I-Skateboarder ye-non-Binary Alana Smith ithumela umyalezo onamandla emva kokhuphiswano kwiiOlimpiki zaseTokyo

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I-skateboarder yaseMelika kunye nexesha lokuqala u-Olimpiki u-Alana Smith uqhubekile ekhuthaza abanye kokubini nakwimidlalo engaphaya kweTokyo. USmith, ochonga njengongafaniyo nokwabelana ngomyalezo onamandla ngoMvulo kwi-Instagram emva kokuba bekhuphisile kumnyhadala wabasetyhini abahamba ngesitalato, apho bagqibe khona kubushushu besithathu kwabane ngeCawa.

"Olunjani uhlobo lwenkosi f - inkosi ukukhwela… Injongo yam yokuza koku yayikukuvuya kunye nokubonakaliswa kwabantu abanjengam," ubhale watsho uSmith kwithuba labo. "Ngethuba lokuqala ebomini bam bonke, ndiyazingca ngomntu endikhe ndasebenza ukuba abe nguye. Ndikhethe ukonwaba kwam kunokuzama."

USmith wayengomnye wabadlali abali-12 abachotshelwe ukumela i-United States kwi-skateboarding kweli hlobo kwiiOlimpiki njengoko umdlalo wawusenza umdlalo wawo wokuqala owawulindelwe. NgoMvulo we-Instagram post, uSmith wongezelela ukuba "kuyo yonke into endiyenzayo, ndandifuna ukuphuma kule nto ndiyazi ukuba I-UNAPOLOGETICALLY ndandim kwaye ndimomotheka ngokwenene. Ukuvakalelwa entliziyweni yam uthi ndenze oko. "

Kukhuphiswano lokuqala lokubhabha ngesitalato sabasetyhini ngeCawa, uMomiji Nishiya waseJapan ugoduke negolide, elandelwa yiRayssa Leal yaseBrazil ngesilivere, kunye noFuna Nakayama, naye waseJapan, ngobhedu. Ecinga ngexesha labo kwi-Olimpiki ngoMvulo, uSmith - owayekhe wavula malunga nelinge lokuzama ukuzibulala- uthe "baziva bonwabile ngokuphila kwaye baziva ngathi ndifuna ukuba lapha okokuqala kwixesha elide .... Yiloo nto kuphela endakha ndayicela."

"Phezolo bendinexeshana kwibalcony, andikho nkolo okanye andinaye nabani na / nantoni na endiyithethayo. phezolo ndibulele nabani na okhoyo ondinike ithuba lokuba ndingawushiyi lo mhlaba ngobo busuku ndilala phantsi. phakathi kwendlela, utshilo uSmith kwi-Instagram, owathi emva koko wabulela bonke "abathe babaxhasa kumaza obomi amaninzi."

"Andinakulinda ukutyibilika ndithandane kwakhona, hayi ukhuphiswano kuphela, oluyindalo ngokujonga ukhuphiswano lundincedile ndaphinda ndaluthanda," baqhubeke.

USmith wavuzwa luthando oluvela kubalandeli kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ngempelaveki, ephawula indlela ababebhale ngayo izimelabizo zabo, “bona/bona,” kwibhodi yabo yokutyibiliza. Andicingi ukuba ndiya kuze ndonwabe njengo-Alana Smith ngelixa bedlala i-skateboard kwi-Olimpiki, utshilo omnye umbukeli ngeCawa.

Ayisiyiyo yonke into eyayihamba kakuhle ngoSmith kwiiOlimpiki, nangona kunjalo, njengoko abanye abahlalutyi babewaphosile ngelixa behlalutya ukusebenza kwabo. Imbaleki kuthiwa yabelane ngeevidiyo kwiiNdaba zabo ze-Instagram zabalandeli abaye balungisa abahlalutyi ngexesha leMidlalo, ngokutsho. NAMHLANJE. NBC Sports sele ekhuphe uxolo.

"Imidlalo ye-NBC izimisele- kwaye iyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokusebenzisa izimelabizo ezichanekileyo zawo wonke umntu kumaqonga ethu," ngokuka I-NBC ngesiteyitimenti, njengoko kuchaziwe kupapasho lweendaba kwi-GLAAD, i-Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "Ngelixa abahlomli bethu basebenzise izimelabizo ezichanekileyo kwingxelo yethu, sahambisa ukutya kwamazwe aphesheya okungakhange kuveliswe yi-NBCUniversal eyaphosisa u-Olimpian u-Alana Smith. Siyazisola ngale mpazamo kwaye sicela uxolo ku-Alana nakubabukeli bethu."

Ukongeza ku-Smith, ngaphezulu kwe-160 ye-LGBTQ + yeembaleki ezivela kumazwe ahlukeneyo zikhuphisana kwii-Olimpiki zaseTokyo, ngokwe Outsports. UQuinn, umdlali wasesiswini kwiqela labadlali bebhola ekhatywayo labasetyhini baseKhanada, yimbaleki yokuqala evulekileyo yesini ekhuphisana kwiOlimpiki. U-Laurel Hubbard, umfazi oguqukayo, naye ukhuphisana neNew Zealand kukhuphiswano lokuphakamisa iintsimbi.

Nangona iMidlalo yaseTokyo iye yathandwa ngamanqaku amaninzi anomdla, sele kubandakanywa nesigqibo sokuzivocavoca uSimone Biles ukubeka phambili impilo yakhe yengqondo ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, akukho mbuzo ukuba uSmith kunye namazwi abo akhuthazayo baye benza uphawu kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki ngonaphakade.

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