Ifulege lokuziqhenya liye lavela kanjani eminyakeni edlule?

Amaphuzu Abalulekile
  • Ifulege le-rainbow liwuphawu lomphakathi we-LGBTIQ+, elimelela ukuziqhenya, ukusekela, kanye nobunikazi.
  • Amafulegi okuqala okuziqhenya kwezitabane andiza ngo-1978 emcimbini owawuseSan Francisco.
  • Kube nezibuyekezo ezimbalwa phakathi neminyaka ukwenza ifulegi libandakanye kakhudlwana.
Ifulegi le-rainbow wuphawu lomhlaba wonke lomphakathi we-LGBTIQ+, elimelela ukuzigqaja, ukubandakanywa nokusekelwa.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, idizayini iye yabuyekezwa izikhathi eziningi ukuze ifake futhi imele izingxenye ezihlukene zomphakathi.
Amafulegi azoba yinto evamile kulo lonke elaseSydney phakathi namasonto amabili ezayo njengoba iWorldPride iqala ngoLwesihlanu futhi izoqhubeka kuze kube umhla zi-5 Mashi, kunabantu ababalelwa ku-500,000 abazobe bekhona futhi balethe u-$112 million emnothweni wezivakashi.
Kumkhankaseli wokulingana wobulili obuhlukile u-Valentino Vecchietti, lezi zinguquko efulegini zimelela intuthuko emphakathini kanye nomphakathi we-LGBTIQ+.

“Njengoba siphila, siphefumula futhi sithuthuka, kufanele kube njalo nefulegi lethu, futhi lidinga ukukhombisa imizwa yethu ehlukahlukene yobuthi, izinhlobonhlobo zethu zobulili kanye nokwehluka esinakho ezicini zethu zobulili nangale kwalokho,” kusho yena.

“Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuyinto enhle leyo; kuyinto yomuntu kakhulu ukuyenza, ukuqhubeka nokuthuthuka futhi uthuthuka, ngakho ifulegi lethu kufanele likumelele lokho.”

Ifulegi lokuqala lokuziqhenya

Ifulege lothingo lalinjalo ngesicelo sikaHarvey Milk, owesilisa wokuqala obala obala ukuthi aqokelwe esikhundleni sombuso eCalifornia e-United States.

UMnu Milk kubikwa ukuthi wanxusa u-Baker ukuthi enze uphawu lokuziqhenya komphakathi wezitabane, futhi ifulegi lothingo laqala ukubonakala embukisweni we-San Francisco Gay Freedom Day ngo-1978.

Indoda emi phambi kwefulegi lothingo e-Stockholm

Umdwebi waseMelika kanye nesishoshovu samalungelo omphakathi u-Gilbert Baker udale ifulegi lokuqala elaziwayo lothingo njengophawu lokuziqhenya komphakathi wezitabane. Umthombo: I-AAP / FREDRIK PERSSON/EPA

Ifulegi beliqukethe imithende evundlile enombala ogqamile eyisishiyagalombili, umugqa ngamunye unencazelo ehlukile, futhi idizayini yashintsha yaba imibala eyisithupha.

Kuwo wonke ama-1980, 1990s kanye nawo-2000s, ifulegi lazuza ukuvelela futhi lalivame ukubonakala emigubhweni nasekunyusweni e-US nasemhlabeni jikelele.

Sekuyinkomba yokuhlonza ubuwena kanye nobudlelwano, kuvame ukuvezwa kuma-parade nasezindaweni zezitolo, futhi kuze kube yi-emoji ngo-2016.

Ukuhlukahluka nokufakwa

Ngo-2017, isishoshovu samalungelo omphakathi kanye nomhleli womphakathi u-Amber Hikes kanye nehhovisi lase-Philadelphia lezindaba ze-LGBT babuyekeze ifulegi ukuze bazise amaqembu ancishwe amathuba.

Ifulegi labo elisha lengeze imigqa emnyama nensundu efulegini lothingo ukuze limele abantu abanebala elimhlophe emphakathini we-LGBTIQ+ futhi ligqamise izinkinga ababhekene nazo.

Ngo-2017, u-Gilbert Baker wenza ukubuyekezwa kwefulegi lakhe langempela, wengeza ifulegi le-lavender elibonisa ukuhlukahluka.

Ngonyaka olandelayo, umkhosi wase-Brazil wethula inguqulo enomugqa omhlophe phakathi, obonisa ukuhlukahluka kobulili, inkolo kanye nobuhlanga.

Ifulegi lokuziqhenya kwenqubekelaphambili kanye nokubandakanywa kobulili obuhlukile

Ngo-2018, umdwebi waseMelika kanye nomdwebi wezithombe uDaniel Quasar wakhipha ukuklama kabusha, okunesihloko esithi
Le nguqulo ihlanganisa izici zakho zombili ifulegi elikhona lokuziqhenya kanye nefulegi le-transgender, futhi ihlanganisa umbala omnyama, onsundu, oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ophinki nomhlophe ngaphezu kwemigqa yothingo.
Idizayini ye-chevron iphinde ibe nomugqa omnyama wokwazisa labo abaphila ne-HIV/AIDS kanye nalabo asebeshonile.

Ngo-2021, uNkz Vecchietti – owasungula i-Intersez Equality Rights UK – waphinda waliklama kabusha ifulegi, wengeza unxantathu ophuzi onomjikelezo onsomi kuwo.

U-Valentino Vecchietti umi emgwaqeni namafulegi okuziqhenya ngemuva

U-Valentino Vecchietti uklame ifulegi lokuziqhenya elibandakanya ubulili obuhlukile. Umthombo: Kunikeziwe / Valentino Vecchietti

UNkz Vecchietti utshele i-SBS News ukuthi ubefuna ukufaka umphakathi wabantu abathandana nabobulili obuhlukile ngaphandle kokushintsha kakhulu ukwakheka kwefulegi.

“I-pride flag kanye nokuba khona ezindaweni eziwumfeketho kusho lukhulu kimina futhi ngangazi ukuthi uma singathola ukufakwa kwangempela phakathi kwabantu bobulili obufanayo ngokuziqhenya, kuyosho lukhulu,” esho.

“Bengifuna ukudala ukubandakanywa kobulili obuhlukile, kodwa futhi ngenhlonipho enkulu ngokuphindaphinda kwefulegi kwangaphambilini kanye nenhlonipho enkulu yabantu ababebambe iqhaza ekudaleni indawo yemiphakathi yabo kulelo fulegi.”