Massachusetts News - inanena momveka bwino nkhawa zake: "Kodi Pedophilia Idzakhala Yotsatira
Sukulu za Massachusetts? Kugona Ana Kuli Kwachibadwa.'โ Patsamba lachiwiri la
kapepalaka ndi mutu wakuti " Boston Phoenix Leads the Charge
kutsatiridwa ndi mfundo yakuti Phoenix ndi "wolemba nkhani wotchuka Michael
Bronski" ndi "otsogolera otsogolera a pedophilia ku Massachusetts."
Chabwino, ndinaganiza nditayambanso kukhala bata, mwina amaganiza kuti ndine
"wolemba nkhani wotchuka." Koma kukhumudwa ndi kukhumudwa kumawonjezeka pamene
pambuyo pake m'mawa womwewo mkonzi wanga ku Phoenix adayitana kuti andichenjeze kuti Fox 25 - adadziwika
zolemba zawo, komanso nkhani zokhuza kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha - zidandiyimbira foni kufunafuna foni yanga
nambala. The Massachusetts News anali, mwachiwonekere, adatumiza atolankhani (momwemonso
zolemba ndi chidziwitso) kuzinthu zonse zosindikizira ndi zamagetsi m'boma. Izi zinali
osati zomwe ndimafunikira pakati pa sabata yotanganidwa kale.
Sizinali kuti ndinali ndi nkhawa kuti ndikuimbidwa mlandu woti "ndimalimbikitsa kugona kwa ana" -
chilichonse chomwe chingatanthauze, "pedophilia kukhala chilakolako chogonana osati ntchito - ndi
mawu ochokera m'nkhani yanga anali, ndithudi, ophwanyidwa kwathunthu. Ndinalemba
za mkangano wozungulira kampeni yotsatsa ya Calvin Klein ya wopanga
zovala zamkati za ana - zokhala ndi ana azaka 5 mu undies - zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa miyezi iwiri yapitayo
ku chimphepo cha ziwonetsero zochokera ku gulu la mapiko amanja a Christian Coalition a Donald Wildmon akuti
kuti kampeni yotsatsa idalimbikitsa kugwiriridwa kwa ana. Mfundo yanga inali yoti kulira kwake kwa
"Kuzunza ana" kwenikweni sikunali kobisika kwambiri pa zomwe akufuna kuchita:
kuukira amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso ufulu wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha.
Kapepala ka Massachusetts News kamatchula imodzi mwa mfundo zanga zomaliza - kuti monga chikhalidwe ife
zofunika "kukambirana za moyo ndi zosowa za ana moona mtima komanso momasuka - kuphatikiza a
kuzindikira kugonana kwawo, ufulu, ndi kudziyimira pawokha" monga "umboni" kuti I
kulimbikitsa kugonana popanda malire pakati pa akuluakulu ndi ana. Chodabwitsa, ichi chinali, mwachokha, a
kubwereza ndendende zomwe ndidatsutsa: Homophobia yosavuta mobisa
"kuteteza" ana.
Mwamwayi nkhaniyi idalandira chidwi chochepa cha media. The Massachusetts News, lofalitsidwa ndi
wazaka 71 zakumanja, loya wopuma pantchito J. Edward Pawlick kuchokera kunyumba kwawo ku Sherborn, MA.,
tauni yaing'ono yakumidzi kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Boston ilibe kukhulupirika pang'ono ndi nkhani zofala
pompano. Adalandira chidwi miyezi iwiri yapitayo pomwe adatumiza tsamba la 28 lotsutsa gay
kwa anthu 4,000 okhala m'tauni yakwawo, koma ambiri amawailesi wamba
tsopano amulembe ngati poto. Koma ngakhale izi zimandidetsa nkhawa.
Choyamba, kapepala ka Newton kunali kuyankha pakukonzekera kwa Gay and Straight
Mgwirizano wa makolo a ana m'masukulu a tauni. Kwa malo omasuka ngati Newton
izi sizotsutsana kwambiri, koma nkhani yapagulu yokhudzana ndi ana ndi kugonana ndi
zonenedweratu kuti zinthu monga nkhani ya Pawlick zitha kugwira ntchito ngati imeneyi
monga izi kwa miyezi ndikusewera pamipikisano yomwe idalipo kale mu board yasukulu, komanso
magulu a makolo. Anthu omwe amamasuka pano ndi ophunzira omwe amakhala m'magulu a amuna kapena akazi okhaokha
mabanja (ndipo ali libel kutenga zoyipa kwa ophunzira ena) ndi poyera gay ndi
ophunzira omwe amagonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kusukulu yasekondale omwe amafunikira chithandizo chonse chomwe angapeze.
Ndipo pamlingo waumwini kwambiri zakulitsa kuzindikira kwanga za kuopsa kwake
kumverera kuti tikambirane poyera mitu yotsutsana. Ndizowona kuti malingaliro ovuta - ndi
mfundo za ndale zomwe sizili zovuta zikakambidwa mozama - ndi
zovuta kwambiri m'dziko lomwe silimaganiza zoluma zomveka komanso zosavuta, zopukusa mawondo
kusanthula komwe kumatsimikiziranso kukhutira ndi zomwe zikuchitika. Ndipo izi, nazonso, zalimbikitsa
m'mene kutsutsa maganizo kapena zikhulupiriro zotsutsana - ndi kufunikira kwa
kugonana kwa ana kwa ana kapena kutsutsa mfundo zachilendo za US ku Iraq - akhoza
kukambirana momasuka mwachidule. Nditamva za kufunsa kwa TV Fox 25 pazomwe ndidayambitsa
Chidutswa cha Phoenix ndidadutsamo mwachangu, m'mutu mwanga, mndandanda wazolemba zomwe ndidalemba
pazaka zapitazi zomwe zingawoneke mosiyana kwambiri zikawonetsedwa pa TV kapena kusindikiza:
kugonana mzipinda za amuna, zachinsinsi za wokondedwa wanga wazaka 20 akufa ndi AIDS, wanga
kuukira kwa gulu lodziwika bwino la gay kwa gulu lankhondo, zovuta zanga
kumwalira kwa mayi anga posachedwa chifukwa cholephera kuthana ndi ine
kugonana. Ndikunong'oneza bondo kuti sindinalembe chilichonse mwa izi, komanso sindikanafuna kuti chitchulidwe pa tabloid
kanema wawayilesi. "Zotsatira: Mwamuna Woimbidwa Mlandu Wolimbikitsa Nkhanza Zogonana pasukulu
Ana Avomereza Kuti Sakonda Amayi Ake Mokwanira Ndipo Amaganizira Zogonana Zawo
Dokotala Wachibwenzi Chakufa. Filimu nthawi ya 11:00"
Koma ndikudziwanso kuti mukangolemba zinazake ndikusindikizidwa mumakhala ndi zochepa
kulamulira pa izo. Mwachionekere, njira yothetsera vutoli sikusiya kulemba, kuganiza, kapena kukangana.
Koma mantha omwe ndinali nawo atauzidwa kuti Fox TV akufuna kulankhula nane anali enieni. Ine
ndikufuna kukhala ndi ulamuliro pa zomwe ndikunena ndi momwe zimafotokozedwera. Zingakhale zopusa kuganiza
kuti chowonadi chovuta cha kugonana kwaubwana ndi mantha ofala omwe onse
ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ndi ogona ana adzakambidwa mwachilungamo, mokhudzidwa ndi
kukhulupirika pa nkhani za pa TV. Ndipo chodabwitsa kukopa kwakukulu kwa malo oterowo
kuletsa kukambitsirana moona mtima koteroko ndi komwe kungabweretse nkhani zofunika ku a
omvera ambiri.
Pakali pano gawo lonse lapangitsa kukhala wodziwa kwambiri zonse zomwe ndimalemba. Sindingathe
kuda nkhawa kwambiri kapena ndisiya kunena zomwe ndikufuna kunena. Ndikhoza kungoyesa kulemba ngati
momveka bwino komanso molondola momwe ndingathere - zomwe ndiyenera kuchita - ndikuyembekeza kuchepetsa
kutanthauzira molakwika. Koma The Massachusetts News - ndi ndondomeko yake yotsutsa gay - sizinali choncho
kutanthauzira molakwika mawu anga - amawapotoza kuti afotokoze mfundo zandale, ndipo ine
sangathe kulamulira.