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ukuhlonipha usikompilo. Abesimame bathi ngiyihlazo ngiyihlazo<br />
kwabesimame bebonke. 9<br />
Abangani ababili bakwa Kefilwe bashaywa futhi badlwengulwa yisigejana samadoda<br />
ngoba babengongq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘butch lesbians’. Abas<strong>in</strong>da behlukunyezwa babona amadoda<br />
abadlwengula ngokuph<strong>in</strong>delela endaweni abahlala kuyo kan<strong>in</strong>gana emuva kwesigameko<br />
sokuhlaselwa. Abadlwenguli batshela abangani bakwa Kefilwe ukuthi,<br />
Labo ngq<strong>in</strong>gili batsatsarahi—phambili; bayaziqhenya. Abab<strong>in</strong>geleli iz<strong>in</strong>sizwa.<br />
Lokhu esekwenza, sizokwenza futhi. Sizoniqondisa. 10<br />
Abesilisa abandlwengula ongq<strong>in</strong>gili bayaziwa kodwa hhayi kuphela ukwenza amacala<br />
obugebengu emphakath<strong>in</strong>i, kodwa abanye babalula ukuzimisela kwabo ukudlwengula<br />
futhi, njengalokhu besho, ukuthi ongq<strong>in</strong>gili abahloniphi “abesilisa” ngendlela<br />
efanelekile.Ukwedlwengula ungq<strong>in</strong>gili kungenza amadoda abukeke “njengamaqhawe”<br />
emphakath<strong>in</strong>i bese bebhebhe<strong>the</strong>kisa isimo lapho ukuhlukunyezwa ngokwecansi kuba<br />
kun<strong>in</strong>gi. Umngani omkhulu kaZebo, ongunqg<strong>in</strong>gili, wahlukunyezwa kabuhlungu igenge<br />
ekupheleni kuka-2008 futhi owashiywa ukuba afe ngabanye besilisa endaweni<br />
yangakubo.UZebo wathi, “Abesilisa kule ndawo baphatha abesilsa [abadlwenguli]<br />
njengamaqhawe. Babashayela izandla … [ba-] khululekile futhi besabisa ukuph<strong>in</strong>da<br />
lokho abakwenzayo [kumngani wami] kanye nakubo bonke benze okufanayo zonke<br />
iz<strong>in</strong>suku kongq<strong>in</strong>gili.” 11<br />
Ukuhlukumeza okungapheliyo ngenkulumo kanye nokwesatshiswa kwakha isimo esihlale<br />
njalo siqashiwe kanye novalo. UMasego, onem<strong>in</strong>yaka engu-26, uthi:<br />
Kuyoba njani ngel<strong>in</strong>ye ilanga uma umuntu ezama ukungibonisa ukuthi<br />
bacabanga ukuthi owesimame kufanele aphathwe kanjani? Akubona<br />
abesilsa kuphela abasho lezi z<strong>in</strong>to. Nges<strong>in</strong>ye iskhathi abesimame bathi,<br />
“Muntu wesimame, awazi ukuthi y<strong>in</strong>i ekulahlekelayo.” Kuyenzeka kube<br />
umuntu eng<strong>in</strong>gamazi noma umuntu engimaziyo. Kunzima ukubona ukuba<br />
bayadlala noma baq<strong>in</strong>isile y<strong>in</strong>i. Nges<strong>in</strong>ye isikhathi bakhuluma ngathi<br />
9 Ingxoxo phakathi kwe-<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> noNthanda (akulona igama langempela),<br />
e-Pietermaritzburg, ngoJulayi 13, 2010.<br />
10 Ingxoxo phakathi kwe-<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> noKefilwe (akulona igama langempela), eKatlehong, ngoJulayi 13, 2010.<br />
11 Ingxoxo phakathi kwe-<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> noZebo (akulona igama langempela), Kwa-Thema, ngoMashi 13, 2009.<br />
“SIZOKUKHOMBISA UKUTHI UNGOWEMAME” 14
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