I-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association namuhla imemezele ubudlelwano bayo bomhlaba wonke ne-VisitDallas, inhlangano esemthethweni yokumaketha ezokuvakasha yedolobha laseDallas, eTexas. Njengozakwethu Womhlaba Wonke, i-VisitDallas iqinisa ukuzibophezela kwayo ohambweni lokwamukela i-LGBTQ futhi izohlinzeka ngosekelo lonyaka wonke lwe-IGLTA, umholi wenhlangano ekuthuthukiseni uhambo lwe-LGBTQ emhlabeni wonke.
"Sizizwa sihloniphekile ukubambisana ne-IGLTA kanye nokukhombisa abantu ukuthi i-Dallas iyindawo ekhuthazayo, ehlukahlukene," kusho uPhillip J. Jones, uMongameli we-VisitDallas. “Sifuna izivakashi zazi ukuthi siyindawo eyeseka, ebungaza futhi yamukele bonke abavakashayo, abaphilayo, abafunda, abasebenza nabadlala lapha. I-Dallas iyindawo eyamukela futhi ekhuthaza ukwehluka, ukufakwa nokulingana futhi eqonda ukuthi umehluko wethu osenza sibe namandla.”
I-VisitDallas isekela ngentshiseko izinhlangano eziningi zesevisi ye-LGBTQ emphakathini wendawo, kanye nasemhlabeni jikelele, kusukela ekubhideleni ngenkuthalo Imidlalo Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yezitabane kuya ekusekeleni i-Trans Chorus yase-Los Angeles. Unyaka ngamunye, le nhlangano ingumxhasi omkhulu we-Black Tie Dinner e-Dallas, eqoqa ngaphezu kuka-US$1 million we-HRC Foundation. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-VisitDallas wayengumholi emzabalazweni wokunqoba “Umthethosivivinywa Wegumbi Lokugeza” obandlululayo esimisweni sokugcina somthetho sase-Texas.
Njengozakwethu we-IGLTA Global, i-VisitDallas izoba nokuxhumana okwengeziwe namalungu enhlangano futhi ithole ukubonakala okwengeziwe okuvela enhlanganweni ukuze ibonise ukunikezwa okuqhubekayo kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo kubahambi be-LGBTQ.
"Sijabulele ubudlelwano obude, obusekelanayo ne-VisitDallas, ngakho siyaziqhenya ngokuthi bakhethe ukukhulisa ukusebenzelana kwabo ne-IGLTA kanye nohambo lwe-LGBTQ," kusho uMongameli/i-CEO ye-IGLTA uJohn Tanzella. “Ngalokhu kubambisana, singabelana kangcono ngezindaba zomphakathi omkhulu we-LGBTQ waseDallas nomhlaba wonke. Kuyindawo evamise ukumangaza abantu ngengxubevange yesiko lezizwe zonke, ubuhle baseNingizimu, kanye nesigcawu sezitabane esaziwayo.”
