#DisabledPeopleAreHot Is Trending on Twitter

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• Ngenkathi enza i #DisabledPeopleAreHot, u-Andrew wakhetha lolu limi ngokukhethekile ngoba abantu abakhubazekile bavame ukuxhashazwa kaningi futhi banikezwa izinsana.
• AmaHashtag afana ne- # DisabledPeopleAreHot ne- # DisabledAndCute anamandla ngoba aqaliswa ngabantu abakhubazekile emphakathini okhubazekile.
• Akukhona nje ukuthi le mishwana iyancipha, futhi iyingozi. Lapho sikholwa ukuthi kunendlela eyodwa kuphela 'yokubukeka ikhubazekile,' sikhawulela ukuthi ngubani othola ukufinyelela ezindlini zokwelashwa nasekwelashweni.

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezudlwana kweminyaka emibili selokhu i-Keah Brown's #DisabledAndCute yaqala ukubhebhetheka. Lapho kwenzeka, ngabelana ngezithombe zami ezimbalwa, eziningana ngoswazi lwami nezinye ezingekho.

Kwase kuyizinyanga ezimbalwa nje ngiqale ukusebenzisa induku, futhi nganginenkinga yokuzibheka ngimuhle futhi nginemfashini ngayo.

Kulezi zinsuku, akunzima kangako kimi ukuthi ngizizwe ngikhanga, kepha ngangijabule lapho ngithola ukuthi u-Andrew Gurza uqale i-hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot ku-Twitter nokuthi ibisiqala ukubhebhetheka.

U-Andrew ungumxhumanisi wokuqwashisa ngokukhubazeka, umdali wokuqukethwe, futhi ophethe i-podcast ethi "Disability After Dark," ekhuluma ngezocansi nokukhubazeka.

Ngenkathi enza i #DisabledPeopleAreHot, u-Andrew wakhetha lolu limi ngokukhethekile ngoba abantu abakhubazekile bavame ukuxhashazwa kaningi futhi banikezwa izinsana.

"Abantu abakhubazekile bavame ukuxoshwa futhi basuswe esigabeni 'esishisayo' ngokuzenzekelayo," kubhala u-Andrew ku-Twitter. “Ngiyenqaba.”

#DisabledPeopleAreHot igcwele izinhlobonhlobo zabantu abakhubazekile, kufaka phakathi abantu bebala nabantu be-LGBTQ +. Abanye bacela ngezinsiza zokuhamba. Abanye bayakwamukela ukukhubazeka kwabo emazwini abo.

Lapho eyiqala, u-Andrew wayeqonde ukuthi i-hashtag ifake abantu abakhubazekile ngokungabonakali, abanezifo ezingalapheki, nabantu abakhubazekile abazibonayo (okungenzeka ukuthi abanaso isifo esisemthethweni). Wayefuna ukuthi ibandakanywe ngomklamo.

Futhi akaboni i-hashtag njengokuvimbela noma ukucela abantu abakhubazekile ukuba bahambisane nezindinganiso ezijwayelekile zobuhle.

"Ukushisa nokukhubazeka kuza ngazo zonke izindlela," kubhala u-Andrew kuTwitter. "Uma unokukhubazeka futhi unesithombe osithandayo, i-hashtag ingeyakho!"

AmaHashtag afana ne- # DisabledPeopleAreHot ne- # DisabledAndCute anamandla ngoba aqaliswa ngabantu abakhubazekile emphakathini okhubazekile.

Lawa ma-hashtag aphathelene nabantu abakhubazekile abanokulandisa kwethu nobuntu emphakathini ofuna ukusiphuca lawo malungelo. Akukhulunywa ngabantu abakhubazekile abaphikiswa noma abalulwa. Zimayelana nathi ngokufuna ukuheha kwethu ngokwemibandela yethu.

Umsebenzisi we-Twitter uMike Long uveze ukuthi i-hashtag ibalulekile emazingeni amaningana, ngoba abantu abaningi - {textend} kufaka phakathi ochwepheshe bezokwelapha - i- {textend} bayashesha ukubhala abantu njengabanempilo futhi abangakhubazeki uma beheha.

Abantu abaningi abakhubazekile batshelwa izinto ezinjengokuthi “Umuhle kakhulu ukuthi ungagula” noma “Umuhle kakhulu ukuthi ungahamba ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile.”

Akukhona nje ukuthi le mishwana iyancipha, futhi iyingozi. Lapho sikholwa ukuthi kunendlela eyodwa kuphela 'yokubukeka ikhubazekile,' sikhawulela ukuthi ngubani othola ukufinyelela ezindlini zokwelashwa nasekwelashweni.

Lokhu kungaholela ekutheni abantu abakhubazekile basolwe ngokukhohlisa abakhubazekile futhi bahlukunyezwe ngenxa yakho noma banqatshelwe izinto abazidingayo, njengezindawo zokupaka ezifinyelelekayo noma izihlalo ezibalulekile. Kungenza futhi ukuthi kube nzima kubantu abakhubazekile ukuthola ukuxilongwa futhi bathole ukunakekelwa okufanele kwezokwelapha.

Iqiniso ngukuthi abantu abakhubazekile bayashisa - {textend} bobabili ngamazinga ajwayelekile wobuhle be-atheist naphezu kwakho. Kubalulekile ukwamukela lokho, hhayi kuphela ngoba kunika amandla abantu abakhubazekile, kepha futhi ngoba kuphinda kuchaze imibono evame ukubanjwa mayelana nokuthi kusho ukuthini ukushisa nokuthi kusho ukuthini ukukhubazeka.

Angikazithumeli izithombe zami ze- # DisabledPeopleAreHot okwamanje, ikakhulukazi ngoba angikakhuthele ku-Twitter njengoba ngangineminyaka emibili edlule, futhi nami bengimatasa. Kepha sengivele ngicabanga ukuthi yimaphi okufanele ngiwafake, ngoba ngilapha, ngiyaqina, ngikhubazekile, futhi ngingu-dammit, ngivunyelwe ukukukholelwa lokho.

U-Alaina Leary U-Alaina Leary ungumhleli, umphathi wezokuxhumana nomlobi waseBoston, eMassachusetts. Njengamanje ungumsizi womhleli we-Equally Wed Magazine futhi ungumhleli wezokuxhumana wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo Sidinga Amabhuku Ahlukahlukene.