Pa chikumbutso cha 10th cha Stonewall mu Okutobala 1979, anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, osintha amuna kapena akazi okhaokha adakwera National Marichi yoyamba ku Washington chifukwa cha Ufulu wa Lesbian ndi Gay. Pafupifupi anthu 75,000 mpaka 125,000 akuyenda pa likulu la dzikolo kukafuna ufulu wofanana ndikupempha kuti malamulo a ufulu wachibadwidwe akhazikitsidwe. Monga wolemba mbiri Amin Ghaziani walemba, uku kunali "kutuluka kophiphiritsa ndi kubadwa kwa gulu ladziko lomenyera ufulu wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha." Kuphatikiza pa kuwonetsa kuwonekera kwa mphamvu yazachikhalidwe ndi ndale iyi, kugubaku kudagonjetsa kudzipatula kofala mkati mwa gulu lokha. "Kugwirizanitsa magulu a amuna okhaokha komanso amuna okhaokha komanso amuna okhaokha komanso amuna okhaokha komanso amuna okhaokha m'dera lophiphiritsira komanso lokhazikika."
M'zaka zotsatira, kufunikira kunali kochepa koyambitsa gululi kusiyana ndi kutsutsa chikhalidwe cha anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha m'boma la Reagan ndikupempha kuti dziko lonse ligwirizane ndi vuto la Edzi. Pa Okutobala 11, 1987 - zaka 25 zapitazo lero - funde latsopano la oguba adasefukira ku Washington kuti apereke mlandu wawo kuti asinthe ngati gawo lachiwiri la National Marichi ku Washington pa Ufulu Wachibale ndi Ma Gay. Okonza amaika chiwerengero cha otenga nawo mbali pakati pa 500,000 ndi 650,000. Padzakhalanso maulendo ena adziko lonse okhudza ufulu wa LGBTQ pambuyo pake, koma chochitika ichi - chifukwa cha kukula kwake, kukula kwake ndi kupambana - nthawi zambiri zakhala zikuchitika. atchulidwa "The Great March." October 11 ndi pano Tsiku la National Coming Out, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1988 kuti ikumbukire Marichi a 1987.
Ndinachita mwayi kukhala komweko tsiku limenelo. Ndinafika ku Washington masabata angapo kuti ndiyambe ntchito yatsopano monga wogwirizanitsa ntchito za dziko Lonjezo la Kukana, gulu lapadziko lonse, lopanda chiwawa lomwe likugwira ntchito yothetsa nkhondo za US ku Central America. Posachedwa ndidazindikira kuti ziwonetsero zimachitika ku likulu la dzikolo pafupifupi tsiku lililonse - koma izi zinali zosiyana. Kwa ambiri aife uku kunali kusweka kwakukulu kwa anthu komwe tingakumane nako. Pamene kuguba kunazungulira njira yozungulira yomwe idangopangidwa kumene AIDS Memorial Quilt ndi mapanelo ake a 1920 omwe anali mbali ya National Mall, tidakhala gulu lalikulu lomwe likuyenda motsata siteji mumthunzi wa U.S. Capitol. Mosasamala kanthu za kumene tinaima, kunalibe chiyambi ndi mapeto. Zinali ngati, kuchokera ku mbali zonse za dziko lino, gulu lalikulu lachidziwitso limeneli linali kuyenda pang'onopang'ono kuchokera m'mphepete mwa nyanja kupita pakati, motsogozedwa ndi mphamvu za mbiri yakale zomwe palibe aliyense wa ife ankazilamulira koma akuyenda ndi mphamvu - yopangidwa, yolangizidwa. ndi mosalekeza - zomwe aliyense wa ife adaperekako pang'ono, chowonjezera.
Nyimbo yosayembekezereka inadutsa panyanja iyi yaumunthu: Tili paliponse. Kunali kozungulira kozungulira, kupindika ndi kukwera, kufalikira mbali zonse - mawu oletsa omwe adakhala nyimbo yaulendo wapaulendo wamphamvu ndi wothekera. Liwu limodzi lopangidwa ndi mawu ambiri linamveka - mawu ochokera kumadera onse a dziko lino, mawu oponderezedwa akale ndi zam'tsogolo zosadziลตika, akulengeza molemera ndi ulamuliro choonadi chosagwedezeka: Anthu a LGBTQ zili paliponse.
Chiwonetsero chodetsa nkhawa ichi komanso chosangalatsa chinasintha kwambiri. Ndinamva chinachake chikumasuka mkati ndikusenda. Chinachake cha chikhalidwe changa chosiyana kwambiri, maphunziro odana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha omwe ndidakhala nawo mochenjera osati mochenjera kwambiri m'moyo wanga, zomwe ndidazivomereza mosakayikira. .
Ndinazindikira kuti inali mphatso yamtengo wapatali kuyenda limodzi ndi anthu amene akhala paulendo wotopetsa umenewu moyo wawo wonse. Inali mphatso kukhalapo, kukhala ndi mazana masauzande a anthu omwe anali ndi kuvulala kokhala mu chikhalidwe chokonda kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, koma omwenso anali nawo m'thupi lawo kupatulika kwa kupulumuka ndi malingaliro owoneka bwino a kulimba mtima komanso kufunikira kopanda malire. . Kukhala pamodzi mu malo ophiphiritsa kwambiri ndi okhazikika (komanso okhoza kuchiritsa ndi kumasula) chinali chisomo chosayerekezeka, chosayenerera.
Koma mphamvu yosinthira sinathere pamenepo.
Patatha masiku awiri anthu 800 anafika pakhomo la Khoti Lalikulu Kwambiri ku U.S. kutsutsa chigamulo chake cha mu 1986 chogwirizana ndi malamulo a zachiwerewere. Bowers v. Hardwick. Atakhala choncho, anakana kuchoka. Ndinakhala mโmaลตa kuonerera magulu osamvera boma a anthu asanu kapena khumi nthaลตi imodzi akuchotsedwa mโbwalo lamilandu ndi kutengedwa mโndende kuti akasungidwe ndi kuthetsedwa. Kutsegulidwa koyamba kwa mtima komwe ndidakumana nako pakuyendako kudakulitsidwa modabwitsa. Kuwona munthu m'modzi pambuyo pa mnzake ndikuyika pachiwopsezo chomangidwa ndikukumana ndi zotsatira zomwe zingandifikire pachimake. Ndinamva maganizo anga ndi moyo wanga zitasinthidwa mosasinthika.
Ngakhale kuti panthaลตiyo nโkuti ndikuchita zinthu zosamvera boma kwa zaka zingapo, zinali zoonekeratu kuti tsiku limenelo anthu amangidwa ku Khoti Lalikulu la ku U.S. Ndinamvetsetsa m'njira yatsopano momwe kudzipereka mwaufulu kuyika thupi lanu kuti liwonongeke chifukwa cha chilungamo - makamaka pamene izi zichitidwa ndi iwo omwe adakumana ndi chisalungamo moyo wawo wonse - akhoza kulankhula mwamphamvu komanso mozama ku ubongo woyenera wa owonerera. ndipo, pansi pa mikhalidwe yoyenera, ya gulu lonse. Ndizosalungama kwambiri kuti anthu omwe amaphwanyidwa kwambiri ndi dziko lapansi nthawi zambiri ndi omwe amaitanidwa kuti atenge katundu wosintha, koma akuwoneka kuti ndi amodzi mwa malamulo a chilengedwe chonse. Ngakhale panali ogwirizana pakati pa omwe adamangidwa tsiku lomwelo, makamaka anthu omwe adakumana ndi ziwawa zandale komanso zachikhalidwe zomwe zimakakamizidwa ndi anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha omwe adapanga chisankho kuti athane ndi zotsatirapo zake chifukwa chosasokoneza makina oponderezedwawo pogwiritsa ntchito chizindikiro champhamvu kwambiri. kutaya kwawo: matupi awo omwe ali pachiwopsezo.
Mmodzi mwa ogwirizana omwe amathandizira kutsogolera ulendo wa 1987 anali Cรฉsar Chรกvez, woyambitsa mgwirizano wa United Farm Workers yemwe anali ndi mbiri yakale yothandiza gulu la LGBTQ, ndipo ankamvetsa mphamvu ya zochita zopanda chiwawa kuti asinthe mitima ndi kusintha anthu. Monga Ian Stokell ndi Steve Lee inanena koyambirira kwa chaka chino:
Chรกvez anali mtsogoleri woyamba wamkulu wa ufulu wachibadwidwe kuthandizira nkhani za amuna kapena akazi okhaokha mowonekera komanso momveka bwino. Adalankhula m'malo mwa anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso osintha amuna m'zaka za m'ma 1970. "Cรฉsar Chรกvez sanangolankhula pa Marichi 1987 ku Washington komanso adayenda njira yonse yoguba. Mdzukulu wake wamkazi Christine Chรกvez anandiuza kuti linali khamu lalikulu kwambiri lomwe adalankhulapo, "atero membala wakale wa National Gay and Lesbian Task Force komanso wamkulu wa mzinda wa San Diego, Nicole Murray Ramirez. "Sanayiwala thandizo lomwe UFW idalandira kuchokera kwa anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha."
Ichi ndi chifukwa chinanso chokondwerera Chigamulo cha Obama Administration kuti asankhe nyumba ya Chรกvez kumapiri a Tehachapi ku California kukhala chipilala cha dziko sabata ino.
Magulu ofunafuna chilungamo akhala akukonzekera maulendo opita ku Washington kuyambira 1894 pomwe Jacob Coxey adatsogolera. "Coxey's Army" mwa anthu 500 omwe alibe ntchito paulendo wochokera ku Ohio kupita ku likulu la dzikolo m'chaka chachiwiri cha kuvutika maganizo kwa zaka zinayi kulimbikitsa boma kuti lipange ntchito. Mโmalo mopeza ntchito, asilikali 1,500 anakumana nawo, ndipo Coxey ndi ena anamangidwa chifukwa choyenda pa kapinga ka Capitol. (Akatswiri ena amaganiza kuti ulendo wa Coxey ungakhale udalimbikitsa "Mlaliki wa Oz,โ amene mlembi wake, Frank Baum, anaona ulendowo.)
Kuyambira pamenepo 100 march ku Washington amitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso ochokera m'magulu andale apangidwa. Ena aiwo, monga gulu la Civil Rights movement la 1963 Marichi ku Washington, apeza mbiri yosaiwalika chifukwa adasankha momveka bwino komanso modabwitsa dzikolo: Kodi tidzatenga zikhalidwe za dziko lathu mozama kapena ayi? The 1987 National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights imatenga malo ake pamodzi ndi maulendo odziwika bwinowa okhudza chilungamo, osati chifukwa chakuti adayankha mwamphamvu ku zovuta zazikulu panthawi yovutayi, koma chifukwa chinayambitsa zovuta zambiri koma zamphamvu zolimbana ndi zomwe zachitika. zaka 25 zapitazi.
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