I-Non-Binary Skateboarder u-Alana Smith Uthumela Umlayezo Onamandla Ngemuva Kokuncintisana kuma-Olimpiki aseTokyo

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Umdlali we-skateboard waseMelika kanye nomgijimi wokuqala we-Olympian u-Alana Smith uqhubekile nokukhuthaza abanye kokubili nangaphandle kweMidlalo yaseTokyo. USmith, ohlonzwe njengomuntu ongasiye kanambambili wabelane ngomyalezo onamandla ngoMsombuluko ku-Instagram ngemuva kokuba beqhudelane emcimbini wabesifazane wokushibilika emgwaqeni, lapho baqede khona ekushiseni okwesithathu kwabane ngeSonto.

"Bekungumgogodla - inkosi ukugibela… Inhloso yami ukungena kulokhu bekuwukujabula nokubonwa ngabantu abanjengami," kubhala uSmith kokuthunyelwe kwabo. "Ngokokuqala ngqa empilweni yami yonke, ngiyaziqhenya ngomuntu engisebenze ukuba ngibe yikho. Ngakhetha injabulo yami esikhundleni sokuthola izindondo."

USmith ubengomunye wabasubathi abayi-12 abafakwe emele iMelika e-skateboarding kuleli hlobo kuma-Olimpiki njengoba lo mdlalo wawuqala ukulindelwa. Embhalweni ka-Instagram wangoMsombuluko, uSmith wengeze wathi "kukho konke engikwenzile, bengifuna ukuphuma kulokhu ngiyazi ukuthi NGANGINGUPHOLOGETIKI, bengimomotheka ngeqiniso. Umuzwa osenhliziyweni yami uthi ngikwenzile lokho."

Emqhudelwaneni wokuqala wabesifazane wokushibilika emgwaqeni ngeSonto, uMomiji Nishiya waseJapan ugoduke negolide, walandelwa uRayssa Leal waseBrazil onesiliva, noFuna Nakayama, waseJapan, ngethusi. Ecabanga ngesikhathi sabo kuma-Olympics ngoMsombuluko, uSmith - owake waphumela obala ngemizamo yokuzibulala ngaphambilini - uthe "bazizwa bejabule ngokuphila futhi bazizwa sengathi ngihloselwe ukuba lapha okokuqala ngqa esikhathini eside." .... Yilokho kuphela engake ngakucela."

"Izolo ebusuku benginomzuzu kuvulandi, angiyena umuntu okholwayo noma nginomuntu / noma yini engikhuluma naye. Izolo ebusuku ngibonge noma ngubani obekhona la onginike ithuba lokuthi angishiyi kulobu busuku engilele kubo maphakathi nomgwaqo, "kusho uSmith ku-Instagram, owabe esebonga bonke" ababasekele [kumagagasi amaningi empilo. "

“Sengingasakwazi ukulinda ukuphinde ngishwibeke ngenxa yothando lwayo, hhayi umqhudelwano kuphela, odla lubi uma kubhekwa umncintiswano kwangisiza ukuthi ngiphinde ngithole uthando lwami kuwona,” kuqhuba bona.

USmith ugeziswe uthando oluvela kubalandeli ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngempelasonto, ebala ukuthi bazibhale kanjani izabizwana zabo, "bona / bona," kwi-skateboard sabo. “Angicabangi ukuthi ngiyoke ngijabule njengo-Alana Smith ngesikhathi bedlala i-skateboard kuma-Olympics,” ku-Twitter omunye umbukeli ngeSonto.

Nokho-ke akuhambanga kahle konke kuSmith kuma-Olympics, njengoba abanye abahlaziyi bebengabaqondi kahle ngesikhathi behlaziya ukusebenza kwabo. Lo msubathi kuthiwa wabelane ngamavidiyo ku-Instagram Stories abalandeli abebelungise abahlaziyi ngesikhathi seMidlalo, ngokusho kuka- NAMUHLA. Ezemidlalo ze-NBC usekhiphe isixoliso.

"I-NBC Sports izimisele - futhi iyaqonda ukubaluleka - kokusebenzisa izabizwana ezifanele kuwo wonke umuntu kuzingxenyekazi zethu," ngokusho kuka I-NBC ngesitatimende, njengoba kubikwe emaphephandabeni eGLAAD, iGay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "Ngenkathi abahlaziyi bethu besebenzisa izabizwana ezifanele ekusakazeni kwethu, sasakaza okuvela emazweni angaphandle okwakungakhiqizwa yi-NBCUniversal okwenze kabi u-Olympian u-Alana Smith. Siyazisola ngaleli phutha futhi siyaxolisa ku-Alana nakubabukeli bethu."

Ngaphezu kukaSmith, bangaphezu kuka-160 abasubathi be-LGBTQ + abavela emazweni ahlukahlukene abancintisanayo kuma-Olympic aseTokyo, ngokusho kwe-Outsports. UQuinn, ongumdlali wasesiswini eqenjini lebhola lezinyawo labesifazane baseCanada, ungumsubathi wokuqala ovuleleke obala oyisitabane ukungenela ama-Olympics. U-Laurel Hubbard, owesifazane we-transgender, naye ubangisana neNew Zealand emncintiswaneni wokuphakamisa izinsimbi.

Yize iMidlalo yaseTokyo isithandwa ngabaningi bezindaba ezithandekayo, kufaka phakathi nesinqumo sikajimnast Simone Biles sokubeka phambili impilo yakhe yengqondo ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye, akungabazeki ukuthi uSmith namazwi abo akhuthazayo benze uphawu emidlalweni yama-Olimpiki ingunaphakade.

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