Amalungu e-Pink Pistols achaze ukuphulukana nobuhlobo ngenxa yempambano yabo yompu.IHarmon Leon / uMqwalaseli Ndifumana i-brunch neqela le-LGBTQ lokuhlangana eSomerville, eMassachusetts. Liqela elahlukileyo elinemvelaphi yalo isusela kwezemali nakwezomthetho ukuya kwi-barista kunye neplumber. Njengoko ndimba kwii-huevos rancheros zam, incoko yethu ijika iye kwiAR-15 umpu ozenzekelayo; hayi ngokubhekisele ekuthinteleni isixhobo. Hayi. Kodwa ngakumbi ngokubhekiselele kwiingcebiso eziqhelekileyo malunga nokusebenza kompu. Kwaye phantse onke amalungu etafileni yethu yebrunch kubonakala ngathi anoluvo lwabo olunengqiqo, olunamava.
Ngubani igama lakho? Ubuza umfana onobuhlobo onxibe ikepusi ye-baseball ene-aksenti e-England eNkulu.
IHarmon, nditsho.
Ndiyalithanda eli qela kuba wonke umntu unamagama awodwa, uyabelana. Kwiqela lam eliqhelekileyo lemipu, wonke umntu unamagama asixhenxe afanayo.
Rhuma kwiNcwadana yeNkcazo yemihla ngemihla
Le yindlela ehamba ngayo kwindibano yenyanga nganye yesahluko seBoston Iipinki eziPinki -Iqela lemipu le-LGBTQ elaqala ukubumba ilizwe lonke ngo-2000 kwaye labona inyambalala yobulungu kulandela ukudubula kwiklabhu yasebusuku ye-Pulse ngo-2016, kudityaniswa nokhetho lukaDonald Trump.
Imotto zooPinki abaPinki bathi konke: Izitabane eziXhobileyo aziHlulwa kwaye Sifundisa iiQueers ukudubula kwaye sifundisa umhlaba ukuba siyenzile.
Ukudibana kwepistol eBoston Pink kuyilelwe ukuba kwabelwane ngemipu kunye nokufundiswa phakathi koluntu lwe-LGBTQ -kwanokunika ixesha lokucima umlilo ubushushu kuluhlu olukufutshane lokudubula.
Andikuthandi ukuzama ukuxelela abantu ukuba mabawoyike amaqondo olwaphulo-mthetho okanye nantoni na, utshilo u-Aaron Grossman, umongameli wesahluko se-Boston se-Pink Pistols. Andiyithandi itraki kwimvakalelo njengendawo yokuthengisa.
UGrossman, umntu ozelwe kunye neponytail ende ende, owakhula ejikeleze inkcubeko yemipu kwilali yaseMassachusetts une-eclectic kakhulu imvelaphi. Usebenzile kwezobugcisa beesekisi, njengomdanisi ohambahambayo, ukwangunjineli wombane. UGrossman wenyuka waya epleyitini wayivusa i-Boston Pink Pistols emva kokuba isahluko siwile kwaye safuna umkhosi wobunkokeli ngo-2016 kulandela ukudubula kwePulse. 
U-Aaron Grossman, umongameli wesahluko se-Boston se-Pink Pistols.IHarmon Leon / uMqwalaseli
Akukho mntu ufanele ukufumana ubundlobongela, utshilo uGrossman. Ukuba uyavumelana nesiseko esisisiseko sokuba ukuzikhusela lilungelo lomntu-kwaye imipu sisixhobo esiluncedo kuloo nto-kwaye wonke umntu kufanelekile ukwenza oku, kubandakanya nabantu abakummandla we-queer… ke ungazibiza ngokuba uyiPistol Pink.
Ukusukela oko uTrump wathatha isikhundla, kuye kwakho ukunyuka okuzinzileyo intiyo yolwaphulo-mthetho . Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-FBI yaxela Ukwanda kweepesenti ezili-17 ngaphesheya kweU.S. Amaxhoba ekujoliswe kuwo ngenxa yesini sabo sokuziphatha ngokwesini kunye nokwaziwa ngokwesini kwenziwa phantse iipesenti ezili-15.8 zawo onke amaxhoba olwaphulo-mthetho.
Olo loyiko lokubanjwa alukhokeleli kulwaphulo-mthetho, utshilo uGrossman, echaza ukuba i-Pink Pistols ethos ayisiyonto yamalungu oluntu lwe-LGBTQ ukuba ahambe yonke indlela kaCharles Bronson, kodwa endaweni yoko bakhuphe I-ethers umntu ojolise kuye njengexhoba elinokubakho unokukwazi ukulwa nazo. Kwaye ukuba amandla abo okulwa umva aquka naliphi na inani lemipu okanye izixhobo, eso sithintelo sinamandla ngakumbi, utshilo uGrossman. Ndifuna amarhamncwa oyike. Ndifuna amarhamncwa ukuba enze uhlalutyo lomvuzo wawo ... kwaye ndiqonde ukuba umngcipheko mkhulu kunomvuzo kwaye uyeke ukuba ngamarhamncwa. Kwaye ukuba oko kuyenzeka ngathi, ukuba esidlangalaleni malunga nokuba ziPistols eziPinki-ezoyikekayo!
Kodwa kwamanye amalungu ePistols, ukuba esidlangalaleni kunokuba yintsikelelo nesiqalekiso; lolunye lotshintsho olukhulu ukusukela ngo-2016.
Andikwazi ukuvumela abantu endisebenza nabo bazi ukuba ndiyayenza lento, watsho umfazi omncinci ohleli ecaleni kwam; ixesha lokuqala kwihlabathi lompu ekwabelwana ngalo ukuba uyayithanda iDungeons kunye neDragons. Andizukuyiveza. Andiqondi ukuba ndingakhululeka.
Lo msebenzi uqinisekisiweyo we-NRA yingxaki ngaphakathi koluntu lwe-LGBTQ. Ngapha koko, uGrossman wandixelela kwangaphambili, Amalungu ethu amaninzi awakhululekanga ziintatheli, njengoko uninzi lwazo lungaphumeleli kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi bazo.
Ithetha ukuthini iGrossman yile, kule ndawo yenkululeko ineBoston, apho ubona ibhodi yezaziso enkulu ngexhoba Parkland kunye namazwi Imithetho Yompu Isindisa Ubomi njengoko uqhuba usiya edolophini, ayingabo bonke abantu bakhululekile ukuphuma kwaye baxele kubahlobo nakwiintsapho zabo ... ukuba bangabanini bemipu. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, yinto ephindwe kabini yokuqhwatyelwa izandla ngokuthatha amanyathelo okuzikhusela kulwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo, ngelixa ubekwa bucala ngendlela okhetha ukwenza ngayo.
Kulula ukuphuma 'kwindawo yoluntu' kunokuba ungumnini wemipu kuluntu lwasebukhosini, utshilo uGrossman. Ngokubanzi, lo ngumsebenzi wokukhutshwa kwemipu-imipu ithathwa ngokuba 'yinto egcinwayo,' kwaye ookumkanikazi bacingelwa ukuba banenkqubela phambili. Nanini na xa uwela imilambo, ngokungathi kunjalo, unokulindela ukuba abanye babuyele umva.
Amalungu e-Pink Pistols achaze ukuphulukana nobuhlobo ngenxa yempambano yabo yompu-okanye ukubizwa ngokuba ngababulali babantwana nokunye okunje ngabahlobo babo bonke ubomi babo bokungathobeli iqela eliqhelekileyo lenkululeko.
Ndizive ndizivaleleke emathekweni, kwaye ndixelelwe ukuba andilunganga ngokufundisa abantu ukuzikhusela kuba akufuneki boyike xa begoduka ebusuku, utshilo uGrossman. Ngelishwa, injongo yam kukuxhobisa abantu ukuba bazive bekwazi, ngokuchanekileyo ukuze bangoyiki. 
Umlilo kaGrossman ujolise kwithagethi ngexesha lokuhlangana kwenyanga nganye kwisahluko seBoston sePink Pistols.IHarmon Leon / uMqwalaseli
Iimbono ezahlukeneyo
Ngaphandle kwePistol Pistols, ukusukela nge2016 amanye amaqela emipu e-LGBTQ nawo alungelelanise ilizwe lonke. I-Trigger Warning Queer kunye neTrans Gun Club ,ngaphandle kweRochester, iNew York yasekwa njengendawo yokulwa nabantu abaxhobileyo nabaququzelelekileyo-emva kokuphumelela kukaTrump kukhuthaze abaphathi abamhlophe. Imotto kwiphepha labo likaFacebook ithi: Ayiyongqingili njengokonwaba, kodwa yiya njengakuwe.
Ilishwa eliyinyani lehlabathi esiphila kulo lelokuba kukho abantu abayingozi, abazaliswe yintiyo abahamba phakathi kwethu, kwaye abawaniki amaxhoba nasiphi na isilumkiso esihambele phambili, utshilo uPiper Smith, oqhuba iqela Ukulingana ngokuxhobileyo esekwe eMzantsi California. USmith, owaphuma njengelungu loluntu lwe-LGBTQ kwi-2014, wazibonela ngokwakhe ukwanda kunye neengozi zolwaphulo-mthetho olunenzondo, ngakumbi emva kokudubula kwiklabhu yasebusuku yasePulse.
Inokwenzeka kwakhona, watsho, kwaye amawaka abaxhasi boLingano abaXhobileyo bayavuma ukuba kufanele sifunde kule mbali ukuze senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukunqanda ukuyiphinda. 
NjengamaPistoli ePinki, ukulingana okuxhobileyo kujolise ekufundiseni izakhono zokuzikhusela, ngakumbi kubantu ekujoliswe kubo.Ngokunyanisekileyo koLingano oluLuxhobileyo
NjengamaPistoli ePinki, ukulingana okuxhobileyo kunezihlandlo ezininzi zokudubula umpu ezijoyina iqela: Uninzi lwee-LGBT azikaze zijikeleze inkcubeko yokuzikhusela kwaye ngokwembali ziye zaliwa kuluntu oluqhelekileyo loLungiso lweSibini oluqukethe ikakhulu i-cis- Amadoda amhlophe het, ucacisile uSmith.
USmith naye uyavuma malunga nehlazo lokuba ngumnini wemipu kuluntu lwe-LGBTQ kodwa akalubeki tyala kwizixhobo ezaziswa kuluntu oluqhubela phambili. Oku kubangelwa yimithombo yethu yeendaba eyahlulahlula phakathi ekhethekileyo ethanda ukugxila kwizinto ezingaphiliyo ngelixa ityeshela oyena nobangela wobundlobongela obuqhutywa zezi zinto, utshilo. Xa oku kuxutywe nengxelo yokungazi kakuhle, ukuqaqamba kwezopolitiko kunye nobungqina obuhle, kudala iresiphi efanelekileyo yokudala ibala elingekho mthethweni.
Siyaqonda ukuba umzimba we-LGBTQ uyahlaselwa, Ihlala ihlaselwa, utshilo UJohn Grauwiler, omnye wabaququzeleli abaziintloko be Izitabane ezichasene nemipu (GAG) iqela elisebenza ngokungqalileyo elise-New York elisebenza ngokuthe ngqo labantu be-LGBTQ kunye namahlakani abo azibophelele ekuphuleni ngokungenalusini umzi mveliso wokufa kwemipu . I-GAG inengqiqo ekwabelwana ngayo neePistols eziPinki; omabini la maqela afuna ukuba abantu abakwi-LGBTQ (kunye noluntu lonke) bakhuseleke. Kodwa, Asikuxhasi ukusebenzisa imipu, uqhubeke uGrauwiler. Kuba siyazi ukuba izibalo zisixelela ukuba ukuphatha umpu-nokuba uyi-LGBTQ okanye umntu onemibala-ukuba uzisa umpu kwimeko, yonyusa ithuba, amaxesha amahlanu, lokuba umntu azokufa!
U-Grauwiler uyasiqonda isizathu sokuba abantu ekuhlaleni baphathe imipu, kodwa ugcina ukuba ukwazisa loo nto kwandisa amathuba akho okufa ngokucacileyo.
I-GAG ikwakholelwa ukuba ubhubhane lobundlobongela ngemipu buchaphazela ngokungafaniyo abantu be-LGBTQ-kodwa ngezinye iindlela. Njengoko ichazwe kwiwebhusayithi yabo : Uninzi lwabantu ababulawa ngompu e-US bayazibulala, kwaye abantu be-LGBTQ bamelwe ngaphezulu kwamaxhoba okuzibulala.
Kwimeko yokuthintela enye i-Pulse nightclub yokubulala abantu,IGrauwiler ayisixhasi kwaphela Umntu olungileyo ophethe umpu unokufumana umntu ombi ophethe umpu Imantra. Ewe, ke xa umntu olungileyo eba ngumntu ombi? Ubuze. Ezi zizinto ezitshayayo zokujongana nomba wokwenyani wobundlobongela bemipu kwaye siyazi ukuba i-NRA ine-ajenda… La mabinzana aphambili ayilwa yi-NRA ukuze asukele umba wokwenyani-ukuzibophelela kwabo kwimipu kuyo yonke indawo.
U-Grauwiler ukwabona isiphako kwingqondo yokudala i-ecosystem apho abantu bengaziyo ukuba ngubani onokwenzeka ukuba uxhobile, kunye nokuzixhobisa ukuba uhamba kwiindawo ezingaqhelekanga kuba ungazi ukuba ngubani ongaphandle .
Ingcambu yalonto… ine-ideology enkulu yokuba i-NRA ayikho… ukuba wonke umntu nommelwane wakho maboyikwe. Lo ngumyalezo we-NRA okhohlisayo xa udlala, utshilo. Andikubhalisi oko. Andazi ukuba ukuhlala kwindawo engapheliyo yoxinzelelo kudala umhlaba odibeneyo okanye omanyeneyo-enyanisweni, ndiyazi ukuba ayenzi njalo. Anditsho ukuba ubundlobongela abukho, kodwa kum, buqhubela phambili inkcubeko yobundlobongela. Ayililo ilizwe endifuna ukuhlala kulo okanye ilizwe thina, amaGays Against Guns, esifuna ukulixhasa.
Asinamdla kukoyikisa urhwebo-sinomdla wokufumana ukuxhotyiswa- kunye nokukhuthaza uxolo nokhuseleko, wongeze watsho.
U-Grauwiler angathanda ukubona iforamu evulekileyo yokuxoxa ngale micimbi ngePistols, kuba amaqela omabini alandela injongo enye.
Abantu ngabantu abadala, banokwenza ukhetho lwabo, Kodwa asizukuzibandakanya kwimfazwe ye-turf phakathi kwePistol Pistols kunye neGays Against Guns, utshilo uGrauwiler. 
UGrossman unika imiyalelo, amaxesha okuqala kuluhlu lwendlela yokufaka iibhulethi kwikliphu kunye nokuma ngokufanelekileyo.IHarmon Leon / uMqwalaseli
Ixesha lokuya kudubula!
Emva kokuba iiPistols eziPinki zahlule umthetho oyilwayo webrunch, emva koko sahamba ngenqwelo mafutha saya kwiklabhu yezeMidlalo yaseHarvard, uluhlu lwemipu malunga nesiqingatha seyure ngaphandle kweBoston.
Kukho umda wokuba ndingabachaphazela kangakanani abantu ngokuxelela abamelwane bam ukuba boyike nje kuye wonke umntu, utshilo uGrossman. Siqala ngokuma sithathe iithagethi ezithile kwindlu kaGrossman. Kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo, i-Boston Pink Pistols yayingeyiyo into esemthethweni. Ngoku, ulwakhiwo olusemthethweni lubekwe endaweni oluvumela abantu ukuba banikele ngemali kumbutho ngokusebenzisa amaqabane abo, Ukusebenza kweKrele eliVuthayo , ukubonelela ngeethagethi kunye nezinye izinto ezifunekayo ukugcina iqela lemipu liqhubeka. Ukudibanisa kukuba, nabani na obonisa phezulu unokufumana imiyalelo yasimahla kwaye asebenzise ubuninzi bemipu kunye ne-ammo esandleni.
I-NRA ibisoloko ixhasa iiPistols ezi-Pinki, utshilo uGrossman njengoko siqhubeka sisinga kuluhlu lokudubula. Oko kwathethi, ngelixa kukho abantu abangamalungu abo bobabini, akukho tayiti yaseburhulumenteni phakathi kwaba babini.
Ndingumntu nje onesidima othanda ukwabelana ngale nto ekuhlaleni kwam, uyongeza. Andikhathali nokuba zeziphi izizathu zokuza kwam Ndiyakhathala nje ukuba ufuna ukuba ngumnini wemipu onoxanduva kwaye okhuselekileyo. Ndifuna ukunceda.
Ukufika kwabo kwiKlabhu yezeMidlalo yaseHarvard, amalungu e-Pink Pistols ahlanganisene ngaphakathi kwigumbi lokuhlala njengoGrossman, enxibe isikipa ngenyoka ebhijelweyo ethi ngemibala yomnyama #Ishootback, inika imigaqo yokhuseleko kuluhlu.
Umsebenzi wethu asikuko ukushiya apha sinemingxunya engaphezulu kunaleyo siqale ngayo imini, uyadanduluka.
Ilunge kakhulu.
Sihla siye kuluhlu lwethu lokudubula-oluthe ngqo ngasemva kolunye uluhlu lokudubula, lohlulwe yindunduma enkulu yeberm. Ndixelelwa ukuba oku kukhuselekile.
Kungaphazamisa ukuva umpu uqhuma ngqo emva kwethu, indoda enentshebe iyandazisa ngelixa ilayisha iimbumbulu kwiklip. Kuthathe ixesha ukuyiqhela, uyongeza xa uphahla lwetini luphinda-phinda ngesandi samatye aphaphazelayo kunye neeprojekhthi. 
Iminikelo ibonelela ngeethagethi kunye nezinye izinto ezifunekayo ukugcina iqela lemipu liqhubeka.IHarmon Leon / uMqwalaseli
Imipu, i-ammo kunye neethagethi ziyothulwa kwitafile ende, kwaye kufuneka nditsho, eli lelona qela lithandekayo labaphethe umpu endakha ndadibana nalo- umxube wamaxesha okuqala kunye neenzuzo ezinamava ezize nezixhobo ezahlukeneyo ingqokelela yabo yobuqu, ukusukela kwiMagnum kunye neBerettas ezinesitayile ukuya kutshintsho oludala.
UGrossman unika imiyalelo kubafazi ababini, ixesha lokuqala, malunga nendlela yokufaka iibhulethi kwiklip kunye nesimo esifanelekileyo sokudubula ngaphambi kokuba bacime umlilo, ngelixa wonke umntu etshintshana ngeengcebiso zemipu kwaye eqala ukuqhumisa kwiithagethi ezisezantsi; iimbumbulu zembumbulu zihlala kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Musa ukuxelela nabani na imfihlo yethu encinci emdaka, ehlebela indoda emfutshane endala yaseNgilani. Iyonwabisa! Utsho emana ukuncwina. Njengokuba iimbumbulu ziqhubeka ukubhabha, undixelela ukuba wayeyinxalenye yokusekwa kwamalungu ePistols-phaya ngo-2000 ukuqala kwawo. Inqaku elipheleleyo lePistol Pistols yayikukukhuthaza abantu ababengeyonxalenye yenkcubeko yemipu yakudala ukuba bafunde ukuzikhusela, utshilo. Ewe, ndiyiphatha… ixesha elininzi.
Andisiva nyani isidingo sokuzikhusela ngalo mzuzu, uyaqhubeka njengothotho lweepops ezinkulu. Izinto zingatshintsha.
Ingakhusela nabani na kulwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo-akufuneki ibe yi-LGBT, utsho umfazi onomsebenzi wosuku oludibeneyo. Liqela nje elimnandi kakhulu. Ukwabelana ngesizathu sokuba ajoyine i-Pink Pistols emva kwe-Novemba, esiva ngayo okokuqala kwiRiphabhlikhi yokuhlangana. I-Boston Pink Pistols ayinabumbano kwezopolitiko kunye nokuzibandakanya kwezopolitiko, utshilo njengoko ndizama ukuyiva ngomsindo wokuqhuma kolwandle iinyawo nje ezimbalwa.
Kukho abantu apha abavela kwiindawo ezininzi kwibala-kodwa asithethi ngezopolitiko. Sonke sinezizathu zethu ezahlukileyo zokuba silapha: abantu abangabanini bemipu, abantu abanokuba lixhoba lolwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo kunye nabantu abanjengam abangenayo ngqo imipu kodwa bonwabele nje ukudubula umpu kwaye bonwabe. Okwangoku, lo mfazi uyaqhubeka, kuninzi ukubekwa amabala, ndingathi, malunga nobunini bemipu. Ke ukuba uthi, ‘Owu, ndiyathanda ukudubula imipu.’ Abantu baya kwenza iintlobo ezithile zokucinga.
Ngoku, udubule umpu, ndimve u-Grossman esithi kulo mfazi uthanda amaDungeons kunye neDragons emva kokuba eqhume ubushushu okokuqala ngqa.
Ibintle. Kwakunomdla, utshilo endlebeni yakhe. Zange ndaphatha umpu ngaphambili. 
Umxube wamaxesha okuqala kunye neenzuzo ezinamaxesha zizise izixhobo ezahlukeneyo ezivela kwiiqoqo zabo zobuqu ukuya kudibana.IHarmon Leon / uMqwalaseli
Ngaba uyafuna ukudubula, u-Grossman emva koko undibuze njengoko iigobolondo ezingaphezulu kweebhulethi ziqhekeza iibhutsi zam. Ngaphambili, bendikulungele ukuphendula ngobukrelekrele, ndidubula iifoto kuphela-ekubeni bendikhe ndadubula isabelo sam esilungileyo semipu kule minyaka kwaye khange iphinde yenzele nto kum. Kodwa endaweni yoko, ndizifumana ndiphendula, Ngokuqinisekileyo!
UGrossman ubukele njengomthwalo iimbumbulu ezintathu kwikliphu.
Zintathu kuphela? Ubuza.
Ewe, ndiyaphendula. Ndilungile.
KULUNGILE…
Ndilayisha ikliphu kule .22 ndize ndicime umlilo njengoko kuvumba umoya wesalfure kunye nesandi samakhulu eembumbulu. Uninzi lwabantu bathi bafumana i-buzz ngaphandle kokudubula umpu. Ndiyayifumana. Kukulwa okanye ukubhabha kwe-adrenaline rush njengoko iimbumbulu ziyaqhubeka ukubhabha, kwaye uphahla lwetini ngokuvakalayo luphinda-phinda ngesandi se-projectiles-kodwa indikhumbuza kuphela ezinye iimeko ezinesandi esifanayo kunye nevumba-kwaye ngelishwa akukho mnandi.
Kwaye kulapho sikhona kwimbali. 
Isiqubulo sePistoli esiPinki: Sifundisa iiQueers zokudubula kwaye sifundisa umhlaba ukuba siyenzile.IHarmon Leon / uMqwalaseli
