IMURUMBI YELGBTQ FIGURE: BILLIE JEAN MAMBO NEKURWA KWAKE
Isu tinokushuvira kuti uwane mumwe munhu asingadi Billie Jean King.
Mutambi wetenesi ane mukurumbira, anga ari shasha yevakadzi uye LGBTQ kwemakumi emakore, - uye ini handishandise izwi iri zvinyoro - pfuma yenyika.
Muma1970 akarwira kubatwa kwakaenzana kwevakadzi mumitambo uye akahwina kukunda kukuru muHondo yeBonde. Kubva kuma1980 anga ari kunze-uye-kudada icon inoda kuenzana kune LGBTQ vanhu. Nhasi haaremekedzwi muhoro dzetenisi chete asiwo, aine mumwe wake Ilana Kloss, muridzi weLos Angeles Dodgers, achibatsira kutungamira imwe yemitambo ine mukurumbira mumitambo yese yeAmerica mukubatanidzwa.
Makore akati wandei apfuura akanzi chikamu cheimwe yenguva nhatu dzakanyanya kukosha mu LGBTQ nhoroondo yemitambo. Akapinzwa muInternational Tennis horo weMukurumbira muna 1987.
Kutaura chokwadi, King's LGBTQ advocacy yakatanga zvine hunyanzvi. King haana kukwanisa "kubuda" maererano nezvaaida, akabuda akapfeka sutu yeaimbova shamwari yake, Marilyn Barnett. Zvakadaro Mambo haana kuramba jasi re LGBTQ shasha, achigamuchira nekuzvikudza basa rake sechiratidzo chakangoerekana.
Padare, Mambo aive mambokadzi wenguva yake uye mumwe wevatambi vakuru vetennis munhoroondo. Akahwina mazita gumi nemaviri eGrand Slam evakadzi (yechinomwe-yakawanda yenguva yese), achipedza nhabvu yebasa uye kuhwina zita rine mukurumbira reWimbledon katanhatu. Akawedzera mazita makumi maviri nenomwe uye akasanganiswa-kaviri Grand Slam mazita, achimuita mutambi wechitatu-akashongedzwa zvakanyanya munhoroondo yeGrand Slam.
Kubva ipapo akasundira kune imwezve kuenzana kune LGBTQ vanhu, vakadzi uye nharaunda dzakasiyana dzisina kushumirwa. Muna 2009 akapiwa Presidential Medal of Freedom. Muna 2014 Mutungamiri Barack Obama vakamutumidza kunhumwa dzake dzeOlympic mukuyedza kuvhura maziso epasi rese kuvapo nekubudirira kwevamhanyi veLGBTQ.
Mabhuku akanyorwa pamusoro paMambo. Mafirimu akaitwa. Taigona kuenderera mberi. Kwatiri, vanhu vashoma vakaratidza Mweya weStonewall sengano inorarama iyi.
“Munhu wese ane vanhu muhupenyu hwake vanoita ngochani, ngochani kana vakachinja hunhu kana bhizi. Vanogona kusada kuzvibvuma, asi ndinovimbisa kuti vanoziva mumwe munhu. "
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