka hakakā ʻana no ka pono o nā kāne kāne. I kona hoomaka ana,
ʻAʻole hopohopo ka neʻe ʻana o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā kāne kāne me ka
ka manaʻo o "nā kuleana gay." Ua paipai kona kahua i ka hihio o
hoʻololi ākea ākea. ʻO ke kumumanaʻo ʻo nā queers hoʻokaumaha ʻia
hoʻokahi wale nō o nā pūʻulu hoʻoluhi ʻia a "ʻAʻohe mea i kūʻokoʻa a hiki i ka
ua noa nā mea a pau. Ua hoʻokokoke nā hui ʻē aʻe i ka activism i ka like
alahele. No ka laʻana, ua kākau ʻo Huey Newton o ka Black Panthers i kahi ʻālohilohi
pepa kūlana maikaʻi e apo ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia gay. ʻOiai i ka wā ʻē aʻe
Ua pilikia nā hui kālai'āina me ka homophobia - kekahi wahine wahine mua
ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu loa nā hui me nā kāne male a me nā lesbians (ʻoi loa
lesbians) - ua hana ʻia ka hana hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā kāne male ma ke ʻano politika
e hana pū me nā hui ʻē aʻe e hakakā nei no ka loli kaiapili.
aka,
he mea ʻakaʻaka i hana ʻia ma ke ala i ke kipi. E like me ka neʻe ʻana
ulu a nui aʻe ka poʻe i hoʻomaka e puka mai, ka politika a me
hoʻololi ʻia nā ʻāpana pilikanaka o ka neʻe. Me kēlā, pēlā nō
kona mau pahu hopu. ʻO ka neʻe ʻana no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā kāne kāne i hoʻokumu ʻia e kahi hui liʻiliʻi
ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio, kūʻē i ka moʻomeheu, nā radical politika i ʻoi aku ka conservative.
ʻOiai ua hana ʻo ia no kahi ʻano haʻalulu i kēlā manawa, ua hana pū kekahi
manaʻo maikaʻi: ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻāpana koho o kahi neʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui
e hoʻohāinu ʻia kāna mau pahuhopu politika.
iloko o
i hoʻokahi makahiki o kona hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana, ua lilo ka neʻe hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā kāne
ka neʻe ʻana o ka pono kāne kāne me kahi kūikawā—a, hoʻopaʻapaʻa kekahi,
hoʻoemi mau—ʻo ka papahana politika e pili ana i nā pilikia wale nō
i wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he "gay": ʻoihana-ʻaʻole hoʻokae
nā kānāwai, ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kānāwai sodomy, nā kānāwai e pale ana i nā ʻohana "gay".
ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha, ʻo ka nui o kēia mau pilikia (ʻoiai ua pili lākou a
ke kākoʻo ʻia o ka poʻe gay) e kahi ʻano haiki
ka laulā o ka hapa keʻokeʻo, waena-papa, a (i ka hoʻomaka) kāne
māhele koho. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ka pae aupuni o ka hana politika gay
ua emi iho ka hopohopo i ka papahana kālai'āina ākea.
ʻO nā hui pū me nā pono kīwila, ka wahine, ka hana, ka mea mālama kaiapuni,
a hāʻule nā hui ʻē aʻe ma ke ala.
ka
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka manaʻo hoʻokahi i nā pilikia gay i ka hopena o 1980s.
He pane kēia i ka maʻi maʻi AIDS a me ka piʻi ʻana o
e like me ACT UP a me Queer Nation. Akā ʻo ka ʻāina homo-political
e loli ana mai loko mai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia kahi ākea ākea
nā pūʻulu i manaʻo ʻole ʻia ma mua, e like me nā mākua, nā ʻohana,
a me na hoaloha o na wahine moe wahine a me na kane, ka poe kane, ka wahine, a me ka pololei
Pūnaehana Hoʻonaʻauao, a me nā poʻe ʻelemakule ma kahi Kaiapuni Gay. Akā ma laila
He pūʻulu maikaʻi nō hoʻi ia, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ma ka ʻāina,
a pili politika loa, ma ka hema a me ka akau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke ola nei mākou
i loko o kahi honua kālai'āina nui ākea i hiki ke uhi
he mau manaʻo like ʻole mai anarchist punk a i nā kaikamahine a ka ʻAmelika
Revolution conservative, mai ka poʻe libertarians ʻaʻohe aupuni a i ka vegan-
a me ka PETA-hoʻoulu ʻia e kūʻē i ka World Trade Organization.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao hema-waena o ka spectrum ka nui o kēia mau pūʻulu
paʻa loa i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hui.
Akā naʻe
ʻO kekahi hōʻailona o ka oʻo ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana ʻaʻole kēlā me kēia
ʻO ka hui kāne kāne i kū i ke kūʻē i ke kaua ua puka kūʻē
ia. ʻO ka Log Cabin Republicans, ka mea koʻikoʻi o ka pono-waena
hui aupuni queer, ua lawe i ka loa leo kū kākoʻo i ka
ʻO ke kulekele Iraq a ka hoʻomalu ʻo Bush. “Ke kākoʻo nei mākou i ke kaua
e kūʻē i ka weliweli," wahi a Mark Mead, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka lehulehu
no ka Log Cabin Republicans, "a ʻike mākou i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke aupuni
ʻO Iraq ke ʻāpana o ia kaua. ʻAʻole mākou makemake e ʻike hou i ka hala ʻole
Ua pepehi ʻia nā kānaka kīwila ʻAmelika.
(Pau
i ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻo ka Human Rights Campaign, ʻo ia ka lāhui nui loa
ʻaʻole i kū i ke kaua. In
ʻoiaʻiʻo, he kulekele ko ka hui e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia "gay" wale nō.)
ʻO ia
he lā hou i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hui kāne i ka wā o ka Log Cabin Republicans a me ka
Lawe ʻia ka National Gay a me Lesbian Task Force i kahi kūlana
ʻO nā kulekele aupuni ʻaʻole "gay." He mea kupanaha
e haʻalele i ka paradigm o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kāne i alakaʻi ʻia
nā hui nui a liʻiliʻi no nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala. Inā ʻaʻohe mea
a i ʻole, ʻo kēia nalu hou o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka queer e hoʻomaopopo, e like me nā hui radical
i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka makahiki 1960, ʻaʻole maikaʻi kēlā ʻoihana e like me ka mea maʻamau
hou.
Michael
ʻO Bronski ka mea kākau, hou loa, o
ʻO ka ʻāʻī o ka pulp:
Wehe 'ana i ka Makahiki Gula o nā Pulps Kāne Gay
(St. Martin's
Press, 2003).