U-ALI KRIEGER, U-ASHLYN HARRIS KUNYE NOMTSHATO WABO OMANGALISAYO
Nge-28 kaDisemba 2019, u-Ali no-Ashlyn batshintshiselana ngezibhambathiso kumhlaba weMyuziyam yaseVizcaya kunye neeGadi eMiami. Isiganeko saziwa ngokuba ngumtshato "Krashlyn". UKrieger wayenxibe igawuni nguPronovias ngokuchasene nesuti kaHarris kaThom Browne. Indebe yeHlabathi yabaseTyhini
I-MVP kunye nokapteni weqela le-USWNT u-Megan Rapinoe, osele ezinikele kumdlali webhola yomnyazi u-Sue Bird, usebenze njengesicakakazi sembeko.
“Mna no-Ali sahlala phantsi kwaye sasicwangcise kakhulu malunga nendlela esasifuna ukucwangcisa ngayo umtshato wethu; into ebesifuna ibonakale. Ukubonakala kubalulekile kuthi, ”utshilo uHarris kwi-Knot. "Besifuna abantu babone iziphelo ezonwabileyo zinokwenzeka phakathi kwabasetyhini ababini abahle, abanebali lothando." Bafake ngenkumbulo izinto ezicingisisiweyo, ikeyiki yomtshato we-rainbow, phakathi kwezinye izinto eziphathwayo. "Ityala ku-Ali: iinkcukacha azibeke ukuze ahlawule kubo bonke abaqhubi bee-trailblazers kuluntu lwethu lwe-LGBTQ+ zazintle. Itafile nganye ibinomkhondo nenkokeli eyasihlahlela indlela yokuba sibe nenkululeko nobunewunewu bokutshata ngokusemthethweni,” utshilo uHarris. “Yayibalisa ngezono zabo ukuze sikwazi ukwenza umtshato. Yayilithuba lokuba wonke umntu afunde.”
Aba babini baqala ukudibana ngelixa bedlalela iQela leSizwe labaseTyhini base-US emva ngo-2010, kwaye ngoku bangamaqabane e-Orlando Pride. Babhengeze ukubandakanyeka kwabo ngoMatshi ka-2019. “Njengomntwana omncinci, ndandingenabo ubunewunewu bokuvula imagazini okanye ukubona kumabonwakude, abantu ababini ababefana nam no-Ali,” watsho uHarris. “Kum noAli, xa ubona into, ungayifumana. Leyo yayiyingqwalasela yethu malunga nomtshato. Sasingafuni ukuzingca nokuba ngasese. Sasifuna abantu babone ibali lethu elihle lothando. Yaba nkulu kunokuba besiyilindele. Ividiyo yethu yomtshato wethu yabukelwa izihlandlo ezingaphezu kwesigidi. Kubalulekile ukuba abantu abaselula bayibone loo nto, ukuze bangoyiki. Nabo banokuzibonela isiphelo esonwabisayo.”
Iingcebiso zomtshato zika-Ali Krieger kunye no-Ashlyn Harris
Esi sibini sibhiyozele unyaka wokuqala sitshatile ngoJanuwari 2021. “Ngethemba lokuba, siza kuphuma sivalelwe kwaye sibhiyozele kwenye indawo,” utshilo uHarris. "Besifuna ukuya kwiindawo ezimbalwa e-US kwaye siyigcine ikhuselekile kwaye isempilweni ngexesha lo bhubhani."
Ngelixa abadlali bebengalindelanga ukuba unyaka wabo wokuqala betshatile uchithelwe bodwa, amava ebesoloko etyebisa. “Kum no-Ali, beluyintoni ubabalo lwethu kuyo yonke le nto, into yomtshato, sisentlungwini, ukuba sivalelwe sodwa kubalulekile kwisibini kunye nabantu esihlala nabo kunxibelelwano,” uqhubeke watsho uHarris.
Yazisa abantu indlela ovakalelwa ngayo xa ufuna isithuba, ukuba unosuku olunzima, kubaluleke kakhulu. Iphuhlisa iibhloko zokwakha ezinkulu ukuqhubela phambili ubudlelwane bakho. Yeyona nto inzima ngabatshatileyo: ukunyaniseka kwaye ungabi ngqwabalala ngamanye amaxesha. Ukusukela ngomhla wokuqala, mna noAli sasisazi ukuba iincoko ezinzima zihlala zifuneka ukuze siqhubele phambili. Asibathatheli ngqalelo ngokobuqu, kwaye le yinto esiyiqhelileyo ixesha elide. Siye saphumelela kwindawo yokuvalelwa… siziqondile iimfuno zethu kunye neemfuno zethu. Oko kungonxibelelwano.”
“Ayikuchazi umtshato wakho ukuba awukwazi ukuba nalo mtshato unenkangeleko ubuphupha ngawo… ayisosiphelo kwaye konke oku kuchaphazela indlela obunombono wokuphila kunye,” utshilo uKrieger. Ukuba ususa iimvakalelo kubo bonke obu bukhazikhazi kunye nobukhazikhazi obufumeneyo, umanyano phakathi kwabantu ababini, cinga nje njengabantu ababini abakha ubomi bakho kunye. Usenokuba nomtshato wamaphupha akho, nokuba uthotyiwe kancinci. Isenokujika ibe ngumtshato wamaphupha obuwunombono.”
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