Ngemibiko yodlame olumelene ne-LGBTQ olusezingeni eliphezulu ngokuya Ngephrojekthi Yokulwa Nodlame, izinsiza zokuphepha zokuhamba zibaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili.
I-ManAboutWorld ikhuluma ngesihloko esibalulekile sokuphepha kwezokuvakasha kwe-LGBTQ ngezinhlelo ezi-3 ezintsha zedijithali: Umhlahlandlela we-LGBTQ Wokuphepha Kokuvakasha; isisetshenziswa esisha se-inthanethi esiphendula umbuzo othi “Ingabe kuphephile ukuya ku- ________?”; kanye nezingxoxo ze-Twitter zeminyaka emibili ezigxile ekuphepheni kohambo lwe-LGBTQ. Lezi zinsiza ezibalulekile zitholakala mahhala kubo bonke abahambi.
Umhlahlandlela we-LGBTQ Wokuphepha Kokuhamba
Abantu abangamaQueer bangaphansi kokuhlolwa okwengeziwe, ukuchema, ukuhlukumeza nokunye ukunakwa okungamukelekile kunozakwabo abaqondile. Uma uya ezweni lapho ukukhetha kobulili noma ubunikazi bobulili kwenziwa kube yicala noma kubukelwa phansi, abantu be-LGBTQ kufanele babhekane nezingqimba ezengeziwe zobunkimbinkimbi. Umhlahlandlela obanzi ovela kubahleli bephephabhuku i-ManAboutWorld ukhuluma ngokuphepha kwezokuvakasha kubo bonke abahambi be-LGBTQ abanezigaba ezibanzi eziqondiswe ngokukhethekile kubantu besifazane, abangebona kanambambili, nabahamba ngama-trans. Ukusatshalaliswa kwamahhala kwalo mhlahlandlela kwenziwa ukuba kwenzeke ngokusekelwa okuvela kumshwalense wokuhamba we-AIG Travel and Travel Guard.
Ukushicilelwa kuqoqe imininingwane, ama-anecdotes, kanye nezincomo ezivela emazwini abaluleke kakhulu nanamandla emhlabeni wezokuvakasha futhi kwakhetha izinsiza ezithembeke kakhulu nezikhona manje ze-inthanethi ukusiza abantu be-LGBTQ bahambe ngokuphepha, ngokunethezeka, ngokuzethemba, futhi ngokujabulisayo.
“Ingabe kuphephile ukuya e- ________?”
I-ManAboutWorld ivame ukubuzwa, “ingabe kuphephile ukuya e- ________?” (gcwalisa igama lanoma yimaphi amazwe angu-76+ lapho ubungqingili noma inkulumo yobulili yenziwe njengobugebengu noma ibukelwa phansi). Ayikho impendulo elula, ngakho-ke bahlanganyele ne-Outright Action International ukuze bafake uhlaka lombuzo kangcono futhi banikeze umbono nezinsiza kubahambi be-LGBTQ ukuze bathole impendulo engcono kakhulu kubo.
LGBTQ Safety Twitter Izingxoxo
I-ManAboutWorld ibambisene neBureau of Consular Affairs yoMnyango Wezwe wase-US ukukhiqiza izingxoxo ze-Twitter zengxenye yonyaka ezikhuluma ngesihloko sokuphepha kohambo lwe-LGBTQ phakathi nezikhathi ezimbili ezimatasa zokuhlela uhambo: ekuqaleni kukaJuni ngaphambi kwemicimbi emikhulu ye-LGBTQ Pride futhi ekuqaleni kukabusika ngesikhathi sokuhamba ngamaholide. . Ngonyaka odlule, ukusebenzisana kokuqala kwengxoxo ye-Twitter ye-3 (uDisemba 2016, Juni 2017, noJanuwari 2018) kukhiqize ingqikithi yemibono eyizigidi ezingu-62.9 futhi kwafinyelela kuma-akhawunti angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-8.9.
Abanye ozakwethu bezingxoxo bahlanganisa iTransportation Security Administration (TSA), iCenters for Disease Control (CDC), Human Rights Watch, OutRight Action International, kanye ne-International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA). Izingxoxo zokuphepha kwezokuvakasha ze-LGBTQ ezinkulu kunazo zonke zezingxoxo ze-Twitter eziqhutshwa yi-Bureau of Consular Affairs.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ukushicilelwa kuqoqe imininingwane, ama-anecdotes, kanye nezincomo ezivela emazwini abaluleke kakhulu nanamandla emhlabeni wezokuvakasha futhi kwakhetha izinsiza ezithembeke kakhulu nezikhona manje ze-inthanethi ukusiza abantu be-LGBTQ bahambe ngokuphepha, ngokunethezeka, ngokuzethemba, futhi ngokujabulisayo.
- The LGBTQ travel safety chats are the largest of any of the Twitter chats the Bureau of Consular Affairs conducts.
- There's no easy answer, so they have teamed up with Outright Action International to better frame the question and provide the perspective and resources for LGBTQ travelers to find the best answer for themselves.
