CHRISTINE MARINONI
UChristine Marinoni uyisishoshovu esidumile semfundo yaseMelika kanye namalungelo ezitabane. Udume nangobudlelwano bakhe bomshado nomlingisi, isishoshovu kanye nepolitiki Cynthia Nixon. UNixon udume ngendawo yakhe yommeli uMiranda Hobbes kwethi Ucansi Edolobheni.
IMINYAKA YASEKUQALENI
UMarinoni wazalelwa eWashington, e-United States, ngo-1967 futhi wachitha ingxenye enkulu yeminyaka yakhe yokukhula eBainbridge, eWashington. Ngokwemithombo, ubeyisishoshovu se-LGBTQ kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-'90s. Abazali bakhe babeyizifundiswa futhi kubonakala sengathi kwakuwumzila wakhe wokuziphatha. UMarinoni usize ekutholeni i-Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) eNew York; isikhungo esakhelwe ukuqinisekisa amazinga emfundo esezingeni eliphezulu esifundazweni saseNew York.
Umsebenzi kaMarinoni
UChristine Marinoni waqala wazibonakalisa njengesishoshovu samalungelo ezitabane kanye nesishoshovu sezemfundo. Ngokusho kwakhe, waqala ukusebenza njengesishoshovu ngenxa yokuzicabangela yena ayenakho ngemuva kwezigameko ezithile empilweni yakhe.
U-Marinoni waphuma njengowesifazane othandana nobulili obufanayo ngo-1995 futhi ngokushesha waqala isitolo sekhofi sabesifazane abathandanayo ePark Slope, eBrooklyn, eNew York. Ngemva kweminyaka embalwa, omunye wabaphakeli bakhe bayeka umsebenzi ngemva kokuba isisulu sobugebengu obunenzondo.
Ngemuva komcimbi, u-Marinoni uhlele imicimbi emincane ukuze agxilise ukunaka ezinkingeni ezibhekene nabantu be-LGBT. Uphinde wacela emaphoyiseni ukuthi anyuse ukuvikelwa kwamaphoyisa. Ube yisishoshovu esishisekayo ngemuva kokuba umfundi wasekolishi oyisitabane uMatthew Shepard ehlukunyezwe ngesihluku wabulawa ngo-1998.
Ukuzibandakanya kwakhe ekugunyazweni komshado wezitabane kwanda ngemva kokuba eqale ukuthandana nomlingisi uCynthia Nixon. Laba bobabili babefuna ukushada, ngakho bahlangana nesishayamthetho e-Albany ukuze baxoxe ngalokhu umshado wobulili obufanayo.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu
UChristine Marinoni wahlangana nomlingisi uCynthia Nixon embuthanweni wokuqongelela imali kwezemfundo ngoMeyi 2002, awusiza ekuwuhleleni. Ngenkathi u-Marinoni esebe isishoshovu sezemfundo iminyaka, u-Nixon ngaleso sikhathi wayekhankasela ukunciphisa osayizi bamakilasi ezikoleni zomphakathi eNew York City. Eminyakeni eyalandela, bobabili basebenza kwezinye izindaba zezombangazwe eziningana ndawonye futhi basondelana. Lapho ubudlelwano bukaNixon nesoka lakhe ngaleso sikhathi uDanny Mozes buphela ngo-2003, uMarinoni waba ukwesekwa kwakhe ngokomzwelo. Umbhangqwana waqala ukuthandana ngokusemthethweni ngo-2004, kodwa uNixon wagcina ubudlelwano bungaphansi kokukhathazeka ngokuthi kuzomosha umsebenzi wakhe wokulingisa. Engxoxweni abe nayo neRadio Times ngo-2017, uNixon uveze ukuthi bayeke ukukhathazeka ngakho ngemuva kokuthi uMarinoni ehlangane nomama wakhe, okwathi ngemuva kwalokho baqinisekisa amahlebezi okuthandana. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uNixon wayetshele 'uMmeli' engxoxweni ngo-2012 ukuthi uhlonze njengomuntu othanda ubulili obubili, wengeza ngokuthi "Mayelana nokuthambekela kwezocansi angizizwa ngishintshile ngempela."
Bathembisana umshado ngo-Ephreli 2009, kodwa banquma ukulinda umshado wezitabane ube semthethweni eNew York lapho babefuna ukubopha ifindo likasofasilahlane. Baqala ukukhankasa nokuqongelela lolu daba eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela. NgoFebhuwari 2011, i-'The Daily Mail' yabika ukuthi uMarinoni ubelethe ngasese ingane yomfana okuthiwa uMax Ellington Nixon-Marinoni. Lezi zithandani bezingakasho ukuthi zikhulelwe ngaphambi kwalokho kanti nobaba bebengakadalulwa. Ngemuva kokuthi umshado wezitabane usemthethweni, bagcina beshadile eNew York City ngoMeyi 27, 2012. Isithombe esivela emshadweni sanyatheliswa 'People.com' ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, lapho u-Nixon ayengabonakala egqoke ingubo eluhlaza ngokuphaphathekile nguCarolina. U-Herrera ngenkathi u-Marinoni egqoke isudi enothayi oluhlaza omnyama. Kubikwa ukuthi uMarinoni wayencamela ukuthi uNixon asebenzise igama elingakhethi ubulili njengokuthi “umngane wami womshado” ukuze abhekisele kuye, kodwa uNixon wacabanga ukuthi lowo kwakuwumbono ongasile futhi embiza “njengonkosikazi” wakhe. Umbhangqwana uhlala ndawonye eManhattan, eNew York City. U-Nixon futhi unezingane ezimbili, ogama lakhe linguSamantha noCharles, kusukela ebuhlotsheni bakhe bangaphambili noMozes. Engxoxweni wathi izingane zakhe ezimbili ezindala nazo zibiza uMarinoni ngokuthi 'Mama' nokuthi usondelene kakhulu nazo. U-Nixon wake watshela 'uMmeli' ukuthi "Okuningi engikuthandayo ngaye ubuxhwanguxhwangu bakhe."
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