UMBONISO WE-LGBTQ ODUMILEYO: UBILLIE JEAN KING KUNYE NOMLO WAKHE
Sinqwenela ukuba ufumane umntu ongamthandiyo uBillie Jean King.
Umdlali wentenetya odumileyo, obeyintshatsheli yabasetyhini kunye nabantu be-LGBTQ amashumi eminyaka, - kwaye andisebenzisi eli gama ngokulula - bubutyebi besizwe.
Ngeminyaka yoo-1970 walwela ukuphathwa ngokulinganayo kwabasetyhini kwezemidlalo kwaye waphumelela uloyiso olukhulu kwidabi lezesondo. Ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1980 ube ngumfanekiso ophandle-nebhongo ofuna ukulingana kwabantu be-LGBTQ. Namhlanje akahlonitshwa nje kwiiholo zentenetya kodwa, kunye neqabane u-Ilana Kloss, uyinxalenye yomnini weLos Angeles Dodger, encedisa ukukhokela enye yezona franchise zinembali kuyo yonke imidlalo ye-American pro ukubandakanywa.
Kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo wathiywa njengenye yawona maxesha amathathu abalulekileyo kwimbali yezemidlalo ye-LGBTQ. Wangeniswa kwiNtenetya yeHlabathi iholo yoDumo ngo-1987.
Ukuqinisekisa ukuba, iKing's LGBTQ advocacy iqale kakubi. UKumkani akazange afumane "ukuphuma" ngokwemiqathango yakhe, wakhutshelwa isuti ye-palimony yiqabane lakhe langaphambili, uMarilyn Barnett. Nangona kunjalo uKumkani akazange alahle ingubo ye-LGBTQ yeentshatsheli, ngokuzingca wamkela indima yakhe njengomfanekiso wequbuliso.
Kwinkundla, uKumkani wayengukumkanikazi wexesha lakhe kunye nomnye wabadlali be-tennis abakhulu kwimbali. Uphumelele izihloko ze-Grand Slam zabasetyhini ezili-12 (eyesixhenxe kaninzi lalo lonke ixesha), egqibezela i-career slam kwaye waphumelela iwonga le-Wimbledon elibalindi izihlandlo ezithandathu. Wongeze izihloko ezingama-27 eziphindwe kabini kunye neziphindwe kabini zeGrand Slam, emenza ukuba abe ngumdlali wesithathu ohonjisiweyo kwimbali yeGrand Slam.
Ukusukela ngoko uye watyhalela phambili ukulingana kwabantu be-LGBTQ, abasetyhini kunye noluntu oluninzi olungafumani nkonzo. Ngo-2009 wawongwa ngembasa kaMongameli yeNkululeko. Ngo-2014 uMongameli uBarack Obama wamthiya kwigqiza lakhe le-Olimpiki kwiinzame zokuvula amehlo ezizwe ngezizwe kubukho kunye nempumelelo yabadlali be-LGBTQ.
Kubhalwe iincwadi ezithetha ngoKumkani. Iimuvi zenziwe. Singaqhubeka siqhubeke. Kuthi, bambalwa abantu ababonise uMoya we-Stonewall njengale ntsomi iphilayo.
“Wonke umntu unabantu kubomi bakhe abathandanayo, abathandana nabasetyhini okanye abathandana nesini esinye. Basenokungafuni ukuyivuma, kodwa ndiyaqinisekisa ukuba kukho umntu abamaziyo.”
Shiya iMpendulo