Sherry Wolf, munyori wezvichauya Zvepabonde uye Socialism: Nhoroondo, Zvematongerwo enyika uye Dzidziso yeGay Liberation, inotarisa gakava rekuti sei Chirevo 8 chakapfuura
ZVINOKUDZWA kwekukunda kwaVaBarack Obama kwenhoroondo, nyaya yemanyepo uye yekupokana yabuda iyo inopomera vavhoti veBlack mhosva yekurambidzwa kuroora kwengochani iyo yakapfuura nechikamu che52 kusvika 48 muzana muCalifornia.
Ipo Florida neArizona dzakapasawo zvirambidzo zvekuroorana kwevangochani, vhoti yeProp 8 mudunhu rinofambira mberi mune zvematongerwo enyika yeCalifornia inonzi yakakonzerwa nekuwanda kwevatema vhoti, makumi manomwe muzana avo vakatendera kurambidzwa kudzoreredza mutongo wedare repamusoro waMay 70. kubvumidza ngochani nengochani kuroorana. Sarudzo dzakabuda dzakaratidza kuti 2008 muzana yeLatinos yakavhotera kurambidzwa, pamwe neanosvika makumi mana nepfumbamwe muzana evachena vavhoti.
Nyika yevatema vanhu 6.2 muzana, uye yakaverengera gumi muzana yevhoti yese. Nemamwe mashoko, kupa mhosva vanhu vemuAfrica muAmerica nokuda kwechikamu chereferendamu kunofuratira 10 muzana yevhoti.
Inofuratirawo nhoroondo yazvino. Kutonga kubva mukutsvagisa magariro evanhu, dai paive nedanidziro yekodzero dzeveruzhinji, paive netarisiro yemhedzisiro yakasiyana.
Kuongorora kwakadzama kwemaitiro evatema nezveungochani, iyo inosanganisa ongororo yenyika makumi matatu neimwe kubva 31 kusvika 1973, yakasvika pamhedziso inonakidza.
Kunamata kwevaAfrica muAmerica kunoita kuti vazhinji vatende kuti ungochani chitadzo, nepo ruzivo rwavo rwekudzvinyirirwa rwuchivatungamirira kuti varambe rusarura. Izvi zvakabuda musarudzo dzemuna 2004, umo, mumatunhu matanhatu ane vanhu vatema vakati wandei vaive nechato dzengochani pamavhoti avo, Vatema vaive vashoma. zvishoma zvingangoita varungu kuvavhotera.
Munyika, 58 muzana zvino vanopikisa kurambidzwa kwewanano yengochani, shanduko inoshamisa kubva makore mashoma apfuura. Kana nyaya yakananga yekuroora kwengochani yakaitwa nevaratidziri, ruzhinji rwemarudzi akawanda rwaigona kuhwina mumakore anotevera.
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ZVINHU ZVAKABUDA kubva kuCalifornia hazvitsananguri nyaya yakakosha yekuti sei vazhinji veCalifornia's Black, Brown. uye vachena - vakavhotera mutungamiri wekutanga weAfrica muAmerica nechikamu che56 kusvika 37 percent - vakatsigirawo kuderedza kodzero dzevanhu dzengochani nengochani.
Chikonzero chakanyanya kunetsa yaive zano risingashande rakashandiswa nemauto evangochani aiomerera kuDemocratic Party - uye chinzvimbo chaBarack Obama-chakaenzana panyaya iyi.
Ndichiri kupikisa zviri pamutemo Prop 8, vese VaObama nemumhanyi wake Joe Biden vaitaura panguva yese yemushandirapamwe nezvekusagadzikana kwavo uye nekupokana newanano yengochani.
Zvisinei nemari isati yamboonekwa uye inokatyamadza yakaunganidzwa kurwisa referendamu-divi repro-equality rakatora madhora 43.6 miriyoni, zvichienzaniswa nemadhora 29.8 miriyoni yemauto anopokana nengochani - iyo Nhamba pa8 yakarasika.
Bato renyika yese No on 8 Coalition harina kushandisa mari iyi kuita mushandirapamwe wepasi rose. Izvo hazvina kusheedzera kuti varatidziri varove nhare, kugogodza pamikova uye kuita misangano nezviito zvekushora pachena hutsinye hwechiyero - kunyangwe mune dzimwe nguva, vatsigiri vakatora danho rekuzviita vega.
Vachitevedzera manyepo ekuti maDemocrats akarasikirwa nesarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika muna 2004 nekuda kwekusimbirira kwevaratidziri vemichato yengochani, vatungamiriri veNo on 8 campaign vakadzivisa kunyange kushandisa mazwi akaita se "ngochani" kana "bigoted." Pane kudaro, imwe nhepfenyuro yeTV inopikisa chiyero ichi yakaratidza vaviri vachena vakachena, uye vakangotaura zvisina tsarukano ngochani zvachose apo kamera yakakwira pamusoro pesherufu yebhuku ine mufananidzo wevakadzi vaviri nevana vavo.
Mumazuva ekupedzisira sarudzo dzisati dzaitwa, No on 8 akafambisa ad with voiceover by Black actor Samuel L. Jackson achishora kutyora kodzero dzevanhu kwakapfuura seyeJapan internment and anti-miscegenation mitemo, ine slideshow yengochani nengochani vakaroorana pahwindo.
Dzimwe nhengo dzeCalifornia Teachers Association, kuchikwereti chavo, vakashandura svondo rekupedzisira rekubhengi kwefoni kusati kwaitwa kuNo paProp 8 mafoni. Kathryn Lybarger, uyo akaroora mumwe wake mavhiki mashomanana sarudzo isati yasvika, anotsanangura izvi nezvimwe kuedza se "zvinhu zvinosuruvarisa zvekupedzisira."
Blogger Rick Jacobs akapikisa nemazvo maitiro emushandirapamwe ane hukasha: "[C] pave nekushatirwa kana bato rikava mubatanidzwa? Kana masangano makuru eLGBT achitaridzika, anogarwa nevaimbove vatungamiriri ve, uye anotsigirwa nemari nemakambani makuru uye vanopa vahombe, kufamba kuri kupi?"
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NEKUEnzanisa, anti-ngochani Hongu pa8 mushandirapamwe waive nehukasha, uchitaura uye uchionekwa. Vakashandisa mazwi nemufananidzo waObama pachavo mukushambadzira kweTV kunyengetedza vavhoti veDemocratic kuti varambe kuroora kwengochani nekuvhota kurambidzwa.
Yakatsigirwa nemari nemasangano erudyi seChechi yeMormon neBlackwater mercenary security company, Hongu pa8 yakatumira vanopikisa muchato wengochani kumakereke eVatema nevachena kuti vatore rutsigiro. Vanodaidzwa kuti robocalls, kufona otomatiki nemameseji akagadzirwa, vakaridza mazwi aJoe Biden kubva kumutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika vachibvumirana kupokana nemuchato wengochani neasina hunhu Sarah Palin.
Chimwe chinhu chakaburitswa mu a Los Angeles Times op-ed chinyorwa chakanzi "No-on-8's white bias," naBlack ngochani Jasmyne A. Cannick. Cannick akati akagogodza pamikova munzvimbo dzevashandi uye varombo vevatema veLos Angeles kuti vanyorese vavhoti vasina kumbosimudza nyaya yekuroora kwengochani.
"[T] ane kodzero yekuroora hapana chaanoita kugadzirisa matambudziko akatarisana nevevatema gays neBlack straights," Cannick akanyora. โMunhu asina pekugara kana kuti ari kutambura neHIV asi asina utano hwakanaka, kana kuti achangobuda mujeri uye asingashandi, anobatsirwa here nekodzero yekuroora kana kuroorwa nemunhurume mumwe chete naye?
Mhinduro ndeyokuti: Hongu, nenzira isina kunanga, vanodaro.
Saka, semuenzaniso, kurwa kwemishonga yeHIV uye mari yakatanga mukupera kwema1980 uye kutanga kwema1990, apo varume vachena vengochani vaive boka guru rekufa neAIDS, vaigona kudzivirira njodzi yeAIDS munharaunda yevatema nhasi kana vanhu vemarudzi mazhinji, ngochani uye mubatanidzwa wakatwasuka wakanga waumbwa kubva kumativi ose ekupatsanurwa kwemarudzi.
Sekutaura kwakaita mutungamiri wekodzero dzevanhu muAfrica, Julian Bond, "Kusakwanisa kwedu kutaura nezvebonde, uye kunyanya ungochani, ndicho chipingamupinyi chikuru chekudzivirira kutapurirana kweHIV munharaunda yedu."
Kukuvadza kune mumwe zvechokwadi kukuvadza kune vose. Seboka rakatsungirira kusarongeka kwenzvimbo dzakaparadzana asi dzakaenzana kusvika padanho rechipiri, Vatema vanogona kunyatsonzwisisa zvakakoshera pakurwira kuenzana uku-kunyanya ngochani dzevatema nengochani dzinobatsirikana.
Kunze kwezvo, kukandira rimwe boka revakadzvinyirirwa kune rimwe kunongobatsira avo vari munzvimbo dzepfuma nemasimba vanobatsirwa nemaitiro ekuparadzanisa-uye-kukunda. Nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, vatungamiri vakawanda veAfrica America, kubva kuCoretta Scott King kusvika kuAl Sharpton, vakatora chimiro chisina kujeka mukudzivirira kuroorana kwengochani.
Ichokwadi kuti mamwe machechi nevatungamiriri vevatema vanovenga ngochani, uye vanofanira kupikiswa. Asi upfumi hukuru hwemachechi eKaturike neMormon anodzorwa nevachena, mumusiano mukuru nourombo hwemachechi akawanda eVatema, hunopa mhosva yawo zvakanyanya kudaro.
Mukupikisa vachena veLGBT vanhu vanopembedza kusashanda pamwe chete neveAfrica America nekuda kwezviyero zvavo zvinofungidzirwa zvehomophobia, Black lesbian Barbara Smith anopokana:
Institutionalized homophobia munharaunda ino ndeye chena monopoly. Uye kana tichiona mienzaniso yehungochani muvanhu-ve-ruvara, izvo zvinofanira kukurudzira vanhu kuita kuwedzera chiyero chekubatana nevarume vane ngochani uye ngochani dzemavara kuitira kuti tigone kupikisa homophobia pose painooneka.
Kudururwa kukuru kwevaratidziri mumigwagwa ye
Inosanganisirwa muchirongwa ichi kunofanirwa kuve kudiwa kune hutongi hutsva hwaObama neDemocratic-controlled Congress kuti vaenderere mberi neplatform yavo inopokana neClinton-era Defence of Marriage Act. Yave nguva yekubvisa mutemo iwoyo uye kugumisa kusarurana kwakabvumidzwa nemubatanidzwa kunopesana newanano yengochani.
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