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Umbukiso wokuhudula abafundi okuhloswe ngawo ukukhuphula imali yomphakathi we-LGBTQ ukhanselwe uMsombuluko ngumongameli we-West Texas A&M University, obize le midlalo “ehlekisayo, ehlukanisayo futhi edicilela phansi isithunzi sobulili,” ebuyisela emuva kubafundi kanye nabameleli benkulumo yamahhala.
Ku-imeyili eya emphakathini wesikole, uMongameli wenyuvesi u-Walter V. Wendler uthe imibukiso yokudonsa “icwasa ubufazi,” yaqhathanisa. ku-blackface futhi wathi “ayikho into” njengombukiso wokudonsa ongenangozi.
“Umbukiso wokudonsa ongenangozi? Akwenzeki. Ngeke ngibonakale ngikuvumela ukuncishiswa kwanoma yiliphi iqembu ngokuphatha kabi elinye iqembu nganoma yisiphi isizathu, noma ngabe umthetho wezwe ubonakala ufuna lokho, ”kufundeka i-imeyili.
Inzuzo yombukiso beyingenxa yokwesekwa Iphrojekthi ye-Trevor, inhlangano yokuvimbela ukuzibulala yabantu abasha be-LGBTQ.
Lo mbukiso bewuhlelelwe umhla zingama-31 kuNdasa.
Okhulumela inyuvesi unqabile ukuphawula nge-email kamengameli, ecaphuna kusalindelwe amacala.
Isinqumo sikaWendler kanye nokuphawula kwakhe kubuyise ukugxekwa kwabafundi kanye nabameli abathi lesi sinyathelo sasingalungile – futhi sasiphambene nomthethosisekelo.
A Isicelo se-Change.org uthe uphiko lwabafundi bale nyuvesi “lufuna kubuyiswe” ukusebenza kwesikhungo futhi lubize ukukhanselwa kwayo “ngokuhlasela okungaqondile kwe-LGBT+, abesifazane kanye nezishoshovu zenhlangano yabafundi ye-WTAMU.”
Uhlu lwezikhalazo luthi ukuqhathanisa kukamongameli ama-blackface kanye nama-drag performance “iqhathaniso embi nenyanyekayo yezihloko ezimbili ezihluke ngokuphelele” kanye “nencazelo ehlanekezelwe kakhulu nengalungile yokuhudula njengesiko nohlobo lobuciko bokwenza.”
Encwadini eya ku-Wendler, i-Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, iqembu eligxile enkululekweni yokukhuluma nenkolo ezifundweni, libhale ukuthi “likhathazeke kakhulu” ngesinqumo sakhe futhi lacela ukuthi abuyisele ukusebenza.
“Umthetho Wokuchibiyela Wokuqala kanye nomthetho waseTexas uvikela inkulumo yabafundi ekuhlolweni kokuphatha,” kusho i-FIRE isitatimende sakamuva.
“Njengomuntu ngamunye, u-Wendler angawugxeka lo mbukiso othile wokuhudula, noma ukuba khona kokudonsa okukhulu. Akekho umuntu onengqondo ongaphikisa ngokuthi abaphathi bamanyuvesi omphakathi bavuma mathupha imibono evezwa kuwo wonke umcimbi osingathwa yilelo nalelo qembu labafundi ekhampasini. Kepha njengomlingisi kahulumeni, uMongameli Wendler akakwazi ukusebenzisa amandla ombuso ukuze aphoqe imibono yakhe ngomphakathi we-WTAMU, ”kusho isitatimende.
“I-WTAMU kumele ivumele umbukiso ukuthi uqhubeke – futhi sizoqhubeka nokubukela ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi lokho kuyenzeka,” yengeza.
I-PEN America, inhlangano elwela izincwadi nenkululeko yokukhuluma, kubizwa ngokukhansela “ukunyathela okunyanyekayo kwamalungelo abafundi ngokukhululeka.”
“Imidlalo yokudonsa kumele yamukeleke esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme; Inkulumo evimbayo umongameli wenyuvesi angayithandi,” kusho uKristen Shahverdian, umphathi omkhulu we-PEN America we-Free Expression and Education, esitatimendeni.
Njengoba izinkinga ze-transgender kanye nesiko lokudonsa ziya ngokuya ziba yinsakavukela, inqwaba yezikweletu – ikakhulukazi ezifundazweni eziholwa yiRiphabhulikhi – bafuna khawula noma vimbela ukusebenza kombukiso wokuhudula.
Abameli be-LGBTQ batshele i-CNN ukuthi lezo zikweletu zengeza isimo esishubile emphakathini, ziyabandlulula futhi zingase. yephula imithetho yesichibiyelo sokuqala.
Ekuqaleni kuka-March, I-Tennessee ibe yisifunda sokuqala kulo nyaka ukukhawulela ukusebenza kombukiso wokuhudula esidlangalaleni. Umthetho wayo uzoqala ukusebenza ngoJulayi 1.
Umthethosivivinywa weNdlu yaseTexas yethulwe kulo nyaka futhi ifuna ukulawula izindawo zomphakathi ezisingatha imidlalo yokudonsa.
Okungenani ezinye izifundazwe eziyisishiyagalolunye nazo zicubungula umthetho omelene nokuhudula.
