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Lapho i-Facebook 2014 iguqula isimo sayo eJalimane futhi amalungu ayo engasakwazi ukunquma kuphela phakathi kowesilisa nowesifazane ngodaba lobulili kuphrofayela yabo, kodwa futhi nezinye izinketho ze-58 zazikhona, umbono wencazelo ehluke kakhulu yobulili uhanjiswe umbono obanzi womphakathi. Okungukuthi, ngokungabaluleki kocansi lwebhayoloji nokukhetha kwamahhala kobulili bakhe, okungaphezulu kakhulu kwamathuba amabili aziwayo.
Njengoba kunezigidi zabasebenzisi be-30 okwamanje ezisebenzayo, amamephu we-Facebook abonisa ukuthambekela okuhlobene nomphakathi. Futhi into eyodwa icacile: kunabantu abambalwa kakhulu abangakwazi ukubona nge-classical-gendering. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlukahluka kobunikazi bobulili besintu noma, ukuyibeka ngokwemibono kaMagnus Hirschfeld, umcwaningi ocansini kanye nomsunguli wenhlangano yokuqala yobungqingili, umlamuleli wezocansi, akazange aqashelwe ngisho nangamathuba we-58 ku-Facebook. Kungakho i-Facebook iphinde yanquma ukuthi manje sekungenzeka ukukhetha phakathi kwabesilisa, abesifazane nabasebenzisi-kuchazwe kuzilungiselelo zephrofayili. Imenyu eyehlayo, ngenxa yalokho, manje ihambile. Manje kunesikhala samahhala - "Faka ubulili bakho" - ngethemu elizikhethele lona. Ukuthi bekulokhu kukhona abantu abangazitholi ngokulandelana kwezindlela ezimbili, kungahle kubukeke kumangalisa kwelinye noma kwelinye. Kakhulu mhlawumbe ngoba bekungekho ezinye izindlela ngaphandle kwe-heteronormativity futhi lezi azikwazanga ukubonakala ngezinye izindlela. I-inthanethi idale amathuba amasha. Noma kunjalo, ezindaweni eziningi akunakwenzeka ngokomthetho ukuba yilutho ngaphandle kowesifazane noma owesilisa. Akukho lutho phakathi.
"Ukwehluka kobunikazi bobuntu babantu akuzange kufaniswe ngisho namakhono e-58 ku-Facebook."
Futhi ngonyaka u-2014 uzuze i-animated nguThomas Neuwirth art figure uConchita Wurst, idayava enentshebe, i-Eurovision Song Contest. Ukunqoba kukaConchita, ukumangala kwami, kwanyakazisa kakhulu izisekelo zohlelo lokuphazamiseka kwezifo zobuchopho obusezingeni eliphezulu. Futhi lokhu yize iqiniso lokuthi ifomu lobuciko noma umugqa wenkomba yokuhudula linesiko elide futhi izindlovukazi ezinjengo-Olivia Jones bezilokhu zishaya iziteshi zethelevishini ezikhuluma isiJalimane noma ngabe zinjani umbala. Umuntu ubengacabanga ukuthi ukukhohlisa sekuyisikhathi eside kuyingxenye yokuphila kwansuku zonke.
Kodwa-ke, ngoba uConchita Wurst akafaki esikhundleni sazo zonke izimfanelo zabesilisa nezabesifazane, kodwa uzixuba ngokuhlangana futhi uvumela ukutholwa kanyekanye kwabesilisa nabesifazane, kwabanye ukuphela kwendawo yokududuza futhi ngasikhathi sinye ulimi selufinyelelwe. Ukungalingani ngokobulili kwabangela ukungakhululeki, ngisho nangolimi. Wena, yena, yona - lokho kufanele kube yini? "Ubuciko," kusho uNeuwirth, ekhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi kuncane kakhulu indawo yokuhlekisa nokuphambuka odabeni lobulili.
Lokhu kubuye kuzwakale ngabantu abanjengoLann Hornscheidt, abazinikele olimini olulinganayo ngokobulili. Umbono we-Hornscheidt udlulela phambili ukwedlula ukuqothulwa kwesitho esijwayelekile sobuhlakani, eselumenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni ukuthi silwa, ngakho-ke siyindlela yokwelapha yangempela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Hornscheidt uqobo ayifuni ukubizwa ngokuthi yindoda noma umfazi futhi ngenxa yalokho ibangela inzondo enkulu kangangokuba kusetshenziswe ikheli le-imeyili elihlukile ngalolu hlobo lokuxhumana.
Okwamanje, kuyajabulisa ngempela ukuzibuza ukuthi umphakathi ungazihlelela kanjani kabusha ekuqothulweni kwalabo bobabili abashadikazi. Vele, lo mbono uhlasela imvelo yomuntu uqobo. Kepha akukhona nje ukuthi lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi kuqhume ukwakhiwa okwenziwe lula kwalaba bobabili ubulili ithuba hhayi nje lokufaka labo ababekade bekhishwe ngaphandle kuwo, kodwa futhi ngasikhathi sinye ngokubona kwabo kokwehlukahluka komhlaba ukuze banikeze isikhala nawe unelungelo?
Yize kunjalo, lokhu kwandiswa kwezinketho zokuqokwa akusho ukuthi akekho umuntu okufanele asho ukuthi - isikole esidala impela - uyindoda noma umfazi.
Photo / Video: Oscar Schmidt.
