UMFANEKISO OSAZIWAYO WE-LGBTQ: U-BILLIE JEAN KING KANYE NEMPI YAKHE
Sizama ukuthi uthole umuntu ongamthandi uBillie Jean King.
Umdlali wethenisi odumile, obe ngumpetha wabesifazane nabantu be-LGBTQ amashumi eminyaka, - futhi angisebenzisi leli gama kalula - umcebo wezwe.
Ngeminyaka yawo-1970 walwela ukuphathwa ngokulinganayo kwabesifazane kwezemidlalo futhi wazuza ukunqoba okukhulu eMpini Yobulili. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1980s ubeyisithonjana esiphumayo nesiziqhenyayo esifuna ukulingana kubantu be-LGBTQ. Namuhla akahlonishwa nje emahholo ethenisi kodwa futhi, nozakwethu u-Ilana Kloss, uyingxenye yomnikazi we-Los Angeles Dodgers, osiza ukuqondisa enye yama-franchise anesitezi kuyo yonke imidlalo ye-American pro ukuthi ifakwe.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule waqanjwa njengengxenye yezikhathi ezintathu ezibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wezemidlalo we-LGBTQ. Wangeniswa ku-International Tennis Hall Yodumo ngo-1987.
Ukuqinisekisa, ukumela kweKing LGBTQ kuqale kabi. U-King akakwazanga "ukuphuma" ngokuthanda kwakhe, ukhishwe ngesudi ye-palimony ngumlingani wakhe wangaphambili, u-Marilyn Barnett. Kodwa-ke, iNkosi ayizange inqabe isambatho sompetha we-LGBTQ, yamukela ngokuziqhenya indima yakhe njengesithonjana esingazelelwe.
Enkantolo, iNkosi yayiyindlovukazi yesikhathi sakhe futhi ingomunye wabadlali bethenisi abakhulu kakhulu emlandweni. Uwine izicoco ze-Grand Slam zabesifazane ezingu-12 (eyesikhombisa iningi lazo zonke izikhathi), eqeda i-career slam futhi ewina isicoco se-Wimbledon esinendaba izikhathi eziyisithupha. Ungeze iziqu ze-Grand Slam eziphindwe kabili ezingu-27 neziphindwe kabili, okumenza umdlali wesithathu ohlotshiswe kakhulu emlandweni we-Grand Slam.
Kusukela lapho uye waphokophela ukulingana okwengeziwe kubantu be-LGBTQ, abesifazane kanye nemiphakathi ehlukahlukene enganakekelwa kahle. Ngo-2009 waklonyeliswa ngendondo yePresidential Medal of Freedom. Ngo-2014 uMongameli u-Barack Obama wambiza kuthimba lakhe lama-Olympic emzamweni wokuvula amehlo omhlaba ngobukhona nempumelelo yabasubathi be-LGBTQ.
Zilotshiwe izincwadi ezikhuluma ngeNkosi. Amamuvi enziwe. Singaqhubeka nokuqhubeka. Kithina, bambalwa abantu ababonise uMoya we-Stonewall njengale nganekwane ephilayo.
“Wonke umuntu unabantu ezimpilweni zabo abayizitabane, abathandanayo noma abashintsha ubulili noma abathanda ubulili obubili. Bangase bangafuni ukukuvuma, kodwa ngiyaqinisekisa ukuthi kukhona abamaziyo.”
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