Umelo olubonakalayo: Abalinganiswa beTrans kwiWebhusayithi yeWebhu

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IiWebcomics zibonelela ngendawo enokuvumela ababhali kunye nabazobi ukuba babenolawulo ngakumbi kubalinganiswa babo kunye nomxholo kunye nokuzama kwimixholo eyahlukeneyo. Ayisiyiyo kuphela ukubona abalinganiswa be-trans kwii-comics zewebhu, kodwa sikwanabantu abadlulayo abazenzayo. Umzekelo, UAnnie Mok (umsebenzi ongentla) ngumculi oqaqambileyo odibanisa ubugcisa kunye nebali lomntu kunye nosandula ukuqala ukubhalela Rookie . Umsebenzi wakhe uyathandeka kangangokuba kufanelekile ukuba ubonwe nguMary Sue!

Ke bachazwa njani abalinganiswa xa benikwa indawo yokuba nomxholo webali? Ngaba zingabhalwa ngaphandle kokuwela kwiqela? Ababhali kunye nabazobi banokusebenzisa njani i-interweb njengendlela yokuvumela abaphulaphuli babo ukuba banxibelelane kwaye baphembelele amabali?

UPrincess Sarah unxiba into ayithandayo!

Inkosazana
yayiyi-comic yewebhu eyayilandela iPrincess Sarah, intombazana eselula, kunye nosapho kunye nabahlobo bayo njengoko behlengahlengisa ubuni bayo. Uthotho lwe fan ukusuka ku-2009 ukuya ku-2013 kwaye yenziwa nguChristine Smith, umbhali-umbhali, ofana noSara, otshintshayo. Inkosazana yayisisiqalo esivela kwi-comic kaSmith, Iapile kaEva , Owalandela umlingiswa ongumfazi ohamba ngolwalamano phakathi koluntu lwabasetyhini.

00629795Ibali liqala ngomama kaSarah emxelela ukuba asuse ilokhwe ayinxibileyo. USara uya egumbini lakhe lokugcina, wathoba isithsaba, wathi, INkosazana uSara inxibe into ayithandayo! Oko uSarah wayekwazi ukuthetha uxelele abazali bakhe ukuba uyintombazana. Utata wakhe uqale ukuxhasa uSarah ngokumthengela iimpahla ezintsha nokumkhuthaza ukuba azinxibe xa ehlala ekhayeni lakhe. Umama ujongana notata emnxebeni malunga nelokhwe kunye notata imibuzo yokuba ubuchule besini sikaSarah abunakuba sisigaba. Umama uveza inkxalabo malunga nobunzima behlabathi kwabo bahlukileyo. Utata uyamxelela, Kodwa kuthekani ukuba eyona nto intle onokuyenza ... yena … Kukumyekela abe nguye?

00648067USarah ufika ebaleni lokudlala enxibe ilokhwe, isithsaba sakhe, kunye nebhanti ebhalwe INKOSANA, ngelixa abanye abantwana bekhomba behleka okanye bebonakala bothukile. Indawo yokudlala isazisa ku-Irma, omnye wabahlobo bakaSara okhanya kwiiphaneli njengoSarah. Xa uSara etshela u-Irma ukuba ufuna ukwenza izinto zamantombazana, u-Irma uyazigatya zonke iingcinga ezibonisa ukungakhathali kwaye acebise ukubukela imovie yesilo. U-Irma uyakuthanda ukwaphula iithoyi zakhe, ecaphula amazwi kaJoan Jett, kwaye unesilwanyana sasekhaya. Ngoxa uSara wamkela ubufazi bakhe, u-Irma uyamlahla.

00655749Umhlobo kaSarah u-Chuck unempendulo eyahlukileyo kwisazisi sakhe esitsha. Ngoku ucaphukisa into yokuba umhlobo wakhe enxibe njengentombazana, kodwa ikwenze mhle intombazana. U-Irma uthatha isigqibo sokuba indlela yokujongana nokuxhaphaza kukaChuck kukuba ngamagorha amakhulu; Ukunxiba kukaIrma njengoMnyama oMnyama, kwaye uSara unxiba njengoNyosi Olubomvu. Balandela u-Chuck ezantsi kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi. U-Imra no-Chuck baqala ukulwa kwaye uSarah wawaphula umlo nge-glitter bomb.

00670453USara uya kukhempisha notata wakhe kunye nomakazi wakhe omncinci kwaye udibana nomfana omncinci otshintshayo ogama linguMars. Zininzi izinto ezinje ngathi, uMars umxelela oko. Bendicinga ukuba uyafuna ukwazi ukuba awuwedwa. USara akazange azi ukuba abanye abantu baziva ngendlela efanayo naye. UMars ukhuthaza uSarah ukuba athethe nomama wakhe malunga nendlela aziva ngayo xa kufuneka enxibe njengenkwenkwe. USarah ukhathazekile kukuba umama wakhe uza kuyeka ukumthanda. Umakazi wakhe umxelela ukuba bobabini kunye nomama wakhe baya kuhlala bemthanda.

00743468Ixesha lohambo lukaSarah lokuya enkampini lungqamene nokwazi okwenyani kolutsha olwaluzibulala ekwindla lowe-2010. Njengokuba ilizwe lililela ulutsha njengoSeth Walsh oneminyaka elishumi elinesithathu no-Asher Brown no-Billy Lucas oneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu, kubhala uSmith malunga nomama kaSarah wokuqala ufunda ngezi zinto zokuzibulala. Wothuka xa uSarah ebuyela ekhaya, esongela ngokucheba iinwele zikaSarah.

00766097Ngalo mzuzu, uSarah uyakwazi ukutyhala umama wakhe inyathelo kufutshane nokumqonda. Uxelela umama wakhe ukuba kuyamkhathaza xa kufuneka aziphathe njengenkwenkwe, kodwa uya kuzama ngakumbi. Umama wakhe uyamxelela, Hayi, Honeybear. Mna Ngaba. Umama uyavuma ukuqala ukubiza uSara ngegama lakhe, kwaye amvumele ukuba anxibe indlela athanda ngayo ekhaya.

00766937USara uqala ukunxiba endlwini ka-Irma ngaphambi kwesikolo kwaye ufumanisa u-Irma enxibe isiketi, iqhina kunye nemadevu. Xa undixelele ukuba uyintombazana ngokwenene, ndazibuza ukuba ndiza kutshintsha, u-Irma uyachaza. Emva koko ndacinga, ewe, kutheni ndingenakutshintsha, nanini na ndifuna? Kwaye kutheni kufuneka ndiyintombazana okanye inkwenkwe xa ndinokubabini okanye ndingabikho? Kuyavela ukuba i-Irma inee-moms ezimbini kunye ne-queer dads! U-Irma wakhawuleza waba ngumntu endimthandayo kumdlalo wokuhlekisa kwaye wandikhumbuza uninzi lwabahlobo bam xa ndandisengumntwana.

00777125I-comic iyaqhubeka ngendlela ethandekayo apho uSarah no-Irma bafunda khona ukuba phakathi kwabo bangcungcuthekisa / batyumke u-Chuck kunye nodadewabo uPenny, abahleli / abatyumze uMars, kunye nababesakuba ngamakhwenkwe / abatyumza iiJules Umfundi ulapho nabazali bakaSarah njengoko betyelele ingcali yolutsha lwe-transgender kwiSibhedlele saBantwana, xa uSarah ejoyina ngokufihlakeleyo ii-Girl Cadettes, nangamanye amava amaninzi e-transgender kunye nabantwana bokuyila ngokwesini. Ngexesha lodliwanondlebe noLwazi ngoLuntu , USmith uthe uzobe Inkosazana kungenxa yenceba yakhe ngomntwana awayebuyile ngelo xesha kunye nokuthumela uthando oluncinci kwiiNkosazana ezincinci kunye neeNkosana ezikhulayo namhlanje.

Ndifuna ukubona ukuba le nto isisa phi

Umxholo ithandabuzekayo iseti yewebhu kwiKofi yedoom, indlu yekofu ezimeleyo. I-comic ilandela ubomi bomnini wayo, abasebenzi kunye nabathengi. Ngelixa kuqala yayijolise kumculo, ukuyibetha kunye nabaphulaphuli be-indie-rock, kutshanje i-QC iqalile ukuphonononga abalinganiswa bayo. Amaphupha abo kunye neenjongo zabo zihlala zingafezekiswa, kwaye bachitha ixesha labo elininzi boyisa amaxhala abo. Omnye wabalinganiswa abaphambili, uMarten, usebenza kwilayibrari kwiyunivesithi yamantombazana onke. Xa enikwe uxanduva lokuqeqesha iqela labafundi basehlotyeni, uqala ngokukhawuleza ukudibana nomnye wabafundi, uClaire.

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Emva kwepati encinci yokusela, uClaire (intloko ebomvu!) Uxelele uMarten ukuba uyatshintshatshintsha, kwaye bayathetha ngayo basela ikofu. UClaire wabelana naye ukuba waqala ngotshintsho kunyaka wakhe wokuqala ekholejini, kwaye ngoku ukwinkqubo yokutshintsha i-hormone. UMarten uyambuza ukuba ufuna ukuba ngubani malunga nesazisi sakhe kwaye uClaire wabelana ngokuba ukhululekile ukuba uMarten axelele abantu ukuba bayambuza.

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Ukuzola okubonakaliswa nguMarten ngexesha lokuncokola kwakhe noClaire kubonakala kuchasene noko wayekuziva umbhali uJeph Jacques xa ebandakanya ibali elihlekisayo. Kuya kufuneka ndivume, ndinoloyiko malunga nokuthumela le comic, kuba kubandakanya umntu oguqukayo kubalingisi bam yinto ebendifuna ukuyenza iminyaka kwaye ngokwenene, ndifuna ukwenza umsebenzi olungileyo ngayo, wabhala kwizimvo ezingezantsi ezihlekisayo. Enye yemixholo ephambili ye-QC, ndicinga ukuba, ibandakanyiwe, kwaye oku kubonakala ngathi yinto ebaluleke kakhulu ukuyifaka. Ndiyinike ingcinga eninzi kwaye ndenze uphando oluninzi, ke ngethemba lokuba andizukujija. Ndizakwenza konke okusemandleni am, kunjalo.

Ngaphandle koloyiko, uJacques wenze umsebenzi omangalisayo ngokubonisa kwakhe uClaire, kunye nophuhliso lobudlelwane bakhe noMarten. Xa uMarten emema uClaire njengomhlobo-womtshato katata wakhe kwenye indoda, umfundi unethuba lokujonga unxibelelwano lwabo ngaphandle kweziphazamiso zabanye abalinganiswa abaphambili. UClaire unomzuzu wokuhlekisa xa ekhetha ilokhwe yomtshato-umzuzu apho uJacques usenokuba wahlekisa ngabom ngengubo yempahla.

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Umtshato ubonelela ngendawo kaMarten noClaire yokwazana ngokusondeleyo. Xa uClaire elele esifubeni sikaMarten kudlala njengoko kunjalo nakwabanye abalinganiswa kwikomikhi. UMarten akoyiki malunga nokuchazwa kukaClaire. UClaire akoyiki malunga nokuba uMarten ucinga ntoni ngaye. Endaweni yokuba bahambe ngokungahambi kakuhle kwabahlobo ababini abanokuba ngaphezulu.

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Emva kobunye ubusuku bokusela, uMarten, uClaire, kunye noFaye ababehlala naye uFaye baphela babuyele kwindawo yabo bekhangela utywala obuninzi. Kwaye ke i-comic yaqhuma ngokusika kunye nokudlala ngothando. 2807UClaire uyaqonda ukuba uMarten unxilile kwaye ugqiba kwelokuba abize ubusuku, kwaye uMarten usihlonipha ngokupheleleyo isigqibo sakhe. Xa evuka ngentsasa elandelayo kwaye ecinga ngasemva kokudlala ngothando, uMarten uthatha isigqibo sokuba ufuna iikeyiki aze aye kwindlu kaClaire ayokuzifumana. Umxelela ukuba ufuna ukuthetha ngale nto yenzekileyo kwaye ubambe isandla sakhe. Uyamxelela, ndiyakuthanda, kwaye ndicinga ukuba uyandithanda, kwaye ndifuna ukubona ukuba kusisa phi na oku. Kwaye bayamanga.

Ubuhle bokuthandana kukaClaire kunye noMarten yile Umxholo ithandabuzekayo usaqhuba, kwaye uJacques ebesamkela esidlangalaleni ingxelo kunye neengcebiso ezivela kubafundi ngeyakhe iwebhusayithi , yakhe Tumblr , kunye Twitter . Ukusukela ukwanga kwabo kokuqala, uClaire noMarten baqalile ukuya kwimihla kwaye bebethetha-thethana ngemibuzo yobuhlobo, enje ngokuba lingakanani ixesha elininzi kakhulu kunye nomhla. Ndiyanikhuthaza nonke ukuba nihlole iziqhulo nina kwaye jonga udliwanondlebe lwethu noJeph Jacques nguMarcy Cook , apho athetha khona ngoClaire kunye nemixholo yokuhlekisa ngesondo kunye nempilo yengqondo!

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