CHRISTINE MARINONI
UChristine Marinoni ngumlweli wemfundo waseMelika owaziwayo kunye nolwela amalungelo abantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabo. Ukwadume ngobudlelwane bakhe bomtshato nomdlali weqonga, umlweli, kunye nezopolitiko UCynthia Nixon. UNixon udume ngendima yakhe yegqwetha uMiranda Hobbes kwiSex kwisiXeko.
IMINYAKA YOKUQALA
UMarinoni wazalelwa eWashington, eUnited States, ngo-1967 kwaye wachitha ixesha elininzi lobomi bakhe eBainbridge, eWashington. Ngokwemithombo, ebengumntu olwela amalungelo e-LGBTQ ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-'90s. Abazali bakhe babengabafundi kwaye kubonakala ngathi yayiyindlela yakhe yokuqeqesha. UMarinoni uncedise ekufumaneni i-Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) eNew York; isiseko esenzelwe ukuqinisekisa imigangatho yemfundo ekumgangatho ophezulu kwilizwe laseNew York.
Umsebenzi kaMarinoni
UChristine Marinoni waqala wazimisa njengetshantliziyo elilwela amalungelo abantu abathandana nabasetyhini kunye nomlweli wemfundo. Ngokutsho kwakhe, waqala ukusebenza njengetshantliziyo ngenxa yomdla awayenawo emva kweziganeko ezithile ebomini bakhe.
U-Marinoni waphuma njenge-lesbian ngo-1995 kwaye kungekudala waqala ivenkile yekofu yabasetyhini ePark Slope, eBrooklyn, eNew York. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, omnye wabarhwebi bakhe wayeka umsebenzi emva kokuba lixhoba lolwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo.
Emva kwesiganeko, i-Marinoni yalungiselela iziganeko ezincinci zokuphakamisa ingqalelo kwimiba ejongene nabantu be-LGBT. Ukwacele amapolisa ukuba anyuse ukhuseleko lwamapolisa. Waba litsha-ntliziyo elisebenzayo emva kokuba umfundi wekholeji ye-gay uMatthew Shepard wathuthunjiswa kabuhlungu waza wabulawa ngo-1998.
Ukubandakanyeka kwakhe ekubhalisweni ngokusemthethweni komtshato we-gay kwanda emva kokuba eqale ukuthandana nomlingisi uCynthia Nixon. Aba babini babefuna ukutshata, ngoko badibana nommeli eAlbany ukuze baxoxe ngale nto umtshato wesini esifanayo.
Ubomi bomntu
UChristine Marinoni wadibana nomdlali weqonga uCynthia Nixon kwindibano yokunyusa ingxowa-mali yemfundo ngoMeyi ka-2002, awathi wayinceda ekuyiququzeleleni. Ngelixa uMarinoni wayelitsha-ntliziyo lezemfundo iminyaka, u-Nixon ngelo xesha wayekhankasela ukunciphisa ubungakanani beklasi kwizikolo zikarhulumente kwisiXeko saseNew York. Kwiminyaka eyalandelayo, aba babini basebenza kweminye imiba yezopolitiko kunye kwaye basondelelana. Xa ubudlelwane bukaNixon kunye nesoka lakhe ngelo xesha uDanny Mozes laphela ngo-2003, uMarinoni waba yinkxaso yakhe yeemvakalelo. Esi sibini saqala ukuthandana ngokusemthethweni ngo-2004, kodwa uNixon wagcina ubudlelwane buphantsi kwenkxalabo yokuba iya konakalisa umsebenzi wakhe wokubambela. Ngexesha lodliwanondlebe kunye neRadio Times ngo-2017, uNixon watyhila ukuba bayeka ukuzikhathaza emva kokuba uMarinoni edibene nomama wakhe, emva koko baqinisekisa amahemuhemu okuthandana. Okubangela umdla kukuba, uNixon uxelele 'uMthetheleli' kudliwanondlebe ngo-2012 ukuba wachonga njengomntu onesini esinye, esongeza ukuba "Ngokwezikhethelo ngokwesondo andiziva ngathi nditshintshile."
Batshata ngo-Epreli ka-2009, kodwa bagqiba ekubeni balinde umtshato we-gay ube semthethweni eNew York apho babefuna ukubopha iqhina. Baqala ukukhankasela kunye nokunyusa ingxowa-mali kulo mbandela kwiminyaka embalwa elandelayo. NgoFebruwari 2011, 'I-Daily Mail' yabika ukuba uMarinoni wabeleka ngokufihlakeleyo umntwana oyinkwenkwe ogama linguMax Ellington Nixon-Marinoni. Esi sibini sasingazange sibhengeze ukukhulelwa ngaphambi koko kwaye nokuba ngubani uyise akazange achazwe. Emva kokuba umtshato we-gay usemthethweni, ekugqibeleni batshata kwisixeko saseNew York ngoMeyi 27, 2012. Umfanekiso ovela emtshatweni wapapashwa ngu 'People.com' emva kweentsuku ezimbini, apho uNixon wayenokubonwa egqoke isambatho esiluhlaza nguCarolina. UHerrera ngelixa uMarinoni wayenxibe isuti eneqhina elimnyama eliluhlaza. Kuthiwa uMarinoni ukhethe ukuba uNixon asebenzise igama elingathathi cala ngokwesini elifana “neqabane lam” ukubhekisa kuye, kodwa uNixon wacinga ukuba yayiyingcamango ephambeneyo leyo kwaye ebhekisela kuye “njengomfazi” wakhe. Esi sibini sihlala kunye eManhattan, kwisiXeko saseNew York. U-Nixon unabantwana ababini, ogama linguSamantha noCharles, kubudlelwane bakhe bangaphambili noMozes. Uthe kudliwano-ndlebe ukuba abantwana bakhe ababini abadala nabo bambiza uMarinoni 'Mama' kwaye usondele kakhulu kubo. U-Nixon wakhe waxelela 'uMthetheleli' ukuba "Ininzi into endiyithandayo ngaye bubuqhetseba bakhe."
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