U-Kataluna Enriquez Ube Ngowesifazane Wokuqala Wakwa-Trans Ukunqoba uMiss Nevada

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Ukuziqhenya kwaqala njengesikhumbuzo sodlame lwase-Stonewall endaweni yokucima ukoma endaweni yaseGreenwich Village yase-NYC ngo-1969. Selokhu yakhula yaba yinyanga yokubungaza nokumela umphakathi we-LGBTQ +. Ngesikhathi esifanele sokuphela komsila wenyanga yokuziqhenya yalo nyaka, u-Kataluna Enriquez unikeze wonke umuntu ingqopha-mlando entsha ukuze agubhe. Ube ngowokuqala wesifazane owashintsha ubulili ngokuphumela obala ukuwina isicoco sikaMiss Nevada wase-USA, nokumenze waba ngowokuqala ngokusobala ukuthi wesifazane ongenele umjaho kaMiss USA (ozoba ngoNovemba).

Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala uqophe umlando unyaka wonke, kusukela ngoMashi lapho eba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukuwina uMiss Silver State USA ngoMashi, umncintiswano omkhulu wokuqala kuMiss Nevada USA. U-Enriquez waqala ukuncintisana emincintiswaneni yonobuhle ye-transgender ngo-2016 futhi wawina isicoco esikhulu njengeTransnation Queen USA ngalowo nyaka, ngokusho kuka W Umagazini. (Okuhlobene: Ungakubungaza Kanjani Ukuziqhenya Ngo-2020 Phakathi Kwemibhikisho kanye Nobhubhane Lomhlaba Wonke)

Ukufeza kuka-Enriquez kweqa izihloko zakhe zekhasi. Kusukela ekumodeleni kuye ekuklameni izingubo zakhe zokugqoka (ayezigqoka njengendlovukazi yangempela ngenkathi eqhudelana nesicoco sikaMiss Nevada USA), kuya ekubeni umqondisi wezokunakekelwa kwempilo kanye nommeli wamalungelo abantu, wenza konke okwangempela. (Okuhlobene: Indlela uNicole Maines Ahlahla Ngayo Indlela Yesizukulwane Esilandelayo Sentsha ye-LGBTQ)

Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoMiss Silver State USA obusayo, wakhe umkhankaso obizwa nge- # BEVISIBLE, okuhloswe ngawo ukulwa nenzondo ngokusebenzisa ubungozi. Ngomoya womkhankaso, u-Enriquez ubesengozini mayelana nemizabalazo yakhe njengowesifazane oguqukayo wasePhilippines-American. Uveze ukuthi ungumuntu owasinda ekuhlukunyezweni ngokomzimba nangokobulili futhi wabelana ngamava akhe ngokuxhashazwa esikoleni esiphakeme ngenxa yobunikazi bakhe. U-Enriquez usebenzise ipulatifomu yakhe ukugqamisa ukubaluleka kwezempilo yengqondo nezinhlangano ezikhuthaza abantu be-LGBTQ +. (Okuhlobene: I-LGBTQ+ Glossary of Gender and Sexuality Definitions Allies Okufanele Bazi)

"Namuhla ngingowesifazane oziqhenyayo ngokobulili obudlulayo," kusho u-Enriquez Las Vegas Buyekeza Journal kwinhlolokhono ngemuva kokuwina uMiss Silver State USA. "Ngokwami, ngifundile ukuthi umehluko wami awungenzi ngibe ngaphansi kuka, ungenza ngibe ngaphezu kuka. Futhi umehluko wami yiwo ongenza ngihluke, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ukuhluka kwami ​​kuzongiyisa kuzo zonke izindawo zami, nanoma yini engiyidingayo ukudlula empilweni. "

Uma u-Enriquez eqhubeka nokuwina uMiss USA, uzoba ngowesifazane wesibili we-transgender owake wancintisana kuMiss Universe. Okwamanje, ungahle uhlele ukumzulisa uma ezoncintisana eMiss USA ngoNovemba 29.

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