Ma ka Lāpule Iune 18, Boston's LGBTQ Elders of Color (EOC) - i ʻike ʻia ʻo Flashback - ua mālama ʻia kahi ʻahaʻaina awakea a me ka hula ma ka Hale Kumu Kumukānāwai o Sheraton Boston Hotel e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kā lākou 10.th lā hoʻomanaʻo. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻailona lākou i ka mahina Pride, Juneteenth, a me ka lā Makua. Hāʻawi lākou i nā makana i nā lālā kaiāulu koʻikoʻi a hāʻawi i kahi mea hoʻokipa maikaʻi.
Mai ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana, ke hana nei ʻo EOC e uhaʻi i ka noho kaʻawale ʻana e pili pinepine ana i ke kaʻina hana ʻelemakule. Hoʻopili lākou a hoʻokipa, hāʻawi i nā hana ʻike a me ka pilikanaka e huki i kahi ʻano o ka poʻe kala a me kā lākou mau hoa pili.
I ka makahiki 2013, ua hoʻomaka nā mea hana ʻeleʻele e hoʻonohonoho, me ke kākoʻo o Boston's Fenway Health a me kāna LGBT Aging Project. I ka lā Pepeluali aʻe, ua mākaukau lākou e kono i ka poʻe e ʻākoakoa i ka Mahina Moʻolelo ʻEleʻele no kahi hanana kaiaulu i kapa ʻia ʻo Flashback. Manaʻo lākou e hui pū me ʻelua a ʻekolu paha mau ʻelemakule queer o ka waihoʻoluʻu, akā ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka lehulehu o kahi kokoke i 100 mau lālā kaiāulu. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au aia kahi mākaʻikaʻi e lawe mai i kahi pizza hou, i ka minuke hope loa.
Mai ia manawa, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻonohonoho wale i nā hālāwai ʻaina mahina, ua kākoʻo pū lākou i kahi pāʻina hoʻomaha makahiki, ʻo ia ke ola o ka posse kahiko e holo ana i ka Pride Trolleys, a ua mālama ʻia kēia pāʻina makana makahiki i ka mahina Pride. Ua hoʻololi ʻo EOC iā Covid ma o ka haku ʻana iā Zoom i kēia manawa, a hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i nā papahana e pili ana i ke olakino, ka hana noʻeau, a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, ka mea i hoʻopilikia nui i nā kaiāulu kala. He kūlanakauhale weliweli ʻo Boston no ka like ʻole o ka waiwai, ka like ʻole o ka lawelawe olakino, a me ka racism mōʻaukala. Ke hoʻopaʻa pū nei nā lunakahiko o ka LGBTQ me ka paʻa pū ʻana.
ʻO nā mea hoʻokumu, ʻo lākou a pau e hoʻomau nei i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana, e komo pū me nā noho hui mua ʻo Paul Glass lāua ʻo Shirley Royster; ʻO ka loea aloha aloha ʻo Gloria Charles; a me ka mea paʻi kiʻi/archivist ʻo Charles Evans nāna i lawe mai i kahi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni 10 makahiki i ka wā hoʻomanaʻo. ʻO kēia mau mea ʻehā i waena o nā mea hoʻonani lole maikaʻi loa ma Bosetona. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Paul Glass i Pelekikena o ka hui i kēia lā. No kēia ʻatikala, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i nā hana a EOC, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Multicultural AIDS Coalition a lākou i hui pū ai ma 2021: "Ua kūpaʻa mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Flashback Cafe, kā mākou hui ʻaina mahina, a me nā hanana Flashback Sunday. ʻO ia ke ʻano o kā mākou mālama ʻana i kā mākou LGBTQ ʻelemakule, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe ʻelemakule o ke kala, pili i ka pilikanaka a pale i ko lākou noho kaʻawale ʻana. "
ʻO ka poʻe hanohano o ka lā, ʻo ia ka Dr. Gary Bailey i hoʻohanohano nui ʻia, ke Kokua Dean no ka Community Engagement and Social Justice ma Simmons University. Nui kāna papa inoa o nā mea i hoʻokō ʻia, e like me kona mana nui e komo i ke kaiāulu. ʻO kāna'ōlelo mālie,ʻike, a hoʻouluhua i ka hanana, he hōʻailona ia o nā kūlana alakaʻi he nui āna i paʻa ai ma kānaʻoihana Social Work a me ka LGBTQ African-American community.
Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Rev. Irene Monroe no ka haʻi ʻōlelo a me ke kākau ʻana āna i hāʻawi lōʻihi ai i ka lole LGBTQ aupuni. ʻO kekahi kumu i kaulana a mahalo ʻia ʻo ia, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻohauʻoli ai i kāna hana. No ka laʻana, ʻo kona komo ʻana i nā hui aupuni ua komo pū ʻo Christian Lesbians Out (CLOUT) a me Seminary Lesbians Under Theological Stress (SLUTS). Ua kākau ʻo Rev. Dr. Monroe i kahi kolamu hui pū ʻia a loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻolaha i kēlā me kēia pule ma Boston Public Radio.
ʻAʻole hiki iā Harold du Four-Anderson ke hele mai, akā ua hoʻouna ʻia kahi leka i heluhelu ʻia. Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia no kāna mau makahiki o ka hoʻolaha a me ka hoʻonaʻauao HIV/AIDS a no ka hoʻokumu ʻana ma 1990 ka Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast. ʻO kēia hanana makahiki koʻikoʻi ma ka kalena o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ o ka kala e hoʻolauleʻa ai iā Rustin, he mea hoʻoikaika kīwila koʻikoʻi, ka mea hoʻolālā o MLK's March ma Wakinekona, a ma hope he mea kākoʻo i nā pono kīwila.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo La Kia Mondale, ka Florida National Showgirl Supreme, 2023, no kāna hana i ka lā ma P-Town ma ke ʻano he Sexual Health Community Health Worker, a no kāna hana ahiahi ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani kiʻekiʻe. Aia ʻo ia ma ka Papa o ka Trans Emergency Fund o Massachusetts. I loko o ka nani o ka lole ʻālohilohi a me nā neʻe nani, ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i ka lumi me kahi lehelehe lehelehe ʻono, e hōʻike ana i ke kumu i koho ʻia ai ʻo ia ʻo Miss Boston Pride i ka makahiki 2010.
No ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻauinalā, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka papahele hula i ke mele hauʻoli a Derrick Grissett o Rhythm Knights DJ's & Entertainment, nāna i mālama i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hui ma nā hanana EOC he nui. I ka haʻalele haʻalele ʻana o nā kānaka i ka hōkele, ua ʻike ʻia ua mākaukau ka LGBTQ Elders of Color i ke akamai o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hanohano kaiāulu me nā pāʻina maikaʻi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale.
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