Izenzo zobungqingili azivumelekile eBarbados, nesigwebo sikadilikajele. I-Society of American Travel Writers ikhethe i-Barbados ukuthi isingathe umhlangano wabo olandelayo waminyaka yonke ngo-2018. Amanye amalungu azwakalise ukukhathazeka kwawo ukukhuthaza i-Barbados njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo ngenxa yemithetho yokulwa nobungqingili ezincwadini.

Ibhodi labaqondisi be-SATW lisivikele isinqumo sabo sokwamukela i-Barbados futhi lakhipha lesi sitatimende kumalungu:

Isinqumo Sebhodi Labaqondisi be-SATW sokwamukela isicelo se-Barbados sokusingatha umhlangano wethu wezi-2018 siphakamise ukukhathazeka okuthile phakathi kwamalungu, ikakhulukazi ukuthi kunomthetho e-Barbados owenza lesi siqhingi sibonakale singamukelekile emphakathini wezitabane nezingqingili.

Lowo mthetho uyakwenqabela ukujola futhi usuneminyaka eminingi ukhona. Ibhodi lizwile lokho kukhathazeka ngesikhathi ziqala ukusakazwa ngesonto eledlule futhi lifuna ukwenza ucwaningo olwengeziwe futhi lifune ukuqonda okwengeziwe. Siyaxolisa ngokubambezeleka ekuphenduleni. Sasebenzisa leso sikhathi ukuze sithole isithombe esiphelele esingabelana namalungu ethu.

Umthetho omelene nokulalana kwabantu ababili abashadile usuneminyaka ungaqiniswa. Amanye amazwe angaphezu kuka-70 anemithetho efanayo, futhi imithetho efanayo isala ezincwadini ezifundazweni ezingu-12 e-US. Sekukhona ngisho nomthetho wesodomy eCanada ongakasuswa ngokusemthethweni ezincwadini.

Izivakashi - eziqondile kanye ne-LGBT - azibhekane nanoma iyiphi ingozi noma impatho ebandlululayo e-Barbados ngaphezu kwalokho umuntu angase ahlangabezane nakho kubantu banoma yiliphi izwe abanobandlululo. I-Barbados, njengezindawo eziningi esifundeni, iqhubekela phambili ezindabeni zamalungelo abantu, futhi Ibhodi likholelwa ukuthi i-Barbados iyisiqhingi esinobungani, esamukelayo futhi esinezindaba eziningi.

“EMpumalanga ye-Caribbean, ubudlelwano nokwamukela abantu abayizitabane sebuhambe ibanga elide. Ziningi izingxoxo ezenzekayo, izinhlangano phansi zenze lukhulu, futhi sisendaweni lapho kukhona ukubekezelelana okuningi. E-Barbados, umphakathi we-LGBT uye waveza ngokucacile, futhi namuhla abesifazane be-transgender bayakwazi ukugqoka ngokukhululekile - inkululeko yokuziveza isifikile kude. Yebo, sisenabantu abangenalwazi nezinselelo, kodwa iBarbados ifunda ukuhlonipha abantu njengabantu.”
-Kenita Placide, uMqondisi we-Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE) kanye no-Caribbean Advisor we-OutRight Action International

Umphakathi we-LGBT wesiqhingi, ngenkathi umncane, awubonakali. Kule nyanga, iBarbados izobamba impelasonto yayo yesibili yokuziqhenya. Ukwamukela ukwethulwa ngoNovemba 24 kuzoba yiKhomishini Ephakeme yaseCanada, futhi imicimbi phakathi nempelasonto ihlanganisa usuku lolwandle, ubusuku befilimu, umbukiso webhizinisi nezinsizakalo, umbukiso wethalente, nokuningi. Lesi siqhingi siyikhaya lezinhlangano ezimbili zamalungelo e-LGBT, i-B-GLAD ne-Equals, Inc.

“Ngiyilungu elivulelekile lomphakathi we-LGBT e-Barbados. Lapho ngibuyela e-Barbados ngo-2004 ngakwenza lokho nomlingani wami wesilisa futhi sazizwa samukelekile kakhulu njengoba simisa ikhaya lethu nempilo yethu ndawonye. Imisebenzi namathuba engibe nawo lapha eminyakeni edlule ngemuva kokubuya kube ngenxa yokuthi ngangisemphakathini we-LGBT. Ngiyajabula ukuba seBarbados ngalesi sikhathi, esimweni esithuthukayo nokuba yingxenye yokuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo komphakathi wami kanye nezwe. Ngingethemba kuphela ukukwamukela lapha ukuze ube yingxenye yesipiliyoni saseBarbados.”
-René Holder-McClean-Ramirez, Co-Director, Equals, Inc.

I-SATW bekuyinhlangano ephephile nebandakanya wonke umuntu wayo yonke imikhakha yempilo - kungakhathalekile ubulili, uhlanga, uhlanga, i-LGBT, njll. - futhi izoqhubeka nokuba njalo. Siyakuqonda futhi siyakuhlonipha ukuphikisa okuphakanyiswe ngamanye amalungu. Kodwa siyinhlangano yochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abahamba emhlabeni wonke futhi babhale iqiniso ngalokho esikubonayo. Amalungu e-SATW angaba amanxusa oshintsho, akwazi ukuya ezindaweni ezinezinkinga, futhi atshele izethameli zethu lokho esikuthola lapho.

“I-IGLTA ikhuthaza inhlonipho nesithunzi sabo bonke abantu. Asikusekeli ukuduba indawo okuyiwa kuyo futhi senza yonke imizamo yokwakha amabhuloho, hhayi izindonga. Sikholelwa ukuthi ezokuvakasha zingamandla okwenza okuhle adlula ingcindezelo futhi athuthukise ukuqonda.”
-UJohn Tanzella, uMongameli/i-CEO, i-International Gay Lesbian Travel Alliance (IGLTA)

Ukuvimbela sonke isiqhingi noma izwe kulimaza wonke umuntu, hhayi nje abahlanza ubandlululo. Nakuba Ibhodi lilalele, lihlonipha futhi liphendula ukukhathazeka kwamalungu ethu, kuningi esingakwenza, njengomphakathi, ukukhuthaza amalungelo obulili nenkululeko esiqhingini: inkundla yezintatheli zendawo ze-LGBT? isethulo ngomthelela omuhle wohambo lwe-LGBT? Sivuleleke engxoxweni nasekusikiseleni kokuthi singalisebenzisa kanjani ithonya lethu elikhulu endaweni.

Okokugcina, esinye sezizathu ezenza i-Barbados isingathe i-SATW inkolelo yokuthi amalungu ethu azoletha ukunaka okuhle eCaribbean iyonke, isifunda esincike kwezokuvakasha esihlaselwe kanzima yiziphepho zalo nyaka. I-Barbados ayizange ithintwe yiziphepho - isiqhingi singaphandle kwebhande lesiphepho esivamile. Kodwa nakuba ezinye iziqhingi zizolulama ngesikhathi “senkathi ephakeme” yalo nyaka, ezinye zizodinga izinyanga eziningi ukuze zakhiwe kabusha. Ukuba khona kwethu kuzosiza ukuxoxa indaba yemiphakathi eyakhiwe kabusha ehlukumezeke kakhulu.

Singazuza okuningi ngokuba khona kwethu kunalokho esingakwenza ngokungabi khona kwethu.

Ozithobayo,
UBarbara Ramsay Orr
Umongameli we-SATW

UDavid Swanson
UMongameli-Okhethiwe we-SATW

Catharine Hamm
I-SATW Umongameli Odlule Ngokushesha

UPetra Roach okhulumela Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha laseBarbados uphinde waphendula:

I-Barbados ayikwazanga ukujabula kakhulu ngokuba isingathe Inkomfa Yonyaka ye-SATW ka-2018.

I-Barbados yamukela izivakashi ezivela kuzo zonke izizinda namasiko, okuhlanganisa nomphakathi we-LGBT, futhi ayibandlululi noma ubani ngokusekelwe ekukhetheni ubulili noma ukuhlonza ubulili. Ama-Bajan aziwa ngokuvuleleka kwawo, umoya wokungenisa izihambi kanye nemvelo yokwamukela, futhi ukusebenzelana kwawo nezivakashi kuyisizathu esiphezulu sokuphinda avakashelwe.

Ubungqingili abukho emthethweni e-barbados. Udaba okukhulunywa ngalo lumayelana nomthetho wakudala omelene nobudoda ongakaze usetshenziswe ngokwazi kwami. Amazwe amaningi emhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa iCanada nezinye izifundazwe zase-US, anemithetho efanayo engakaqedwa ngokusemthethweni. Ngokubambisana nezinhlangano ezimbili ezilwela amalungelo e-LGBT, i-B-GLAD kanye ne-Equals, Inc., thina njengesizwe, siyaqhubeka nokuthatha izinyathelo kulezi zindaba ezibalulekile zamalungelo abantu. Iviki lesibili lePride Week ebarbados lizokwenzeka ngoNovemba 24.

Mina ngokwami nginabangane abambalwa emphakathini we-LGBT abavakashela i-Barbados njalo, izikhathi eziningana ngonyaka futhi babone njengekhaya labo lesibili - ngikopisha futhi ku-Karyl Leigh Barnes oyilungu le-SATW futhi enguzakwethu esikhungweni sethu sobudlelwane bomphakathi. irekhodi, iDevelopment Counselors International.

Ilungu le-SATW u-Bea Broda lifike esiphethweni esithokozisayo:

Mina ngokwami nginomuzwa wokuthi lokhu kuseyizinyathelo ezimaphakathi, futhi kuningi okungenziwa ukuze empeleni kushaye umthetho ezincwadini. Ngicabanga ukuthi amandla ezinkolo ezithile angakuvimbela lokhu, futhi abantu bacabanga ukuthi ukugcina isimo samanje kuyisinqumo esingcono kakhulu.”

Isixazululo sabashayimthetho baseBarbados: Ungaqhubeki ungabuzi ungasho inqubomgomo futhi ususe le mithetho ezincwadini, ukuze ingaphoqelelwa!