Umlingisi uNafessa Williams usandula ukuthetha naye Ukuzonwabisa ngeveki ngaye Umbane oMnyama isimilo, Anissa Pierce, kunye noxanduva yena uziva ukudlala omnye womnatha kamabonakude kuphela abalinganiswa abamnyama lesbian. Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngokubalisa ibali labasetyhini abathandanayo abathandana nabanye abantu ingakumbi abathandana nabamnyama abangaziboni kumabonwakude, utshilo. Ithemba lam lelokuba xa ubukele uAnissa, umntu othandana namanye athandana naye uyaphefumlelwa ukuba ahambe ngesibindi ukuba ungubani kwaye azithande kwaye azithande kanye ngendlela ajongeka ngayo.
Ewe, uWilliams naye watsalwa ngumlinganiswa ngenxa yokuqhuba kwakhe kunye nokungoyiki kwakhe. Wayengazange ayifunde Umbane oMnyama ahlekisayo ngaphambi kophicotho, kodwa wamthanda umlinganiswa kwi script. Ndathengiswa xa ndabona isiseko sokuba ngubani u-Anissa, utshilo uWilliams, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yoko babefana no-Anissa. Ndicinga ukuba into endinokuyifumana ku-Anissa kukuba uyazi ngobizo lwakhe. Ungena kulo engenaloyiko. Ndinecandelo lam lokwazi nje ukuba ndifuna ntoni ebomini. Ndandihlala ndicacile ukuba amaphupha am ayintoni kwaye bendihlala ndinombono, kwaye akukho mntu wakwaziyo ukundimisa.
Ukuzonwabisa ngeveki Ubuye wabuza uWilliam ukuba uziva nawaphi na uxinzelelo olunxulumene nendima, ngenxa yokubaluleka kokumelwa. Andizukutsho ukuba ndiziva ndiphantsi kwengcinezelo, uphendule watsho. Ndiyakholelwa uthando luthando. Nangona kunjalo, uWilliams unethemba lokuba lo mboniso awuzukukhuthaza kuphela abathandana nabo abancinci, kodwa uya kunceda nabazali babantwana abakhulayo ukuba babaxhase. Abazali bam kulo mboniso, bayandixhasa kakhulu kukhetho lwam lwezesondo, utshilo, kwaye mhlawumbi oku kungasebenza njengokhuthazo kubazali emakhaya ababukele abajongana nomntwana osisitabane okanye ongathandani nabanye nabangakwaziyo ukunxibelelana okanye ube uvulekile. Ndiyathemba ukuba usapho lwethu kulo mboniso luyinkuthazo kwezinye iintsapho ukuba zivuleke kwaye zamkele abantwana bakho kwaye zibathande. Intsapho kaPierce yenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokwenza oko.
U-Williams wathetha nangobudlelwane buka-Anissa kunye nomdla wakhe ophilayo uGrace Choi. Nangona u-Anissa engekamxeleli uGrace ngamandla akhe okwangoku, basondele kakhulu. UAnissa noGrace banezinto ezininzi ezifanayo… Uluxolo lwengqondo kuAnissa. Kupholile ukuba nakho ukungena kuloo nto. Le yinto entsha kum, ukudlala i-lesbian evulekileyo [umlingiswa] kumabonwakude. Ndihlala ndiphikisana namadoda, ke kuhle ukuba uzicelomngeni ngokwam kwaye ucofe into eyahlukileyo.
Ngelixa u-Anissa engasokoli ngesini sakhe, yena yenza umzabalazo wokuzifumanisa kunye namandla akhe. Uqhubeka kolu hambo lokuzifumanisa kokubini ukuba ngumfazi kunye nokufumanisa amandla akhe, U-Williams ucacisile.
Ufunda ezi zinto ngaye, uWilliams uqhubeke, kwaye ufumanisa ukuba la magunya asebenza njani kwaye avelaphi. Kodwa yenye yezo zinto [apho azibuza khona], Ngaba ndiyinto engaqhelekanga? Ngaba ndiyabelana ngayo? Ngaba ukho umntu oza kundikholelwa? Abazali bam bayakhusela kakhulu, baya kuyamkela njani? Kukuphantse kwindawo yengqondo okuyo ukuba uphume njenge-gay okanye i-lesbian kubazali bakho. Yinto efanayo efana nayo. Kuyimfihlo ayibambeleyo okwethutyana kuba ngokwenene akazi ukuba ngubani oza kuthetha naye ngayo kwaye abantu bazakuyiphatha njani loo nto.
Nangona kunjalo, ngokukhawuleza uAnissa uza kuba namandla akhe. Nje ukuba aqonde ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kwaye basebenza njani kwaye bavela phi, uWilliams utshilo, unemincili kwaye ulungele ukuya [entlokweni] kuqala. Ukholelwa ukuba ngumnqweno wakhe kunye nokubiza kuThixo, kwaye uhamba ngokukhalipha.
Sekunjalo, ikamva lika-Anissa ngokucacileyo libaxhalabisa abazali bakhe. Abazali bakhe bafuna ukuba ancede abantu ngokuba ngugqirha, kodwa ufuna ukunceda abantu ngokubakho eluntwini, utshilo uWilliams. Uyakuthanda ukuba ngutitshala. Uyakuthanda ukuba ngummeli wemfundo. Uyakuthanda ukuya eluntwini kwaye uzama ukubunqanda ulwaphulo-mthetho kwaye alwe nokungabikho kokusesikweni. Ngokuba ligorha, le yindlela ka-Anissa yokugcina umhlaba kunye nokunceda abantu. Ndiyawathanda amandla akhe namandla ahamba kuwo.
Ngaphandle kwale ngxaki, u-Anissa ujonge phezulu kuJefferson. Utata wakhe liqhawe lakhe. Uninzi lwamantombazana amancinci lubukela umama wabo ekhula kwaye afune ukufana naye, kodwa kunye noAnissa, uhlala efuna ukufana noyise. Nguye lo akamazi ukuba nguMbane oMnyama. Uyinkokeli nje enkulu. Indlela athanda ngayo nonxibelelana nathi kumdlalo uyamangalisa. Ungutata nje omkhulu. Umama wethu ebomini bethu, kodwa sihlala naye. Ungumzali olapho amaxesha amaninzi.
Umbane oMnyama umoya ngoLwesibini kwi-CW, kwaye ungafunda ukuphindaphinda kweNkosazana yesiqendu samva apha.
(Ukuhamba Ukuzonwabisa ngeveki ; umfanekiso: Carin Baer / I-CW)
