I-LGBTQ + yoMbutho woKhenketho weHlabathi (i-IGLTA) iya kuzisa iHanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award kuGeorge Neary, othethelela ixesha elide kwezokhenketho lwe-LGBTQ +, ngexesha leNgqungquthela yeHlabathi ye-36th kwisiXeko saseNew York (24-27 Epreli). Kwiminyaka engama-20, uNeary wagxila ekuphuhliseni inkcubeko, ilifa lemveli kunye ne-LGBTQ + kwezokhenketho ngendima yakhe njenge-Associate Vice-President weNkcubeko yezoKhenketho kwi-Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Eli bhaso livuma ingcali kwezokhenketho kubulungu bombutho kumazwe angaphezu kwama-80 abonakalise ukuzibophelela okude ekwenzeni umhlaba ube yindawo eyamkeleka ngakumbi kubahambi be-LGBTQ +. UHanns Ebensten, igama lewonga, uthathwa ngokuba nguyise we-LGBTQ + yokuhamba, emva kokuququzelela ukhenketho lokuqala lweqela lesini ngo-1973.
"Siyazingca kakhulu ngokuhlonipha uGeorge, obengaphelelanga nje ekubeni yintshatsheli kwezokhenketho eMiami, kodwa ebekwangumhlobo nomxhasi omkhulu kwabo basebenza kwezokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela," utshilo uSihlalo weBhodi ye-IGLTA uJuan Julià , Umsunguli kunye nomongameli weAxel Hotels eseBarcelona. "Nokuba sele 'ethathe umhlala phantsi," uyaqhubeka nokwabelana ngobungcali bakhe nabakhenkethi eMiami ngokhenketho olwenziwe ngokwezifiso ezibonisa iyantlukwano yesixeko, imbali kunye noluntu olunemibala ye-LGBTQ +. Umzi mveliso wethu unethamsanqa lokuba naye. ”
Emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kwi-GMCVB kunyaka ophelileyo, uNeary wasungula iTours 'R' Us, esebenzisa ulwazi olubanzi lweMiami ukukhokela i-LGBTQ +, ukhenketho lweqela lobugcisa nenkcubeko kwisixeko sakowabo. Ukwangoku usebenza kwi-Miami Beach Council yeNkcubeko yezoBugcisa kunye ne-Miami Beach Pride Committee kwaye ulilungu lebhodi esekwe kwi-Greater Miami Gay kunye ne-Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
“Ndiwongekile kwaye ndiyazithoba ekukhetheni le mbasa yeHolo yoDumo!” Utshilo uNeary. "Ndikhumbula uHanns Ebensten kunye nendlela awayebhengeze ngayo kumaphephancwadi iAfter Dark ngeenkqubo zakhe zokuhamba kwaye waphupha ngokuya kuhambo lwakhe lokuya eYiputa nakwezinye iindawo ezingaqhelekanga. Wayenguvulindlela kuhambo lwezitabane kwaye kuyandivuyisa ukufumana eli wonga libizwa njengewonga lakhe! ”
IHanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award yinxalenye ye-IGLTA Honours yalo nyaka, ekhethwe yibhodi ye-IGLTA yabalawuli kwaye inikezelwe ngenkxaso evela kuNdwendwelo wasePhiladelphia. Ngolwazi oluthe vetshe, nceda undwendwele iglta.org/convention.
Ingqungquthela ye-IGLTA yoNyaka yeHlabathi ngekhe ibekho ngaphandle kwenkxaso yesisa yabaxhasi bethu. Inqanaba lokuBonisa-NYC kunye neNkampani; Imigca yomoya yeDelta; Iindawo zokufikela kwiDisney ©; Inqanaba elisemthethweni –Gunya lezoKhenketho laseMalta; Ndwendwela iPhiladelphia; Inqanaba leNkomfa-Ndwendwela iDallas; Ndwendwela iSt. Pete / Clearwater; Tyelela iWest Hollywood.
