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ukuhlukunyezwa ngokwecansi ngongq<strong>in</strong>gili okwenziwe kubona kwahlukile kakhulu<br />
kunokuhlukunyezwa okunesis<strong>in</strong>do kunokuhlukunyezwa ngokwecansi komuntu ongeyona<br />
ungq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘lesbian’. Amakhampeni asez<strong>in</strong>daweni eziseduzane kanye namakhampeni<br />
omhlaba bagwebe <strong>in</strong>dlela uhulumeni enza ngayo base begxila kulokhu okwaziwa ngokuthi<br />
“ukulungisa ngokudlengula.” Ngenxa yophenyo olwenziwe ezifundazweni eziyisithupha, lo<br />
mbiko ukhulisa iz<strong>in</strong>ga lwenk<strong>in</strong>ga okuzogxwilwa kuyo ngokuthi kubhekwe nxazonke ukuthi<br />
udlame lwenzani kubantu, ukubandlulula, kanye nokunganaki kukahulumeni kongq<strong>in</strong>gili<br />
‘lesbians’ kanye nabantu besilisa abazikamela eyabo im<strong>in</strong>gcele ngokobulili.<br />
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Umbiko uqala ngokubheka ubandlululo kane nendluzula ebhekene nongq<strong>in</strong>gili lesbians<br />
kanye nabantu abazikamela eyabo im<strong>in</strong>gcele ngokobulili, nokubheka <strong>in</strong>dluzula kanye<br />
nokuhlukunyezwa kweN<strong>in</strong>gizimu Africa, kubalula ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, kanye<br />
nokuqeda ukuhlukunyezwa kwabesimame kanye nezikhungo zomphakathi eN<strong>in</strong>gizimu Afrika.<br />
Okulandelayo, lombiko ulanda ngokuhlukunyezwa nokwenkulumo, okomzimba, kanye<br />
nokwesatshiswa ngokuhlukumeza ngokwecansi, ukuhlukumeza, kanye nendluzula<br />
ebhekene nongq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘lesbians’, nabantu besilisa abazikamela eyabo im<strong>in</strong>gcele<br />
ngokobulili, kanye nabantu abahambisani nobulili ngendlela abantu ababona ngayo.<br />
Njengoba ubufakazi bukhombisa lana, le ndluzula ivamisile ukuba yenziwe ngabesilisa<br />
abangaziwa ukuthola ukuthi lokhu abakubuka kungalungile “okulungile” ukuthi<br />
kwabesimame, kodwa futhi kuqhutshekiswa phambili ngabantu ababaziyo, abangani,<br />
kanye nomndeni. Lo mbiko ulanda ngesimo sokwesaba kanye nokungesabi ukujeziswa<br />
lapho ongq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘lesbians’ kanye nama nabantu besilisa abazikamela eyabo im<strong>in</strong>gcele<br />
ngokobulili abazama ukulungisa isimo sabo sokuhlala bephephile, nges<strong>in</strong>ye iskhathi uma<br />
benza umsebenzi ojwayelekile njengoku<strong>the</strong>nga is<strong>in</strong>kwa esitolo esikhoneni. Kubuye<br />
kugqamise amanye amasu abawasebenzisayo ukuvikela ukuba bangahlaselwa.<br />
Isiqephu esilandelana sibheka ukwahluleka kanye nokungathandisisi kwamaphoyisa<br />
ukunikezela usizo nokuthi lokhu kuqedwe ukuhlukumeza. Isiqephu esilandelayo sibheka<br />
ukwahluleka kwamaphoyisa ukunikezela ngez<strong>in</strong>siza kongq<strong>in</strong>gili nabantu besilisa<br />
abazikamela eyabo im<strong>in</strong>gcele ngokobulili, kanye nokuthi lokhu kuqhubekisa kanjani<br />
ukulimazeka. Lesi siqephu sibheka ukuphelelwa yi<strong>the</strong>mba kongq<strong>in</strong>gili kanye nabantu<br />
abazikamela eyabo im<strong>in</strong>gcele ngokobulili, emaphoyiseni, lapho abantu aban<strong>in</strong>gi besaba<br />
khona ukuhlukunyezwa kunokuvikela. Loku kukhathazeka akunakho izizathu eziq<strong>in</strong>ile;<br />
ezikhath<strong>in</strong>i ez<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gi, bazigade bona uqobo kubasusi bodlame.<br />
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