2023 North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance Cup iza eSalt Lake City

The I-North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) imemezele ukuthi izosingatha umqhudelwano wayo waminyaka yonke we-LGBTQ+ softball in Salt Lake City Meyi 26-28, 2023, e-Salt Lake Regional Athletic Complex.

Amaqembu aphezulu esigaba A no-B avela NAGAAA izinhlangano kulo lonke elase-United States nase-Canada zizoqhudelana ukuze zinqume Ompetha Bendebe ye-NAGAAA. Lo mqhudelwano uphinde uvumele amaqembu ukuthi angenele iGay Softball World Series. Le midlalo ivulekele umphakathi futhi wonke umphakathi uzomenywa ukuthi uzojabulisa amaqembu futhi uhlanganyele ephathini enkulu yokuhlanganisa wonke umphakathi ukweseka nobumbano.

Salt Lake City yakhethwa ngu NAGAAA phezu kwezinye izindawo, hhayi ngenxa yobuhle bayo bemvelo kuphela kodwa ngenxa yokwamukelwa ngemfudumalo okuboniswa yilo lonke isiko. I-Salt Lake inabantu abakhuthele futhi abanamandla abajabule ngokubamba iqhaza kulo mcimbi futhi abahleli bahlabeke umxhwele ngendlela wonke umuntu ahlangana kahle ngayo.

“I-Salt Lake yayihluke ngokuphelele kulokho esasikulindele, samangala kakhulu ngobungane bawo wonke umuntu, nesimo sabo sengqondo sothando, sokwamukela ukwamukela.” kusho uJohn Deffee, NAGAAA Ukhomishana. “Lokhu kwamukelwa okufudumele kuzoba yisikhumbuzo esikhulu sesikhathi sethu lapha. Njengoba sineminyaka engama-45 njengenhlangano, sakhiwe futhi sisekelwe emphakathini. Okuqale ngothando olwabiwe lwe-softball kuphenduke into ejule kakhulu. Sishintsha izimpilo zabantu futhi sibavumele indawo ephephile ukuthi babe yibona ngokwabo. Yilokho esikuthole eSalt Lake.”

Njengoba angaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-80 amaqembu e-NAGAAA asoGwini oluseNtshonalanga, inani lababekhona kulindeleke ukuthi libe namandla. Ngabathameli abalinganiselwa ku-1,100, i-NAGAAA kulindeleke ukuthi ibe nomthelela wezomnotho olinganiselwe emphakathini wemali engaphezu kwesigidi esingu-$1.

“Sijabulela isiko elivulekile, elihlanganisa wonke umuntu, lapho abantu abanomusa, abanezinhliziyo ezivulekile bamukela ukungezwani kwabo futhi bakhuthaze imibono emisha,” kusho uClay Partin, umqondisi ophethe weSports Salt Lake. “Ukusingatha i-NAGAAA eSalt Lake kuyisibonelo esihle salokhu. Lapha, imibono eqhubekayo, izimpande zomdabu kanye nezimboni zesimanje ziyahlangana ukuze zenze indlela ehlukile, engcono futhi sijabule ukwamukela ukwamukela kwabo ngemfudumalo.”

“Siyaziqhenya ukwamukela iNorth American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance ku-NAGAAA Softball Cup lapha Salt Lake City,” kusho uTanya Hawkins, Co-CEO e-Utah Pride Center. “Ukumelwa kwe-LGBTQ+ kwezokusubatha kubalulekile ekudaleni indawo ephephile neyamukelekayo emicimbini yezemidlalo. Ekwamukeleni i-NAGAAA, sithemba ukuthi wonke umhlanganyeli uyawujabulela umncintiswano nobungane enkundleni futhi athathe ithuba lokujabulela elinye lamadolobha aqinisekisa i-LGBTQ+ eMelika.”

Ukuletha i-NAGAAA lapha kudinga umzamo weqembu ovela emphakathini. Ozakwethu bahlanganisa i-Visit Salt Lake, i-Utah Pride Center, i-Equality Utah, i-Salt Lake Pride League, i-Utah Sports Commission, i-SLC Stonewall, i-LGBTQ Chamber, ne-Communify.me.