U-Nikolai Alexeyev, ummeli osemusha waseMoscow ohlele ngesibindi imibhikisho ye-Gay Pride kuleyo nhloko-dolobha iminyaka emihlanu edlule naphezu kokuvinjelwa okusemthethweni, usephenduke uphawu olwamukelekayo emhlabeni wonke lwesizukulwane esisha esisanda kuzalwa sezikhulu zaseRussia.
Alexeyev yasungulwa I-GayRussia.Ru, iwebhusayithi yokuqala yezwe yezindaba zezitabane ezingahlangene nezohwebo, ezigxile emalungelweni omuntu, ebilokhu yaba ngumgqugquzeli wokuhlela izishoshovu nokukhuthaza ukuzazi kwezitabane. Uboshelwe izikhathi eziningi kanye namaqabane akhe emzabalazweni emibhikishweni enokuthula - okuhlanganisa nezenzo zamazwe ngamazwe ngokubambisana nezitabane ezicindezelwe kwamanye amazwe - ngenxa nje yokuzama ukusebenzisa amalungelo enkululeko yokukhuluma nokuhlangana, ngokombono, aqinisekiswe yiRussia. Umthethosisekelo kanye nezivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe lapho iRussia isayine khona. Lawo malungelo ehliswe kancane kancane futhi awanakwa ngaphansi kukaNdunankulu wobushiqela uVladimir Putin, obusa iRussia ngabo bonke unya lukamashiqela okhohlakele waseRomanov.
U-Alexeyev uye wakubekela inselele kaningi lokhu kucekelwa phansi kwamalungelo, esebenzisa ikhono lakhe njengommeli ukuze alethe amacala ezinkantolo angaba ngu-168 abekela inselele iRussia yokuqeda imibhikisho yezitabane, aqale adlule esimisweni sokwahlulela sezwe aze asuka lapho aze ayofika eNkantolo YaseYurophu Yamalungelo Abantu.
Okholelwa ngokuqinile ekungalalelini komphakathi kanye namandla okudala ezenzo ezinesibindi, ezinolwazi lwabezindaba eziphule ukuthula mayelana nothando lobulili obufanayo obubusa eRussia, u-Alexeyev kanye nobushoshovu bakhe obungenasibindi, bezempi baye bahlonishwa ngamaqembu alwela amalungelo ezitabane emhlabeni jikelele, kuhlanganise nemicimbi ye-Pride esuka e-Sao Paolo iye e-Vancouver.
Kuleli sonto, iGay City News ibuze u-Alexeyev ongesabi, ongavamile ukukhuluma ngaye, ngokuvela kwakhe njengesishoshovu.
U-DOUG IRELAND: Wawuyini umsuka kanye nokuvela kwesishoshovu sakho sobungqingili?
U-NIKOLAI ALEXEYEV: Ngicabanga ukuthi konke kwaqala ekwindla ka-2001 lapho ngixoshwa e-Moscow State University ngemva kokuba ngithe ngizonikela nge-postgraduate thesis yami ukuze ngicwaninge ngesimo esingokomthetho sabantu abancane ngokocansi. Kumphathi wobungcweti, lokhu akwamukelekile. Bangixosha naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ngase ngiphumelele ngamalengiso eminyakeni emibili edlule. Ngabe sengibamangalela enkantolo yaseRussia, kodwa ngahlulwa. Ngakho ngilethe udaba lwami eNkantolo YaseYurophu Yamalungelo Abantu, futhi ngilindele ukuba inkantolo iqale ukulicubungula iminyaka emine kakade.
Ngemva kokungixosha, nganquma ukuqhubeka nocwaningo lwami lwezitabane ngedwa, futhi nganyathelisa izincwadi ezimbili eRussia eziphathelene nezindaba ezingokomthetho zabantu be-LGBT. Kwakuwucwaningo lokuqala olwake lwashicilelwa ngalolu daba futhi ayikho inhlangano yokushicilela eyayifuna ukuzifaka engozini ukuze izishicilele. Ngakho, kwadingeka ngiziphrinte ngokwami.
Kodwa ngakwamukela ngempela ukushoshozelwa kwezitabane entwasahlobo ka-2005. Ngemva kocwaningo lwami, ngangizama ukuqonda ukuthi kungani kungenzeki lutho eRussia njengoba ubungqingili besilisa bachithwa ngo-1993. Kungani kungekho muntu okhankasela ukuthola ukulingana? Kungani kungenzeki lutho? Kungani sivumela abezindaba ukuthi babhale ama-stereotypes kuphela ngezitabane? Kungani kungekho muntu ophikisa osopolitiki abangosopolitiki abafuna ukubugxeka ubutabane? Ngakho, nganquma ukuqala ukusebenza kulokho.
Kungithathe izinyanga ezintathu ukuthola isu nokuqala ukuxoxa ngezenzo ezingase zibe khona nawo wonke umphakathi we-LGBT lapha e-Russia. Ngethula I-GayRussia.Ru ngosuku lwe-IDAHO lokuqala [uSuku Lomhlaba Lokulwa Nokuziphatha Okufana Nabo] ngoMeyi 17, 2005. Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi ngalolu suku sahlela umhlangano wabezindaba ukuze sikhiphe umphumela wenhlolovo mayelana nezindaba ze-LGBT esasiziyale ngokukhethekile. Qagela? Akuzange kufike intatheli. Kwaba yisiqalo leso.
Ngabe sengijwayelana nezinye izishoshovu zamazwe ngamazwe. Kwakukhona uLouis-Georges Tin waseParis, umsunguli wosuku lwe-IDAHO, noPeter Tatchell wase-OutRage! eLondon.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, bekunehlazo lalaba basha ababili ababulawa e-Iran okungenzeka ukuthi babulawelwa ukuba yizitabane. Sahlela umhlangano nabezindaba ngoJulayi 2005 ngodaba lwezingane ezimbili zase-Iranian ukuze siqwashise abantu eRussia. Kwafika izintatheli ezinhlanu. Ekugcineni, umlobi we-Interfax, i-ejensi yezindaba yaseRussia ehamba phambili, wangibuza, "Yini umphakathi wezitabane ohlela ukuhlela eRussia?" Ngaleso sikhathi, ngaqonda ukuthi lo mbuzo kwakuyithuba eliyingqayizivele. Ngakho-ke ngaphendula ngokuthi ngoMeyi 27, 2006 sizobe sibambe imashi yethu yokuqala ye-Gay Pride eMoscow ukugubha iminyaka engu-13 yokuhoxiswa kobungqingili besilisa eRussia.
Ngemva kwamahora amabili, i-Interfax yashayela umphathi-dolobha waseMoscow, u-Yuri Luzhkov, owayesengxenyeni eseMpumalanga yeRussia. Uthe ngeke avume ukuthi izitabane zimashele edolobheni lakhe. Ngo-2001, kwakunephrojekthi yokuhlela umbukiso wothando eMoscow, kodwa ngemuva kokuthi iMeya ithe cha, izinhlelo zachithwa futhi abahleli bayo banyamalala. Cishe wayelindele umphumela ofanayo nalokhu. Hhayi-ke, ibhadi kuye! Ubengaqondi ukuthi kulokhu abahleli bebezimisele. Ngokusho kusasele izinyanga eziyishumi ukuthi ngeke akuvumele ukuPride, imeya yadala inkulumo-ze kwabezindaba futhi yabeka obala umnyakazo wethu ngokushesha.
Kulezo zinyanga eziyishumi, sasebenza kanzima. Besiqonda ukuthi ukwesekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe kuzoba ukhiye. Ngempela ngasizwa kakhulu uLouis-Georges Tin kanye ne-IDAHO, abakwazile ukungisiza ukuletha izishoshovu ezivela emazweni angaphezu kuka-25 eMoscow. Sasinosopolitiki bakwamanye amazwe, kuhlanganise nesekela le-Bundestag yaseJalimane, ilungu lePhalamende LaseYurophu, isekela-meya laseParis. Kodwa nomngane wami uMerlin Holland, umzukulu ka-Oscar Wilde, weza. Saze saba nesihlabani se-pop saseFrance.
Ingxenye yesu lethu bekuwukujabulisa abezindaba baseRussia. Besidinga ukubakhombisa ukuthi kumele bahlukane nazo zonke izinkoleloze mayelana nezitabane. Nakuba kwabezindaba, kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, indoda engu-gay ingaba indoda egqoke okowesifazane ogqoke ingubo ebomvana, ngokuziqhenya sikwazile ukushintsha lesi simo sengqondo. Okokuqala, sazibonakalisa obala, njengoba sinjalo. Okwesibili, sibonise ukuthi ama-VIP amaningi angavela phesheya ngomkhosi wama-gay. Futhi ekugcineni, sanquma ukubamba umcimbi wethu kulokho, ngaleso sikhathi, okwakuyihhotela eliphambili laseMoscow.
Kufanele uqonde ukuthi eMoscow, impilo yezitabane ihlala ihlakaniphile futhi ingaphansi komhlaba, futhi ama-saunas nemigoqo kuvame ukutholakala ezindaweni lapho kunzima ukuzithola. Saphuma emhumeni sekusemini, futhi sabonisa ukuthi izindaba zezitabane zingaxoxwa ehhotela elifanayo lapho i-Gazprom [usonkontileka omkhulu kuhulumeni wegesi yemvelo emhlabeni] yenza khona izingqungquthela zayo zebhizinisi.
Khona-ke, uyazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngo-Pride. Imashi yavalwa ngokungemthetho yimeya, kodwa njengoba bekuhlelile sakwenqaba ukuvinjelwa. Abaningi bethu, kuhlanganise nami, baboshwa, bavalelwa futhi bahlawuliswa. Abanye bashaqwe isixuku esibi sababhikishi benkolo yobu-Orthodox nabamelene nezitabane.
Isimo esifanayo senzeka ngo-2007. [Bheka lesi sihloko sentatheli sikaMeyi 21-27, 2007, "I-Agony of Moscow Pride.]
Ngo-2008, saqala iqhinga elisha. Besifuna ukugwema ukungqubuzana nababhikishi abamelene nezitabane osekumenyezelwe izinhlelo zabo zokusihlasela. Ngakho-ke, samemezela ukuthi sizofika phambi kweHholo Lomuzi, kodwa sathatha izintatheli ze-20 ebhasini nathi, futhi ngomzuzu wokugcina sahlela i-picket phambi kwesithombe sikaTchaikovsky. Futhi phambi kweHholo Ledolobha, lapho ababhikishi kanye namaphoyisa lapho besilindile khona, abafana bethu abane bavula ibhanela elikhulu elivela phezulu kwesakhiwo ngokumelene nomphathi-dolobha waseMoscow. Khona kanye phambi kwamafasitela akhe! Impumelelo enkulu. Akekho owake wakwenza ngaphambili.
Ngo-2009, sanquma ukusingatha i-Pride ngosuku olufanayo njengoba I-Eurovision Finale yenzeka e-Moscow - lowo umncintiswano wengoma wase-Europe oboniswa kumabonakude kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Nalapha, sakwazi ukugwema ukungqubuzana nababhikishi kodwa hhayi namaphoyisa, futhi abangu-32 bethu baboshwa futhi bavalelwa ubusuku bonke. Okwangidumaza kakhulu ukuthi ngenkathi sisejele, uhlelo lwaqhubeka, lwabukwa kulo lonke elaseYurophu, futhi akekho noyedwa umculi oyisitabane - i-Eurovision iwumncintiswano othakasela kakhulu izitabane - ukwazile ukusho ngisho izwi lokumeseka. Kwakudumaza ngempela. Laba bantu bebemele amazwe ase-Europe abathanda ukusho ukuthi abusa ngentando yeningi kangakanani, kodwa lutho. Ngisho nezwi. Ubuzenzisi obuningi...
I-IRELAND: Kulo nyaka, ngokokuqala ngqa eminyakeni emihlanu, ukwazile ukubamba imashi ye-Moscow Pride, ngokusebenzisa inqubo ye-flash-mob. Ungachaza ukuthi kwenzekeni?
ALEXEYEV: Kulo nyaka sibhekane nenkinga. Iqembu lethu lalifuna ukugwema ukuboshwa nokushaywa. Njengoba ngisebenza cishe nabantu abafanayo iminyaka emihlanu, kwadingeka sithole ikhambi. Ngakho-ke, sahlela isenzo esifanayo nesango-2007. Simeme izintatheli ukuba zihlangane endaweni eyodwa. Sabafaka ebhasini sabayisa endaweni eyimfihlo lapho esasihlela khona iPride. Ngokokuqala ngqรก, sakwazi ukumasha imizuzu eyishumi, siphethe ifulege elikhulu lothingo elingamamitha angu-32 ubude! Akuboshwa muntu, akushaywa. Impumelelo. Wonke umuntu wayejabule, nezithombe zazimangalisa.
Saphinde sakhohlisa amaphoyisa aseMoscow - imeya kufanele ukuthi yayiwathukuthelele! Imashi yePride yenzeke esiteshini sesitimela esixhumanisa iRussia neBelarus, eLeningradsky Boulevard eya eSt Petersburg. Kwakuwuphawu ngoba Ukuziqhenya KwaseMoscow kwenzeka phakathi kombhikisho weMinsk Pride ngoMeyi 15 kanye nokuziqhenya kokuqala kweSt Petersburg okwakuhlelelwe uJuni 26. Sonke sibamba iqhaza ekuziqhenyeni komunye nomunye ngoba, ngo-2008, sasungula inhlangano ye-Slavic Gay Pride. , okuyinyunyana yabahleli be-Russian and Belarusian Pride.
I-IRELAND: Ungasitshela ukuthi i-Minsk Pride kanye ne-St. Petersburg Pride ehleliwe kwenzeka kanjani?
ALEXEYEV: Ngesikhathi sethula umkhankaso weMoscow Pride ngo-2005, sasimbalwa. Ngemva kwalokho, abantu abaningi basijoyina. Ku-2008, ngabizwa ngocingo yiqembu laseBelarus elalifuna usizo oluthile nesiqondiso esivela kithi ukuze sihlele ukuziqhenya kwama-gay eMinsk, inhloko-dolobha yaseBelarusian kanye nedolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke. Kwakukanye nabo lapho sasungula inhlangano yeSlavic Gay Pride.
I-Slavic Pride yokuqala yayiseMoscow ngo-2009 ngesikhathi sokuziqhenya kwe-Moscow yesine, lapho iqembu le-15 Belarusian lifika eMoscow. Futhi ngoMeyi 2010, sahlela Ukuziqhenya kweSlavic kwesibili eMinsk. Ngolwazi lwethu lwemidiya, sikwazile ukuthola ukusakazwa kwemidiya. Imashi yavinjelwa naseBelarus, futhi ngemva kokuhamba imizuzu eyishumi, abahlanganyeli abangu-12 baboshwa ngesihluku ngamaphoyisa anobudlova kakhulu. Babenonya njengezinja zasendle.
NgoJanuwari 2010, ngathintwa iqembu eSt Petersburg elibizwa ngokuthi Ukulingana, elalifuna ukuhlela Ukuziqhenya kwabo kokuqala eSt Petersburg. Ngaya khona, ngahlangana nabo, kwaxoxwa. Khona-ke, sahlela eMoscow umhlangano wethu sonke, nabahleli abavela eMoscow, eMinsk, naseSt Petersburg, futhi sabeka amacebo amamashi ethu e-Pride. ngisebenzisana nabahleli eSt Petersburg.
Siletha nolwazi lwethu lwezomthetho. Ngingasho ukuthi siyiqembu le-LGBT elinolwazi kunawo wonke e-Europe yonke enamacala esinawo ezindabeni ezihlukahlukene eziphambi kweNkantolo YaseYurophu Yamalungelo Abantu kanye naseKomitini Yamalungelo Abantu ye-UN!
I-IRELAND: Kuthiwani ngamanye amadolobha aseRussia kwenzakalani lapho?
ALEXEYEV: IMoscow neSt Petersburg amadolobha amabili amakhulu kakhulu. Kulula ukuba yisitabane noma ungqingili lapho. Sibheke. Sesineminyaka emihlanu sikhona, futhi sibhekene nawo wonke umuntu ngokukhululekile iminyaka emihlanu. Ezifundeni ezingaphandle kwamadolobha ethu amakhulu amabili, kunzima kakhulu. Amandla ezifundeni agxile kakhulu endaweni eyodwa futhi, isibonelo, basafaka emitholampilo yezifo zengqondo izintatheli ezibhala izihloko eziphikisana namandla endawo. Ngakho-ke, ungaqagela ukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukuthi izitabane zibhekane neziphathimandla zendawo.
Kufanele uqonde ukuthi iRussia yavela njengezwe elikhululekile kuphela ngo-1991. Khona-ke, saba nenhlekelele enkulu ngo-1998. Into yokuqala ebalulekile kubantu ukujabulela ukuphila, ukuvakasha, futhi ekugcineni ukuzijabulisa kwamanye amazwe futhi uvakashele Prides eParis, New. York, Toronto. Abanandaba kakhulu namalungelo abo lapha. Uma nje benomsebenzi nemali, bayajabula. Abantu baseRussia - hhayi izitabane kuphela - ngokuvamile babulala kakhulu. Bathatha izinto njengoba beza. Eduze kwethu, kunabantu abangu-40 eMoscow, abangu-15 eSt Petersburg, futhi cishe abangu-30 eMinsk. Lokho akukuningi ezweni elikhulu kangaka, kodwa akusivimbeli ukuthi sibanga umsindo emithonjeni yezindaba kunanoma iyiphi enye i-Pride.
I-IRELAND: Abanye bethu bakhumbula ukuthi, emkhankasweni wakhe wokuqala, u-Vladimir Putin wadlala ikhadi le-homophobia ngokuhlela umhlangano wabezindaba neqembu elikhohlisayo lama-gay agqamile kakhulu futhi amakhosikazi ukuze avumele umphikisi wakhe ohamba phambili. Ingabe umphakathi wezitabane eRussia ugcwele ama-ejenti amaphoyisa, ama-agent provocateur, noma izigqila zemishini kaPutin ezizama ukudicilela phansi isithunzi nokudikibalisa ukuhlelwa kwezitabane zangempela?
ALEXEYEV: Umbuso unentshisekelo enkulu yokudicilela phansi isithunzi samaqembu aphikisayo, okuhlanganisa ukusebenzisa izinsiza zabaqwayizi ukuze bafake abaphikisi ehlazweni locansi futhi ngezinye izikhathi nezishoshovu ezivamile zamalungelo abantu. Kubo, noma yini eyisitabane ayibucayi. Abanomuzwa wokuthi kufanele babe nesithakazelo kuyo. Kungakho ngangihlale ngigcina ukunyakaza kwethu nemisebenzi yethu iphambene ngokuphelele nepolitiki yokhetho, futhi emqondweni wami, kufanele kuhlale kunjalo, ikakhulukazi eRussia. Uyazi, uma kusasa i-Kremlin iqala ukusifaka ejele, ucabanga ukuthi kukhona ozokukhathalela? Ingabe ukhona onendaba uma kuboshwa izishoshovu zamalungelo abantu? Akusenjalo. Babejwayele ukunakekela.
Kodwa uyazi, u-9/11 uguqule izinto eziningi ezingeni lamazwe ngamazwe. I-Russia yayivame ukugxekwa kakhulu e-Chechnya ngaphambi kwe-9/11 futhi okumangazayo okuncane kakhulu ngemuva kuka-9/11.
Bheka ukuthi kwenzekani ngokuhlasela kweRussia iGeorgia ngonyaka odlule. I-Russia yathola lokho eyayikufuna futhi akekho owanyakazayo. Abantu baseYurophu bake babhekana nomonakalo wokuzibambisa empini phakathi kweRussia ne-Ukraine ngodaba lwegesi yemvelo evela kwamanye amazwe. Lapho iRussia icima igesi e-Ukraine, iNtshonalanga Yurophu nayo yaqala ukubanda. AbaseYurophu bayaqonda ukuthi banomkhawulo olinganiselwe wokusebenzisa iRussia.
IPhalamende LaseYurophu lanikeza uMklomelo kaSakharov ngonyaka odlule kwizishoshovu ezimbalwa ezibalulekile zamalungelo abantu baseRussia. Eqinisweni, lokho kuwukuvuma okubi kokuntula amandla, ngoba esikhundleni sokunikeza imiklomelo, iPhalamende LaseYurophu lingavotela isiphakamiso sokuvimbela izikhulu zaseRussia ezingahambisani ne-European Convention on Human Rights ukuthi zingene e-European Union! Kodwa indaba yegesi futhi. Izishoshovu zamalungelo abantu eRussia zingabathumbi bale geopolitics. Futhi ngifaka nathi kulelo bhodwe.
Bheka ukuthi kwenzekeni e-Lithuania, Romania, Latvia, Slovenia, Serbia: Lapho Ukuziqhenya Kwezitabane kuvinjelwe noma izingozi ezibhekene nodlame, wonke amazwe e-EU kanye ne-US kanye ne-Canada ngokushesha akhipha izitatimende zokusekela. Kodwa eRussia, abakwazi. Ngesonto eledlule, abagqugquzeli beSt Petersburg Pride bacele inxusa laseMelika eSt. Petersburg ukuthi lisize kusengaphambili ngeSt. umhlaba, njengeNew York, Vancouver, Sao Paulo, Moscow, Warsaw. AbaseMelika benqaba, futhi izaba zathi: "Asikwazi ukukhombisa idokhumentari yaseCanada kunxusa laseMelika."
Futhi kuthiwani ngo-Hillary Clinton, owafika eMoscow ngo-2009 ezokwembula isifanekiso sikaWalt โโWhitman, imbongi yesitabane saseMelika, ebambene neMeya yaseMoscow ethanda abantu abathandana nobulili obufanayo endaweni efanayo lapho saboshwa khona emasontweni amathathu edlule ngokuzama ukudlala iMoscow. Ukuziqhenya! Waze waba nesithangami sabezindaba futhi akazange akhulume lutho ngamalungelo ezitabane noma ukuvinjelwa kwe-Pride yethu! Uma lena kuyinqubomgomo entsha ye-LGBT u-Hillary Clinton athi ufuna ukuyethula kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-USA, kahle...
Kodwa futhi, i-geopolitics idlala indima lapha. Akukhona ngegesi, kepha i-US idinga ukwesekwa yiRussia ezindabeni ezifana ne-Iran neNorth Korea.
I-IRELAND: Ngokungafani nozakwabo baseYurophu, izikhungo zezitabane zase-US nezinhlangano zikazwelonke azizange zikweseke kakhulu okwenzayo eRussia. Ungachaza ukuthi kungani ubumbano lwamazwe ngamazwe lwezitabane kufanele luhlangane?
ALEXEYEV: Okungenani sikwazile ukuba nobudlelwano obuqinile ne-Gay Liberation Network e-Chicago. Bake bangimemela emashi yabo kaMatthew Sheppard futhi sanquma ukuqhubeka nokusebenza ndawonye. U-Andy Thayer, umsunguli kanye naye, wayenathi eMoscow for Pride ngo-2009 nango-2010. Ngonyaka odlule washaywa, waboshwa, futhi waboshwa, kodwa noma kunjalo wabuya kulo nyaka. Uyisimangaliso. Egcwele amandla nothando. Ngesikhathi eboshiwe ngonyaka odlule, wenqaba ukukhululwa ngaphambi kokuba amaRussia ayeboshiwe akhululwe.
Futhi kukhona nesizinda sohambo lwakhe: Ngenxa yokuthi inhlangano yabo ayinayo imali ekahle, kungenxa yawo wonke amalungu e-Gay Liberation Network ukuthi u-Andy akwazi ukundizela eMoscow. Lokho kuwubumbano oluningi. Ungakuqhathanisa kanjani ukwesekwa okunjalo nezinhlangano izishoshovu zazo "okungabasebenzi" futhi "ezikhokhelwa ubushoshovu bazo?" Ngikuthola kudabukisa ukuthi e-US izishoshovu ezinesibindi kakhulu akuzona lezo ezibhekiwe, okuthi esikhundleni salokho zigxile kulabo abakhokhelwa yinhlangano yabo futhi ngokuvamile abasizi muntu noma yini ngempela ngoba into yokuqala ebaluleke kakhulu kubo qiniseka ukuthi uqhubeka nokuthola izibonelelo.
Ikuphi i-Harvey Milk entsha? Uphi umoya wama-'70s? Okuxakayo ukuthi manje sesine-inthanethi, esisiza ukuthi sixhumane nazo zonke izinhlobo zezinkundla zokuxhumana. Thatha umkhankaso nge-Iran ngo-2005. Washicilelwa ngemuva kokuthi izishoshovu ezivela emazweni amaningi zikhankase nge-inthanethi. Sonke kufanele sihlanganyele emsebenzini ohlangene.
Yingakho i-International Day Against Homophobia, i-IDAHO, iwuhlelo oluhle kakhulu, ngoba olwawo wonke umuntu. Inikeza inkundla njalo ngoMeyi 17 ukuze noma yimuphi umuntu ahlele isenzo. Umsebenzi weKomidi le-IDAHO elizinze eParis ukunikeza uhlaka oluthile ngokwethula umkhankaso kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuphromotha kwawo emazweni omhlaba. Khona-ke, phansi kungokwakho.
Uyazi, ngokwesibonelo, bengixhumana nesekela lePhalamende laseLuxembourg elasiphakamisela ukuseseka. Sahlela umhlangano wabezindaba ngokuhlanganyela eLuxemburg ngoFebhruwari 2009. Kulo mcimbi, ngakhuluma naye nge-IDAHO ngathi angasiza ngokufaka isiphakamiso ePhalamende lakhe ukuba luhlonishwe ngokusemthethweni uSuku Lokulwa Nobungqingili. Nokho, ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu, kwase kwenziwa! Ngandlela thize, ungasho ukuthi uma uMeyi 17 eqashelwa ngokusemthethweni ekhalendeni laseLuxembourg njengosuku lwe-IDAHO, kungenxa ye-Moscow Pride.
I-IRELAND: Ungachaza ukuthi usebenzise kanjani amakhono akho njengommeli egameni lamalungelo ezitabane eRussia?
ALEXEYEV: Ngilethe amacala amaningi kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezikhulu. Ngamangalela umphathi-dolobha waseMoscow ngemva kokuthi iGay Prides iyimibuthano โyobusathaneโ; Ngamangalela umbusi Wesifunda SaseTambov ngemva kokuba ethi izitabane kufanele zihlukaniswe futhi izingcezu zazo ziphonswe emoyeni; Ngamangalela uMongameli uMedvedev ngokungaphenduli esicelweni sethu sokuhlela Ukuziqhenya emasimini aseKremlin; futhi-ke nginxuse konke ukuvinjelwa kwazo zonke izenzo zomphakathi esizame ukuzihlela.
Njengoba ungase uqagele, ngilahlekelwe yiwo wonke amacala ezinkantolo eRussia, kodwa sinenhlanhla yokuthi iRussia iyilungu loMkhandlu WaseYurophu futhi ngenxa yalokho noma imuphi umRashiya angakwazi ukuthatha iNkantolo YaseYurophu Yamalungelo Abantu uma enomuzwa wokuthi i-European Convention on Amalungelo Esintu aphulwa ngokumelene naye.
Kodwa inkinga ukuthi abantu abaningi baseRussia bafaka izicelo kule nkantolo futhi kunesilele esikhulu. Sithemba ukuthi kulo nyaka sizothola isinqumo sokugcina seNkantolo mayelana nokuvinjelwa kweMoscow Pride 2006, 2007, kanye no-2008 - amacala ahlanganiswe. Ngeke uqonde ukuthi sonke silindele kangakanani ukunqoba lesi sinqumo. Akungabazeki ukuthi icala lizoxazululwa ngokusivuna ngemva kokuba iNkantolo YaseYurophu yenze isibonelo ngokulahla ukuvinjelwa kweWarsaw Pride. Kuzobe kungokokuqala emlandweni ukuthi iRussia ihlulwe izitabane.
Kodwa ngingathanda ukujula kancane lapha. Amacala esiwathumele eNkantolo YaseYurophu ngeke nje aguqule izinto kubantu be-LGBT eRussia. Bazosiza bonke abavikeli bamalungelo omphakathi, ngoba isinqumo ngeke sithinte kuphela isenzo somphakathi esiyizitabane kodwa nje inkululeko yokuhlangana. Futhi eRussia, kuzoba nzima kakhulu ukuvimba imashi yabaphikisayo noma yinoma iyiphi enye inhlangano yamalungelo abantu.
Futhi lokhu kudlula ngaphandle kweRussia. Ngokwesibonelo, icala lami elibhekiswe kumbusi waseTambov limayelana nenkulumo enenzondo. Uma siwina, sizobeka isibonelo ezingeni laseYurophu izishoshovu kulo lonke elaseYurophu ezizokwazi ukusisebenzisa. Umsebenzi wethu awugcini nje ngeMoscow noma Gay Pride. Labo ababecabanga lokho abazange bakuqonde esikwenzayo. Sibhekene ne-homophobia yonke indawo.
Isibonelo, sibe nempumelelo ekwenzeni iRussia isuse ukuvinjelwa kokunikela ngegazi kwabesilisa abayizitabane. Okuthile osenakho e-US. Saqala nomkhankaso wokushada kwabantu bobulili obufanayo eRussia, futhi manje leli cala silifaka eNkantolo YaseYurophu.
I-Moscow Pride iyipulatifomu yethu; umkhankaso wethu omkhulu osivumela ukuthi sibe sezindaba njalo ngonyaka. Uyazi, ingqungquthela yabezindaba ye-Moscow Pride ivamise ukuheha izintatheli ezingaphezu kwezingu-50 ezigunyaziwe. Futhi leli zwi elinikezayo, silisebenzisa ukukhuthaza eminye imikhankaso yethu.
I-IRELAND: Uma abafundi befuna ukukuthumelela umnikelo womsebenzi wakho, bangakwenza kanjani lokho futhi imali kufanele ithunyelwe kuphi?
ALEXEYEV: Hhayi-ke, ngike ngabuzwa lo mbuzo izikhathi eziningi. Kusiza kakhulu ukuthi abantu beze eRussia bazoseseka lapho sidlala i-Pride eMoscow noma eSt Petersburg. Futhi uma ungakwazi, khona-ke, kungcono uthumele umnikelo ku-Gay Liberation Network e-Chicago, ngo gayliberation.net/home.html. Lokho kuzobasiza ukuthi baphinde beze eMoscow ngonyaka ozayo ukuzothamela iPride. Uma abafundi abangama-50 emashumini ezinkulungwane zamakhophi aphrintiwe benikeza u-$20, singakwazi ukubuyisela u-Andy Thayer eMoscow. futhi lokhu kuwusizo kakhulu kithi.
Njengoba iGay City News izoshicilela, abahleli bemashi yokuziqhenya kaJuni 26 eSt. Ukuze ulandele lezi nezinye izindaba zezitabane ezivela eRussia, vakashela inguqulo ebanzi yolimi lwesiNgisi yewebhusayithi yezindaba i-Alexeyev eyasungulwa ngo. http://gayrussia.ru/en/. UDoug Ireland angafinyelelwa ngebhulogi yakhe, DIRELAND, ku http://direland.typepad.com/.
Okunye ukubikwa kwakamuva ngeRussia nguDoug Ireland:
"Abahleli be-Moscow Pride bafuna i-PR Win," May 29, 2009;
"I-Putin Vote Rig Snares Gays," I-December 7, i-2007;
"Ukuziqhenya KwaseMoscow Kuvinjelwe Futhi," May 17, 2007;
"Isishoshovu Esiphezulu: UPutin waseRussia Ubonisa Ukusekela Amalungelo Ezitabane," Februwari 8, i-2007;
"Amaphoyisa, amaFascist Achoboza Ukuziqhenya KwaseMoscow," Juni 1, 2006;
"I-Gay Standoff Brewing eMoscow," ULwesine, May 25, 2006;
"Izimemezelo Eziqinile Eziphikisana Nezitabane Zishanela IMoscow," March 2, 2006.
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