U-Kataluna Enriquez uye waba nguMfazi wokuQala weTrans ukuphumelela uMiss Nevada

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Iqhayiya yaqala njengesikhumbuzo sodushe lweStonewall kwindawo yentselo eGreenwich Village ebumelwaneni baseNYC ngo-1969. Ikhule yaba yinyanga yokubhiyozela kunye nenkxaso kuluntu lweLGBTQ+. Kanye ngexesha lokuphela komsila wenyanga yokuzingca yalo nyaka, u-Kataluna Enriquez unike wonke umntu inyathelo elitsha lokubhiyozela. Ube ngumfazi wokuqala ovulelekileyo ukuba aphumelele iwonga likaMiss Nevada USA, ekwamenza umfazi wokuqala ngokuphandle ukuba abe kugqatso lukaMiss USA (oluya kuqhutywa ngoNovemba).

U-27-oneminyaka ubudala wenza imbali unyaka wonke, ukuqala ngo-Matshi xa waba ngumfazi wokuqala ophumeleleyo ukuphumelela uMiss Silver State e-USA ngo-Matshi, elona phepha lokuqala lika-Miss Nevada USA. U-Enriquez waqala ukukhuphisana kukhuphiswano lobuhle be-transgender kwi-2016 kwaye waphumelela isihloko esikhulu njengeTransnation Queen yase-USA kwakuloo nyaka, ngokuka W Umagazini. (Eyeleleneyo: Ulibhiyozela njani iQhayiya ngo-2020 phakathi koqhanqalazo kunye nobhubhani wehlabathi)

Izinto eziphunyeziweyo zika-Enriquez zigqitha ngaphaya kwezihloko zokhuphiswano lwakhe, nangona kunjalo. Ukusuka kwimodeli ukuya ekuyileni eyakhe ingubo (awayeyinxiba njengendlovukazi yokwenyani ngelixa wayekhuphisana nesihloko sika-Miss Nevada USA), ekubeni ngumlawuli wezempilo kunye nommeli wamalungelo oluntu, wenza konke oko. (Idibeneyo: Indlela uNicole Maines ayigcina ngayo indlela yesiGaba seLGBTQ soLutsha)

Ngapha koko, njengo-Miss Silver State wase-USA, udale iphulo elibizwa ngokuba # LIYABONAKALA, elijolise ekulweni intiyo ngokuba sesichengeni. Ngomoya wephulo, u-Enriquez ubesemngciphekweni malunga nemizabalazo yakhe njengowasetyhini wase-Filipino-waseMelika. Udize ukuba ulixhoba lokuxhatshazwa ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwesondo kwaye wabelane ngamava akhe ngokuxhatshazwa kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ngenxa yesazisi sakhe sesini. U-Enriquez usebenzise iqonga lakhe ukuqaqambisa ukubaluleka kwempilo yengqondo kunye nemibutho ethethelela abantu be-LGBTQ +. (Idibene: I-LGBTQ + Uluhlu lweenkcazo zesini kunye neenkcazo zesini Amanyeneyo ekufuneka eyazi)

“Namhlanje ndingumfazi onebhongo onebhongo ngombala,” utshilo u-Enriquez Las Vegas Review Journal kudliwanondlebe emva kokuphumelela uMiss Silver State USA. "Ngokwam, ndiye ndafunda ukuba umahluko wam awundenzi ngaphantsi, undenza ube ngaphezulu kuno. Kwaye ukwahluka kwam kuko okundenza ukuba ndibengowodwa, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ubukhethekileyo bam buza kundikhokelela kuzo zonke iindawo zam, kwaye nantoni na endiyifunayo ukuhamba ebomini."

Ukuba u-Enriquez uyaqhubeka ephumelela uMiss USA, uya kuba ngumfazi wesibini ogqithise isini ukukhuphisana kuMiss Universe. Okwangoku, unokucwangcisa ukumenzela inkathazo xa ekhuphisana noMiss USA nge-29 kaNovemba.

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