Idolobha laseNetherlands' i-Almere lifune 'umehluko' oyingqayizivele (yize ubengabaza) wokwethula umhlaba ngendlela yokuqala ngqa yokuwela 'i-transgender'.
Idolobha elingaphandle kwe Amsterdam ivule indlela yabahamba ngezinyawo enemibala emithathu ekhombisa ukweseka abantu abashintsha ubulili. Kuthiwa ingeyokuqala yohlobo lwayo, umgwaqo upendwe obomvana wamantombazane, oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kubafana, nomhlophe kulabo abanomuzwa wokuthi ubulili babo bemvelo abubonisi ukuthi bangobani ngempela.
U-Alderman Jerzy Soetekouw uthe ngesikhathi somcimbi wokuvula i-crosswalk ukuthi “wonke umuntu angaba yilokho afuna ukuba yikho” e-Almere. “Yidolobha lapho wonke umuntu engazizwa ebalulekile, okuhlanganisa nomphakathi wothingo,” wengeza.
I-zebra crossing enemibalabala ishiye abasebenzisi bezinkundla zokuxhumana benwaya amakhanda.
"Ngingakwazi ukuhamba phezu kwayo njengendoda eqondile?" munye osebenzisa inethiwekhi wabhala. “Noma eye-LGBTQRSTUVW-ers kuphela?”
“Njengowesifazane oshintshashintshayo, lokhu ngikuthola kungenangqondo futhi kungenasidingo. Ingabe ikhona futhi i-Hetero crosswalk noma i-crosswalk engathathi hlangothi yobulili?" wabhala omunye ophawulayo.
"Kuyasiphukuphuku kulaba bantu abashintsha ubulili ukuthi manje bonke sekufanele baye e-Almere ukuze bawele," omunye wancokola, kuyilapho abanye beveza ukuthi ukunyakaza okunjalo kwandisa ukuhlukana komphakathi.
Noma ngabe ikuphi ukufaneleka kwayo, umuntu angathemba kuphela ukuthi abashayeli babona ngopende ovukile futhi baqonde ukuthi i-transgender crosswalk isebenza njenganoma iyiphi enye, futhi isho 'ukuma.'
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Purportedly the first of its kind, the crosswalk is painted pink for girls, blue for boys, and white for those who feel that their biological sex doesn't reflect who they really are.
- A city outside of Amsterdam opened its tri-color pedestrian walkway in a show of support for transgender people.
- Whatever its merits, one can only hope that drivers see through the woke paintjob and understand that a transgender crosswalk functions like any other, and means ‘stop.
