Enye yezinto eziphazamisayo malunga nendlela ezisebenza ngayo iindaba ngeli xesha kukuba ivumela amaqhinga okusebenzisa izixhobo ukuba athathwe ngokungathí sina ngenxa yomnqweno wethu sonke ukukhusela uluntu olusemngciphekweni. Emuva ngoJuni, umntu othile ku-Instagram watyhola i-Wi Spa eLos Angeles ngokuvumela umntu ongafakwanga transgender kwindawo yabasetyhini kule ndawo. Ngoku, bekukho amathandabuzo okuba esi siganeko senzekile.
Ngokwe- ILos Angeles Blade , Iphepha lendawo le-LGBTQ kuMazantsi eCalifornia, bekukho ukwanda kwamathandabuzo phakathi kokunyanzeliswa komthetho kunye nabasebenzi kwi-Wi Spa ukuba lo mntu u-transgender wayenyanisile, okanye ubuqhetseba obuyinyani obenzelwe izixhobo ze-transphobes. Umthombo okhoyo kwi-Spa, uxelele Umtya ukuba akukho rekhodi yayo nayiphi na abathengi bayo abaqhelekileyo be-transgender kuludwe lwazo lweendwendwe ngosuku oluchaphazelekayo. Unyango kwi-Spa lwenziwa ngokuqeshwa kuphela, kwaye uninzi lwabathengi bayo be-transgender baziwa kakuhle kubasebenzi.
Uqhanqalazo olungenanjongo lwenziwe ngaphandle kwale spa , Kwaye omnye wajika waba ndlongondlongo ngempela veki, nevidiyo yentsholongwane ebonisa omnye umbonisi ophiko lasekunene ebetha umenzi wefilimu ngombhobho kwaye omnye ekhupha umpu, exelela abo bamngqongileyo ukuba yinto yokudubula nawe.
Kwiphepha lethu iposi yangaphambili malunga noku, sabelane ngesiteyitimenti esivela kwi-Wi Spa, esimi ngasemva komgaqo-nkqubo obandakanyayo:
[…] Bachaze ukuba iCalifornia inomthetho owenza ukuba kungabikho mthethweni ukuba amashishini acalucalulo abo baguqukayo kunye nabanye abantu abangavumelaniyo ngokwesini. Baqhubeke besithi, iWi Spa izabalazela ukulandela umthetho kunye nokuhlangabezana neemfuno kunye nokhuseleko lwabo bonke abathengi bayo.
Ukuba umthengi ocinga ukuba uyabandakanyeka kwesi siganeko wenziwe, abanye basenokubuza ngoba ? Kutheni usenza imeko engakhokelela kubundlobongela nakwityhefu ngaphandle kwesizathu?
Ngenxa yokuba i-transphobia ixhomekeke kwityhefu. Ixhomekeke ekunyangeni abantu abangadibaniyo ngokwesini kunye nohlobo olufana nolwe-boogie oluya kuziveza kubantu abangalindelanga kwi-spas. Kubantu abatyibilikisayo, le chum, ubungqina obuthe kratya bokuba abantu basetyhini bathotyelwa ntoni na kuloo nto bayenza ingqumbo yabo. Umntu owabelane ngale vidiyo yokuqala wafumana impendulo abayifunayo. Emva kwesityholo, isiganeko esingaqinisekiswanga, iWi Spa yaxutywa ne-1-star Yelp! kunye novavanyo loMcebisi wohambo.
Ukongeza, abasetyhini abadlulayo ngoku bajolise kubo, nge Umtya Ukuxela, Phambi koqhanqalazo, ibhinqa laseLos Angeles elidlulayo latyholwa ngobuxoki ngabantu abachasene nabasetyhini ngokuba ngabantu abatyholwayo kwividiyo. Ufumene izoyikiso zokufa kunye nokuhlukunyezwa, kubandakanya nomfanekiso wendoda efihliweyo efaka isixhobo sokuhlaselwa esongela ukumdubula.
Konke oku ngelixa i-transphobes ibanga ukuba ngoo-cis abasetyhini abangabona basemngciphekweni xa bejongana nabafazi abadlulayo.
Iphiko lasekunene liyayazi ngqo indlela yezixhobo zokubandakanya ukuyenza ukuba ibe yinxalenye yemfazwe yenkcubeko, ngenxa yoko ubuqhetseba okanye hayi, baphumelele kwakhona ekuthinjweni kwemeko yokukhuthaza umbono wabo onetyhefu.
(nge ILos Angeles Blade , umfanekiso: Drew Angerer / Getty Izithombe)
