Bangaphezu kwewaka abantu baseChicago bayo yonke iminyaka, isini kunye nesondo esigcwele ngokuqinileyo kwiMetro ngokuthengiswa kwayo "IChicago ithanda ukutsalwa!โ ibonise ngoAprili 14. Iibhalkhoni zaziphuphuma ngabantu abanxibe nemibala eqaqambileyo, bejonge omnye komnye ukuze babone ababukeli abangama-41 bobusuku. Tsala ookumkani kunye ookumkanikazi wenza igumbi eyabo, ebanga ingqalelo abaphulaphuli ngokupheleleyo kunye syncs imilebe, izenzo comedy kunye nesiqhelo umdaniso, ezahlukeneyo ezibengezelayo ibonisa ebalaselisa ebanzi - kunye nenkululeko - yokuzonwabisa ezirhuqa inikeza. Ingeniso izuze umsebenzi wemibutho ye-LGBTQ eChicago naseTennessee, kuquka IProjekthi yoQeqesho loTshintsho, Ubomi Ngumsebenzi, ACLU yaseTennessee kwaye i Iprojekthi yokuLingana yaseTennessee.
I-Tennessee iye yaba ngu-zero welizwe lonke ekuwiseni umthetho wokutsala ukusebenza kunye nokhathalelo lwesini; Ukuvalwa kwelizwe lokutsala kwaba kuqala esizweni ukuba isayinwe ibe ngumthetho. Amanyathelo afanayo afanayo akwizindlu zowiso-mthetho kwilizwe lonke, ehlala echaza ukutsalwa ngokwemiqathango ebanzi kwaye engacacanga kangangokuba athintele uluntu kude ngaphaya kotsalo. Abagxeki bokuvalwa kweTennessee, kunye neebhili ezifanayo kwamanye amazwe, baye baqaphela ukuba umthetho ushiya njani imeko esemthethweni yabantu abadlulayo bengasonjululwanga. Ngaphantsi Ukuvalwa kweTennessee, nabaphi na โabalinganisi abangamadoda okanye ababhinqileyo ababonelela ukonwabisa okubhenela kumdla ongcolileyo, okanye abonwabisi abafanayo, kungakhathaliseki nokuba benzelwa ukuqwalaselwa okanye abenzelwanga ngqaleloโ ukubanjwa, ukuhlawuliswa okanye ukuvalelwa entolongweni, ngokusekelwe kwisigwebo salo naliphi na ipolisa.
Uninzi lwamatyala acetywayo nawo abuyisela umva ufikelelo kukhathalelo loqinisekiso ngokwesini kubantwana. Igqwetha jikelele laseMissouri, uAndrew Bailey, Ukhathalelo lwesini oluthintelweyo kubantu abadala ngoAprili 13. Izithintelo Missouri zezokuqala uhlobo ekujoliswe trans abadala.
Zombini izithintelo zaseTennessee, kunye nezithintelo zaseMissouri, zikhona wacelwa umngeni kwinkundla yomanyano, ngelixa i-drag artists kunye namahlakani abo aqhubeka evutha ukuchasana ngokukrakra kumthetho omkhulu.
Tsala umlingisi oNgcwele ngexesha le-โChicago Loves Dragโ fundraiser. IIFOTO NGU-CZAR CHI
Kwelinye lamanqanaba makhulu otsalo โ uthotho lweTV Uhlanga lukaRuPaul lokuTsalaโukumkanikazi osandula ukuthweswa isithsaba uSasha Colby azinikezele uloyiso lwakhe "kumntu wonke ogqithisayo, odlulileyo, okhoyo kunye nekamva." Ebambe intonga ekhazimlayo kwaye edlala ngepinki ecwebezelayo enamacala amabini, uColby wongeze kwisizini ye-15 yomdlalo wokugqibela (eyadlala nge-14 ka-Epreli): "[abantu abatshintshileyo] abayi ndawo."
Ngomhla wama-21 ku-Epreli, emhlabeni e-Knoxville, eTenn., Umzobi ophumelele iMbasa yeGrammy uLizzo wagcwalisa iqonga lakhe ngabadlali abaninzi abarhuqayo, ebamema ukuba bambandakanye noqhanqalazo oludlamkileyo, noluzaliswe ngamazwi. "Ndaxelelwa ngabantu kwi-intanethi, 'Rhoxisa imiboniso yakho eTennessee. Musa ukuya eTennessee,'โ imvumi ethi "About Damn Time" yatsho. Kodwa kutheni ndingezi kubantu abafuna ukuva lo myalezo kakhulu?"
Ibala lemidlalo elalizele ngabantu baseTennesse kwatsho imincili, imikhwazo yabo ifana nengoma yoqhankqalazo. Ukujoyina ikwayara kwisiphithiphithi esilungileyo esisuka kwelinye ixesha kunye nendawo, uluntu lwaseChicago kwiMetro lwalubhomboloza kwaye lukhwaza, luphosa i-snaps kunye namatyala edola ukuya eqongeni, kucaca ukuba i-transphobia ayiyi kuma kwaye intshukumo yomelele. Njengoko isihloko somboniso sicebisa: IChicago ngokwenene iyayithanda ukutsala.
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UHenry Hicks IV ngumbhali kunye nomququzeleli waseWashington DC. Imvelaphi yaseNashville, eTenn., Uphumelele kwiKholeji yase-Oberlin kwaye ungumfundi waseHarry S. Truman.
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