ILaverne Cox. (Imifanekiso kaGetty) I-Transgender yintshukumo enembali, kwaye kuyo yonke loo mbali abemi bayo bachonge ngamagama amaninzi: transvestite, drag drag queen, drag king, crossdresser, transsexual, shemale, sissy… uluhlu luyaqhubeka. Iminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo, xa ndenza i-academy yokuqala yokuwela umnqamlezo, Isikolo sokugqibela sikaMiss Vera saMakhwenkwe afuna ukuba ngamantombazana , ilizwi oguqukayo yayintsha noko kwisichazi-magama. Ngoku ligama elamkelweyo leambrela eligubungela uluhlu olubanzi.
Ukuboniswa okwangoku kwabantu abadlulayo kwinkcubeko ye-pop kubandakanya uNeil Patrick Harris kumdlalo we-Broadway Hedwig kunye ne-Angry Inch (indima ebisandula ukuphumelela uTony) kunye noLaverne Cox njengoSophia Burset kuthotho lweNetflix I-Orenji nguMnyama oMnyama . UBruce Weber waqesha amadoda nabafazi be transgender njengemodeli kwiphulo lesibhengezo sikaBarney. Ukuchaza kwakhona ubunyani, ngobomi bakhe ngu-Janet Mock ongumfazi obhinqileyo INew York Times umthengisi ogqibelele. Abafundi bakaMiss Vera baxelisa iimodeli zeefashoni ze- Ipipi , Imagazini yokuqala enqamlezileyo.
UNks Cox kunye noNks Mock babe ngabathethi abanobuchule be-transgender. U-Laverne Cox utshilo, abantu beTransgender bathatha uxanduva lokubalisa. Bafunda ukuthatha umbuzo wodliwanondlebe kwaye bawujike, ke impendulo abayinikayo ngokwenene lulwazi abafuna ukuluhambisa. Abaphenyi babizwa ukuba benze umsebenzi. UNks Cox ubeke UKatie Couric endaweni yakhe xa ebuzwa ngomzimba wakhe. UJanet Mock ufundise uPiers Morgan, nabanye. Le yinto elungileyo. Kodwa kusekho utyekelo ngamajelo eendaba lokucazulula icandelo.
Ndixhalabile ngokukodwa ukuba oku kugxila kubantu abatshintshayo, isifundo esimbaxa sinokulungiswa ngokugqithileyo. Icandelo labemi be-transgender endibaziyo, amadoda afuna ukugcina unyawo kuwo omabini la mazwe, anokucinywa emfanekisweni, okanye okubi ngakumbi, kuthathwa njengokugwenxa. Yiyo loo nto bendinemincili yokufunda ukuba eli lizwe liza kuvezwa kumdlalo omtsha kaHarvey Fierstein, Indlu yeValentina , Ngokusekwe kwindawo yobomi yokwenyani eyayikho kwii-NY's Catskill Mountains kwi-60's, indlu ebizwa Indlu kaSusanna Apho amadoda ahlala ngokulala nabantu besini esahlukileyo enqamleza njengabafazi kwaye echitha iiyure kunye kuburharha babo. Inokuthelekiswa njani into yokuba abo banqamlezayo ngezo ntsuku kunye nezo banqamlezayo namhlanje? Ngaba baya kuba nantoni na njengabantu abaze kum bevela kwilizwe liphela nakwihlabathi jikelele? Kwaye baya kuba njani abantu abathandanayo?
Kukho imfazwe yenkcubeko ejikeleze imicimbi ye-transgender. Yimfazwe yelizwi, izizukulwana kunye nembali, ephenjelelwa ngumsindo, unxunguphalo kunye neengcinga zokuchaneka kwezopolitiko. Amagama athile aye athathwa njengayingozi, elinye lililo ekhubekisayo . URuPaul wabizwa Ukutshabalalisa ngenxa yokunyaniseka kwilizwi inzolo .
Ungene engxakini ngokusetyenziswa kwekota shemale kukhuphiswano kwiRuPaul's Tsala ugqatso . Igama elithile shemale ithandwa kakhulu kwimifanekiso engamanyala, apho ichaza lonke uhlobo. Abantu abadlulayo bathetha ngesini, hayi ngesondo, kodwa kubantu abadlulayo, njengaye wonke umntu, isini siyinxalenye yebali ekufuneka ibanjelwe ekukhanyeni, ingafihlwanga. Umbhali uDan Savage, owadala ukuba ifumane umkhankaso ongcono wokunyusa isimilo kunye nokusindisa ubomi bolutsha lwe-LGBT yabethwa ngebhombu ukuze isetyenziswe inzolo . I-GLAAD, iqela elikhuthazayo losasazo le-GLBT, livelise incwadi yesitayile yamagama osasazo kunye Ukutshintsha yathathwa njengenyeliso. Kukho abo bakholelwa ukuba ulwimi lwamapolisa lukhusela abantu; abanye bathi unyanzelo lususa imbali.
Abanye banokukhalaza ukuba mna, njengomfazi we-bio aka ciswoman aka non-transgender woman, andina lungelo lokukhetha kule micimbi. Kuba ndingumlawuli weAkhademi, kwaye ndizibeke njengegunya, ndiyibona njengomsebenzi wam. Ngaphandle koko, ukujika amantombazana athandekayo, kunye nabaphembeleli be-transgender ngokugqiba kwam esikolweni, umsebenzi wam wangaphambili kwimidiya yabantu abadala njengenkwenkwezi ye-porn kunye nentatheli yandinika ukuqonda okukhethekileyo kwiinkcubeko ezazifihliwe phantsi komhlaba. Ndangqina ngenkululeko yokuthetha phambi kwekomiti yeejaji zeSenate eWashington, D.C. kwaye ndandisele ndiza kunikwa isidanga sobugqirha kwezesondo lomntu. Kutshanje, bendineminyaka emithandathu entle kubudlelwane kwaye ndatshata negcisa uStuart Cottingham, owayeyinxalenye yoluntu lwase-transgender njengomntu ophuma ngaphandle, onxibe isini esithandanayo. UStu wasweleka ngo-2013, kodwa hayi ngaphambi kokuba andiphe nokuqonda ngakumbi kwihlabathi endandisele ndigqalwa njengengcali. Ndineziqinisekiso.
Ndenze umhla wokubona Indlu yeValentina Ndikunye nomhlobo wam, igcisa uMariette Pathy Allen, phakathi kwezinto ezininzi azenzileyo ophethe ifoto kwisikolo sam. UMariette nguMargaret Mead wentshukumo ye-transgender. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40, wenza udliwanondlebe kunye nokufota abantu be-transgender. Umsebenzi wakhe, obandakanya iincwadi ezintathu, uncede uluntu olwahlukeneyo ukuba lube yintshukumo. Incwadi yokuqala kaMariette yayi Utshintsho: Abaxhasi benqamlezo kunye nabo babathandayo . Uyabazi ubutyebi bembali yanamhlanje ye-transgender kwaye uya kuba liqabane lomdlalo elothusayo. Ngaphambi komhla wentsebenzo, ndafumana umnxeba osuka kwintatheli ezizimeleyo eyayiza kwenza unomathotholo malunga Indlu yeValentina . Ngaba ndingathanda ukumjoyina kunye namanye amalungu eCrossdressers International (CDI), inkxaso kunye neqela lezentlalo elikwisiXeko saseNew York, ukuze emva kwengxoxo malunga nomdlalo oza kubandakanywa kwingxelo yakhe? Ogqwesileyo!
Xa umlingiswa kaCharlotte wangena eqongeni wahambisa umgca wakhe wokuqala, uMariette wasebeza endlebeni yam, Lowo ngumlinganiswa osekwe eVirginia Prince. NjengoVirginia Prince, uCharlotte ngumzabalazo onethemba lokufumana abanye abantu basetyhini baseCasa ukuba bazimanye benze umbutho wokukhuselana kunye nokuxhamla. Kwaoko ndajonga ukujonga ukuba isiliphu sikaCharlotte siyabonakala na. Nanini na xa umzobo weVirginia Prince uvela Tsala , iphephancwadi elipapashwe nguLee Brewster, umlawuli wezobugcisa kaDrag uVicky West waqinisekisa ukuba isiliphu saseVirginia sijinga ngaphantsi kwefrock yakhe. Wanikwa uhlobo lwentlonipho enenzondelelo.
Ekhaya ukwamkela intshukumo ebanzi yokuhamba: Xa umlinganiswa uAmy esithi akazukujoyina umbutho kaCharlotte ocacileyo wokuzonwabisa kwabantu abathandana besisini esinye kuba amaqela aphoswe ngabantu abathandana nabobufanasini yayiziindawo zokuqala awafumana kuzo naluphi na uhlobo lokwamkelwa, ngamaqela kaLee kaBrewster athetha ngawo. Ngama-60 ka-Lee Brewster, indoda eyintombazana, ibamba iibhola zokurhuqa apho wonke umntu ovela kwi-headliners ukuya kwi-closet case angakwazi ukuhamba ngezinto zakhe. U-Lee walwela ukutshintsha imithetho eNew York ethintela abadlali abanxibe iimpahla ukuba basebenze kwimivalo. Wayengumdlali wesikolo esidala owathi, xa ebonisa utsalo, wayesoloko ezibiza njengo Mnu Lee. Ekugqibeleni waseka u-Lee's Mardi Gras, awayewubhengeza njenge boutique ethengiswayo. Kwakuyi-loft engama-5000-square-foot loft ezaliswe kwiindawo ezihamba phambili kunye neenguqu ezibalulekileyo, kwaye wonke umntu wathengisa khona kwada kwafa u-Lee ngo-2000.
Ndiyathandabuza ukuba namhlanje uLee angaliyeka igama Ukutshintsha ukusuka kwinkcazo yevenkile yakhe. Ukubeka eli lizwi kwindawo yoluntu yayiyinkcazo yekratshi. I-RuPaul, nayo, inembali eyomeleleyo eqinisekileyo ngegama inzolo kwaye eme eqinile; kodwa eSan Francisco, ITrannyShack Umsunguli u-Heklina kutshanje ubhengeze ukuba igama liza kuhamba, kwaye uzokuphinda aphume kwi-2015.
Njengoko sasishiya indawo yeqonga, mna noMariette savumelana ukuba siyawuthanda umdlalo, nangona ndandikhe ndathandabuza. Ukwenza oku kwakusoyikisa, kwaye imiba emininzi ebalulekileyo, yobuqu kunye nezopolitiko, yaphakanyiswa. Ndithathele ingqalelo intetho ka-John Cullum, uTerry, malunga nesigwebo se-petticoat isohlwayo sakhe. Phantse wonke umfundi wam uyangqina kumava amandulo ashiye imibhalo engapheliyo. Ngentsasa elandelayo, ndiyakwazi ukucacisa ngokucacileyo izinto ebezindikhathaza. Isishwankathelo somdlalo wokudlala sichaza abalinganiswa baseCasa njengamadoda athandana nabantu abathandana nabo abathandayo banxiba kwaye basebenza njengabafazi, kwaye le yayiyimbono exhaswa kumaphephandaba. Ke kutheni le nto abalinganiswa babenobungqingili? Yayiphi imbonakalo yovuyo ebomini babo njengamadoda, endandiyazi emtshatweni wam, kwaye endiyibonileyo nendiyiva iminyaka, abanye babo bekhatshwa ngabafazi babo nezintombi zabo? Ngaba la madoda athandana namanye amadoda? Ugxininiso olunzima lubekwa ku-Amy ukumanga u-newbie uMiranda kwaye uthanda ukubanga amakhwenkwe. Ingxoxo phakathi komlinganiswa uGloria kunye noValentina, malunga nokudlala ngothando nabafana kwimivalo, kuyinyani. Indoda enxibe umnqamlezo ifuna ukujika wonke umhlaba, kodwa oku akuthethi ukuba inyathelo liya kulandela. Ukuqwalaselwa kwamadoda kunye nokunconywa kuthathwa njengomqondiso wempumelelo. Umgca owahlula iindlela ezahlukeneyo zesini- i-homo, i-hetero, i-bi-inokungacacanga, ngakumbi xa kubonakala ngathi intelekelelo iyinyani.
Kwakukho umzuzu omnye xa ndacinga ukuba kungakho ukubhekiswa kwisini esahlukileyo. Kuyo, uRita, umfazi kaValentina uyacaphuka. Umntu ufuna ukulala, utsho uValentina. Ngaba basebenzisa amagama ekhowudi? Ngaba uGeorge ongaphakathi kwiValentina uyaqonda ukuba umfazi wakhe ufuna umqulu kwifula? Bekuya kuba mnandi. Kodwa hayi, iinkxalabo zikaRita zithotywa nje. Abalinganiswa kumdlalo bonke babonakala ngathi bafuna ukutshintsha. Mhlawumbi bahle kakhulu ekudlaleni abafazi. Okanye mhlawumbi ngamandla kunye nenkuthazo elowo ayifumana kwinkxaso yeqela ebanika amandla.
Kwezi veki zidlulileyo, ndiye ndafumana iindaba zovavanyo kwaye zibonisa ukuba zixhasa oku kugqitha: uxwebhu UKate Bornstein uyiNdawo yokuQeqesha kunye noMngcipheko oMnandi ubhala ngobomi beli tyala lityala; Ukusebenza kukaDiane Torr kukumkani kunye noomasifundisane kugxilwe kubo Indoda yosuku ; Isini kuphela izakudlala njengesibonelelo seJim Collins Foundation ebonelela ngezifundo zotyando. Iprojekthi ye-Red Umbrella, iqela lamalungelo abasebenzi bezesondo, ivelise kwi-My Skin evela emsebenzini weqela labo labasetyhini lokudlala. Mihla le kukho iindaba ezingakumbi.
Olunye lwamaxwebhu acaphukisayo kwisini kunye nomzimba womzimba yiBeth B's Exposed, jonga kwiinkwenkwezi ze-neo-burlesque. Abathathi-nxaxheba befilimu babonisa ukuba ukugqitha kwisini ayingombuso ogcinelwe kuphela abantu abadlulayo, kodwa iphondo livuleleke kubo bonke. Abasetyhini bagqithile kwisini; sakha intshukumo yabasetyhini kwaye sasuka kwigumbi lokulala saya kwigumbi lokubhoda.
Kumnandi kakhulu ukudlala ukunxiba. Ithuba lokuphuma kwindima ethile ungene kwelinye lihlala lingenakuphikiswa. Impahla kunye neepropu, zikhohlisa. Ndiza kubonakala njani? Ndizakuba ngubani? Yiyo loo nto abaphulaphuli bathanda umboniso wokutsala. Kodwa ukutsala yayisisenzo sokufudumala kwinto eyenzekayo ngoku. Abantu beTransgender ababeki mboniso. Akukho mbhalo ulandelayo kwaye kukho neempikiswano ngaphezulu kwamagama. Ngaba siyaqhubeka sisoyika kwaye sinomsindo, okanye ngaba siqhubeka nothando kunye nentembeko, sinombulelo wokuba ubuntu bunokhetho oluninzi ngakumbi?
