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Ngacabanga ukukhipha isisu. Ngazama ukuphuza amaphilisi ngizama<br />
ukuzibulala m<strong>in</strong>a kanye nengane kodwa ngagc<strong>in</strong>a sengisesibhedlela.<br />
Ngangizonda umzuzu nomzuzu wami. Angifunanga ukuncelisa umntwana.<br />
Wayengikhumbuza okwenzeka kimi njalo. Ufana naye umuntu<br />
owangidlwengula. Umama wami wathi kumele akhokhe isondlo, kodwa<br />
wathi ufuna umntwana.<br />
Ngangifuna ukuba ngimuhambise athole abanye abazali ‘adoption’,<br />
abangongq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘lesbian couple’. Kodwa wagula umntwana enamaviki<br />
amabili kwase ehlolwa igciwane lengculazi [kwatholakala ukuthi<br />
usulelekile ngegciwane le-HIV]…. Ngithatha ama-ARVs manje [i-antiretroviral<br />
<strong>the</strong>rapy]. Indodakazi yami nayo yeseluleke ngegciwane le-[HIV].<br />
Unenk<strong>in</strong>ga yez<strong>in</strong>so kanye nenk<strong>in</strong>ga yenhliziyo. 40<br />
Ngonyaka ka-2002 uLefu wasebenza ebha yongq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘gay’ eGoli. O<strong>the</strong>ngisayo ebhe igama<br />
lakhe l<strong>in</strong>gu-Patrick wamshela ukuthi yena ungungq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘gay’ futhi base beba abangani.<br />
Ngel<strong>in</strong>ye ilanga ngonyaka ka-2002, uLefu kanye nomgani wakhe ongowesilisa ongungq<strong>in</strong>gili<br />
‘gay’ bahamba bavakasha no-Patrick kanye nomngani wakhe wesilisa. U-Patrick wabasa<br />
efleth<strong>in</strong>i elisebhilid<strong>in</strong>i el<strong>in</strong>genabantu yilapho baqala khona ukuba nodlame baqala bashaya<br />
oLefu kanye nomngani wakhe. ULefu, emangele, wabatshela ukuba ababavumele ukuba<br />
bahambe. U-Patrick wakhipha isibhamu:<br />
Wathi kithi: “Uma n<strong>in</strong>gibheka, nicabanga ukuthi ng<strong>in</strong>gungq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘gay’?<br />
Ng<strong>in</strong>onkosikazi. Ng<strong>in</strong>ez<strong>in</strong>gane. Y<strong>in</strong>i lena eyenza ucabange ukuthi<br />
uy<strong>in</strong>doda?… ‘Lento le’ [nithana nabantu abafanayo ngokubulili]<br />
ay<strong>in</strong>angqondo.… Lokhu kuyisono, uNkulunkulu akakuthandi.”<br />
U-Patrick kanye nomngani wakhe badlwengula uLefu kanye nomngani wakhe wesilisa<br />
ongungqikili ‘gay’ izikhathi ez<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gana futhi babebenza bageze eshoweni ngaphambi<br />
kokuba bahambe. Ngesikhathi bebuyela emakhaya, umngani kaLefu wamtshela ukuthi,<br />
“Uma ngabe kukhona obatshelayo, ungangibali m<strong>in</strong>a.” ULefu ukhuluma ngosizo okuvzwa<br />
ukuhlselwa empilweni yabo:<br />
Ez<strong>in</strong>ye izimo az<strong>in</strong>dluli kalula.… Zihlala njalo zibuya. Akuhambanga kahle<br />
ezifundweni zami; babezohoxisa ukufunda kwakhe ngaphandle<br />
40 Ingxoxo phakathi kwe-<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> noRutendo (akulona igama langempela),<br />
e-Pietermaritzburg, ngo-Agasti 4, 2010.<br />
“SIZOKUKHOMBISA UKUTHI UNGOWEMAME” 30
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