U-ALI KRIEGER, U-ASHLYN HARRIS KANYE NOMCIMBI WABO OMSHADO OMANGALISAYO
Ngomhla zingama-28 kuZibandlela wezi-2019, u-Ali no-Ashlyn bashintshana ngezifungo ngenxa ye-Vizcaya Museum and Gardens eMiami. Umcimbi waziwa ngokuthi umshado "Krashlyn". UKrieger wayegqoke ingubo ka-Pronovias ngokumelene nesudi ka-Harris kaThom Browne. Indebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane
Ukaputeni weqembu le-MVP kanye ne-USWNT u-Megan Rapinoe, manje osethembisene umshado nesihlabani se-basketball u-Sue Bird, usebenze njengencekukazi.
“Mina no-Ali sahlala phansi futhi sasinesu elikhulu ngendlela esasifuna ukuhlela umshado wethu; ebesifuna kubonakale. Ukubonakala kubalulekile kithi,” kusho uHarris etshela iThe Knot. "Besifuna abantu babone iziphetho ezimnandi zingenzeka phakathi kwabesifazane ababili abahle, abanendaba yothando." Ngokukhumbula bafake izinto ezicatshangelwayo, ikhekhe lomshado wothingo, phakathi kokunye ukuthintwa komuntu siqu. “Isikweletu ku-Ali: imininingwane ayifakile ukuze ahloniphe bonke abashicileli emphakathini wethu we-LGBTQ+ ibimangalisa. Itafula ngalinye belinomshini wokulandela umkhondo nomholi owasihlahlela indlela yokuthi sithole inkululeko nobukhazikhazi bokushada ngokusemthethweni,” kusho uHarris. “Yayixoxa indaba ngokuzidela kwabo ukuze sikwazi ukwenza umshado. Bekuyithuba lokuthi wonke umuntu afunde.”
Laba ababili baqala ukuhlangana ngesikhathi edlalela Iqembu Lesizwe Labesifazane LaseMelika emuva ngo-2010, futhi manje bangabadlali beqembu le-Orlando Pride. Bamemezele umshado wabo ngoMashi 2019. “Njengengane encane, ngangingenakho ukunethezeka kokuvula iphephabhuku noma ukubona kumabonakude, abantu ababili ababefana nami no-Ali,” kucabanga u-Harris. “Kimi no-Ali, uma ubona okuthile, ungakufeza. Yilokho ebesigxile kukho emshadweni. Besingafuni ukuba nobugovu nokuba ngasese. Besifuna abantu babone indaba yethu yothando emnandi. Yaba nkulu kunalokho ebesikulindele. Ividiyo yethu yomshado wethu yabukwa izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesigidi. Lokho kubalulekile kubantu abasha ukuthi bakubone, ukuze bangabi novalo. Bangazibonela isiphetho esijabulisayo nabo.”
Amathiphu Omshado ka-Ali Krieger no-Ashlyn Harris
Umbhangqwana ugubhe unyaka wokuqala ushadile ngoJanuwari 2021. “Ngethemba ukuthi sizobe sesiphumile ezindaweni zokuhlala zodwa futhi sigubhe ndawana thize,” kusho u-Harris. "Besifuna ukuya ezindaweni ezimbalwa e-US futhi siyigcine iphephile futhi inempilo ngalesi sikhathi sodlame."
Yize abasubathi bebengalindele ukuthi unyaka wabo wokuqala beshadile uchithelwe bodwa, isipiliyoni besicebisa. "Kimi no-Ali, bekuyini umusa wethu osindisayo phakathi nayo yonke le nto, into yomshado, sihlukumezekile, ukuhlaliswa sodwa kubalulekile kwabashadikazi nabahlala nabo ukuxhumana," kuqhubeka uHarris.
“Yazisa abantu ukuthi uzizwa kanjani uma udinga isikhala, uma unosuku olunzima, kusemqoka kakhulu. Ithuthukisa amabhlogo wokwakha amahle kangaka ukuthuthukisa ubudlelwano bakho. Leyo yinto enzima kakhulu ngabashadikazi: ukwethembeka futhi ungabi nokhahlo ngezinye izikhathi. Kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, mina no-Ali sasazi ukuthi izingxoxo ezinzima zihlale zidingeka ukuze siqhubekele phambili. Asizithatheli ngokomuntu siqu, futhi lokhu kuyinto esesiyenze isikhathi eside. Siphumelele ngokuvalelwa yedwa… sizwisisile esikufunayo nezidingo zethu. Lokho kungokuxhumana.”
“Awuchazi umshado wakho uma ungeke ukwazi ukuba nalo mshado owubukhazikhazi obuwufisa…akusona isiphetho futhi ube nomthelela endleleni ebeninombono ngayo ukuphila ndawonye,” kusho uKrieger. “Uma ususa imizwa kukho konke lokho okubenyezelayo nobukhazikhazi obutholile, inyunyana yabantu ababili, yicabange njengabantu ababili abakha impilo yakho ndawonye. Usengaba nomshado wamaphupho akho, ngisho noma wehliswe kancane. Kungaphenduka umshado wamaphupho obuwucabanga.”
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