Isityalo sediliya sithe xhaphetshu phakathi komoya — njengekhephu okanye ikroza. Umntu ohamba ze uzithela phezu kwesiqhamo, ephulula ngobunono isiqu sesityalo njengoko eziphulula. Eli lilizwe likaNed Asta: indawo eninzi, e-erotic ethathwe kuthotho lwemifanekiso awayeyizobele ukukhapha uLarry Mitchell's 1977 fantasy novel-cum-political manifesto I-Fagots kunye nabahlobo babo phakathi koHlaziyo . Ukoyama ngasemva kulonwabo, umzobo uyabuza: ingaba injani inkululeko, nokuba asikakakhululeki?
Ekuqaleni ibibhalwe njengencwadi yabantwana, IiFagots usithumela kumqolomba ochumileyo ongaphantsi komhlaba kaRamrod, ubukhosi obukhawulezayo obukhokelayo obukhokelwa ngurhulumente owayengusomashishini uWarren-And-His-Fuckpole. Iqela elihle labaphikisi-elenziwe ngamafagots, ama-faeries, abafazi abathanda abafazi, ookumkanikazi, abafazi abomeleleyo,faggatinas, kunye nee-dykalets-Kufunyanwe kwiinokhi kunye neekranny zentshabalalo, ngokutshintsha ngobuqhetseba izazisi zabo ukulahla amadoda angenambala. KwiRamrod, umanyano aluveli kwiseti esisigxina yeendidi zezazisi kodwa luvela kubambiswano ngokudibeneyo: umbono ekwabelwana ngawo weseti yobudlelwane obumiliselwe kubunewunewu, ubuvila, kunye nokudlala- kwaye leyo ibabeka ngokwendalo abahlobo kubumbano ngokuchasene namadoda.
Embindini wendlela yokuziphatha yencwadi, umsebenzi ka-Asta ubonakala udlelekile. Kwezinye iindawo, imifanekiso yakhe ephefumlelweyo ka-Aubre-Beardsley igcwalisa iphepha lonke: i-circus-like cityscape, ingaphakathi le-salon yobuhle, amaqela omdaniso aguqula izitshixo zentolongo zibe zizixhobo zomculo. Kwabanye, ii-doodle ezidlalayo zihombisa imida yencwadi okanye isakhelo se-aphorisms kunye namabali amafutshane athe saa kuyo yonke indawo. Kuninzi okwenzekayo kumzobo ngamnye- ubugqwetha, ukwala, ukuhamba ngenqanawa, ubuqhetseba, ubuhenyu, ukungxama, ubuqhetseba; uthando olungapheliyo, intlebendwane engapheliyo, ukungapheli okungapheliyo. Apha, ulwimi luyiplani, kodwa ubugcisa buqinisekisa imeko yangoku yenkululeko. EzopolitikoUkuqhakaza kwinqanaba lobomi bemihla ngemihla, ngamanye amaxesha kuqhuma ezitratweni, kodwa kuhlala kuvela ngasese.
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IiFagots uzobe ngokuthe ngqo kuvavanyo luka-Asta kunye noMitchell ngokuhlala ngokuhlangeneyo ngokuhlala ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-60s kunye neye-70s, ngakumbi phantse iminyaka elishumi ILavender Hill . Eyakhelwe kumhlaba weSizwe waseCayuga ongalungiswanga, iikhilomitha ezilishumi elinambini emazantsi kwento ekwabizwa ngokuba yiIthaca e-Upstate New York, idolophu engama-80 eehektare yayenziwe ngamadoda nabafazi abathandanayo nabasetyhini, uninzi lwamaJuda nolwe-Italiya. ukubekwa wedwa kubomi bobuzwilakhe ngokubeka iinjongo zobusoshiyali kunye nobufazi. Usapho olukhethiweyo-oluquka uAsta noMitchell kunye namalungu eSunny Bat-Or, uDavid Hirsch, uBobby Jake Roberts, uYvonne Fisher, uLazar Mintz, uMitchell Karp, uJoseph Modica, uChaya Spector, uSteve Waring, uFrancesca Luna Santini, kunye noAllan Warshawsky- baqala ukufumanana kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo: amaqela okufunda okanye iintlanganiso zeGay Liberation Front; iiRambles kwiCentral Park okanye kwiBhafu yelizwekazi. KwiStenen Island, apho uMitchell wayenguprofesa wexesha elide kwizifundo ezinje ngokwakha uLuntu, iqela ngokusemthethweni laqala ukudibana. Wonke umntu wayehleli phantsi, uAsta undixelela, ngamanye amaxesha besela iwayini, bahlala bethetha isociology. Yayiyindlela yokufundisa eyayizala ngokwesiqhelo esiqithini eSiqithini kwaye, emva kokwahlukana kwezopolitiko phakathi kwamalungu athe tye kunye nesini, afudukela e-Upstate.
Ngelixa ii-gay collectives zazivela e-United States ngelo xesha, iLavender Hill yayihlukile kubomi bayo obude kunye nokwala kwazo naziphi na iindlela zokwenza i-orthodoxy okanye ihlelo. Siza kunxiba izinxibo, sithathe ii-quaaludes, isini, sidanise kakhulu, u-Asta uxelele uMbonisi. Besonwabile. Basebenzisa ilaphu ukwenza igumbi lokulala kunye namanzi ampontshiweyo kwikhephu. Bonabanikana iziteketiso(UAsta wayeyiTomato ekhululekileyo, ngenxa yokuthanda kwakhe) kwaye waqala ukusebenzisaUMx. Nganye (mfutshane kuMx. Umntu) endaweni yezimelabizo zesini.Amalungu amaninzi azibandakanya noMoosewood, indawo yokutyela yemifuno edityanelweyo edolophini apho uAsta esebenza khona nonyana wakhe osele ekhulile uTazio.
Kumzobi womfanekiso, iLavender Hill yayilulwandiso lwexesha elidlulileyo elifunekayo ukuze usinde. Wazalelwa e1947 eQueens, uAsta waya kwisikolo samaGrikhi (apho wathunyelwa khonai-ofisi yenqununu yokuzoba abafazi abaze) ngaphambiwaphumelela kwiSikolo seNew York School of Arts Visual. Wayeyintombazana edolophini: ehlala kwisitalato iMacDougal emva koko kwi-Second Ave; ukwenza kunye Iipesika ezishushu , Iqela elikhulu likaJimmy Camicia leqonga elibandakanya inkululeko yenkululeko UMarsha P. Johnson . Emva kwexesha, waya eYurophu (banoluvo olwahlukileyo lwethiyetha apho, undixelela tersely, bayakuhlawula), bachitha ixesha e-Oakland (kunye nesithandwa esihle), emva koko bafudukela eMalibu (apho ezopolitiko zilizothe). Ekugqibeleni, uAsta wabuyela eMpuma, apho wathandana naye wonke umntu osuka eLavender Hill, nalapho ahlala khona. Njengakwimizobo yakhe, ubomi bukaNed buphawulwa kukujikeleza; Ukuhamba phakathi kwesixeko kunye nelizwe, ukufihla kwindawo ebonakalayo, ukudala enye indawo yonke imihla.
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Okwangoku kukhethwe yimikhosi eyinkunzi kunye nobukhosi, inkululeko yamafanasini ayithengisanga ngokulula. Oomatshini bokushicilela abathe tye abanakuyichukumisa incwadi, u-Asta uxelela uMbonisi. Izitabane zazaphukile kakhulu. Ke uMitchell nabahlobo bakhe bapapasha ivolumu encinci kubo, besungula Iincwadi zikaCalamus ngethemba lokushicilela ababhali abangakumbi besini okanye abesilisa abathandanayo. Ekugqibeleni, nangona kunjalo, yonke into yahamba ilala: UReagan uthathe i-ofisi, amalungu eLavender Hill abuyela esixekweni, umoya wenguqu kwi-Stonewall waxutywa neemfuno zokumiliselwa njengokulingana komtshato kunye nelungelo lokusebenzela emkhosini. Ngaphandle kokuwa ngokushicilelwa ngo-1988, IiFagots Ukuqhubeka nokujikeleza kuthungelwano olufihliweyo ngakumbi, iikopi eziqalekisiweyo zadluliselwa kumatheko esidlo kwaye zasasazwa kwi-Intanethi. Kwi-2019, yesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-40 sencwadi, kwaye ngomzuzu obonakala ngathi uphawule ukuvuseleleka okunentsingiselo kommangali / trans radicalism, Iincwadi zasebusuku ndiyibuyisele kushicilelo, esandula ukwenziwa umxholo kunye nezincoko ngoumenzi wefilimu uTourmaline kunye nomlingisi uMorgan Bassichis.
Kuyafaneleka ukuba le ncwadi yenze indlela yayo yokuziqhelanisa nenqanaba leklasikhi ngendlela yosapho lwasebukhosini. Njengobunyani bazo zonke iiprojekthi zokwahlulahlula, iLavender Hill ayizange ibekho mntu. Kwangoko, kwavela ukungavisisani malunga nokwabiwa ngokulinganayo kwabasebenzi, ukuqaqanjelwa yintliziyo yothando, kunye nesidingo sokulinganisa imfihlo kunye nokuqokelela. Ngokuphakama kwengxaki ye-AIDS, amalungu amaninzi abuyele edolophini, echitha ixesha kwiintlanganiso ze-ACT UP kunye ne-die-ins emva kokuphulukana no-Lazar kunye nentsholongwane. Kodwa iLavender Hill nayokwavela kwimilinganiselo yokuziphatha yothando eyandisa i-domain yezopolitiko; ukuqonda ukumkanikazi hayi njengesazisi esibalulekileyo kodwa aindawo apho singazivulela khona kumzabalazo obanzi wezopolitiko. Kwimizobo nganye ka-Asta, inkululekoifumaneka kubuhlobo, kuluntu, kwi thanda njenge ukwenza ; kwezo zenzo zesiqhelo zononopheloYenza ubunjani bobomi be-fagot. 
Umdwebi wekhathuni uNed Asta ekhayeni laboUNed Asta
Ngeli xesha lonyaka, i-Asta ixakeke yile mbewu ikhulayo. I-zucchini yakhe iqhuba kakuhle, kwaye iintyatyambo ezibomvu ezidlamkileyo zihombise iveranda. Kukho ihhoko leenkukhu, kunye namanzi ashushu, kwaye iLavender Hill kukumgama nje omfutshane ukusuka apho. Kwenzeka mva nje kuyamangalisa, ngoku uneminyaka engama-74 ubudala, isimanga sakhe sempumlo sikhazimla kancinane xa ejonge ngasezintabeni. Imvukelo yasehlotyeni ephelileyo, uqhankqalazo oluchasene nemibhobho, inkululeko yasePalestine, ulungelelwaniso lwabaqeshi, ukwandisa ngokukhawuleza iinethiwekhi zoncedo, iintshukumo ezichasene ne-fascist kwihlabathi liphela- kundinika ithemba, kuyamangalisa. UAsta undixelela ngabantu asebenza nabo eMoosewood abebemfundisa malunga neendlela ezintsha zokumangalela ookumkanikazi abancinci abanesini: bona / abo izimelabizo, ukubhengezwa kwezazisi njengezinto ezingadibaniswanga, ukungathandi ngokubanzi ekuchongeni indawo yokuqala. Indenza ndifune ukuhlala ngakumbi, utsho, indenza ndifune ukufunda yonke into endinokuyenza.
Kuyamangalisa kwaye kuyathobisa. Kutshanje kuprintwe kwaye ngoku ikwinkqubo yokuguqulelwa kwiSpanish, IiFagots lirekhodi lethemba, uthando, kunye nokulwa okwazisa umzuzu wangoku-i-ode ukuya, njengoko uMitchell ebhala, iifagots ezindala ezazikho kwaye zanceda ukwenza oku kwenzeke ngokubakho nje. Ehleka kancinci, u-Asta undixelele ukuba, emva kolawulo lwangaphambili lobongameli, uhlala ebuzwa ukuba le ncwadi imalunga noTrump. Unikina intloko. Kodwa tyakhe ayithethi ngeTrump! Oku malunga nesiphithiphithi! Oku malunga nokumelana! Kwaye ayisiyiyo loo nto intabalala kunye nolonwabo malunga nayo? Le yindawo apho sithanda khonaomnye komnye kunokuba sithiye iodolo yangoku; indawo apho abahlobo bethu basifundisa ngaphezulu kwayo nayiphi na ithiyori yezopolitiko okanye imanifesto okanye itekisi.
