Amagosa ezokhenketho eIowa ajolise kwimpelaveki yabanegay eDisneyland

Amagosa e-Iowa abakhenkethi ajolise kwimpelaveki ye-gay yonyaka e-Disneyland ukuthengisa i-Hawkeye ye-Hawkeye imitshato yama-gay kunye nama-lesbian, asemthethweni apho kodwa angekho mthethweni eCalifornia.

"Sifuna abantu bazi ukuba ukuba iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseCalifornia ayifuni ukuthatha inyathelo lokunika abantu abathandana nabasetyhini ilungelo lokutshata, nceda ucinge ngokuza e-Iowa apho siya kukwamkela ngezandla ezishushu," uJoe Jennison, umlawuli olawulayo I-Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance, ixelele i-Orange County Register.

Amagosa okhenketho e-Iowa - amanye ama-gay, amanye - amise i-booth kule mpelaveki kwi-Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, apho indibano yonyaka ye-impromptu yama-gay kunye nama-lesbians atshatileyo ayonwabela i-Disneyland Resorts. Abantu bayamenywa ukuba benze isampulu yekeyiki yomtshato kwaye bafote iifoto ngaphakathi kwefreyimu efundeka ngolu hlobo: “Usandotshata… kwisiXeko sase-Iowa.”

UJennison uphethe idokodo, kwaye waxelela i-Orange County Register ukuba usuka e-Iowa kodwa wayehlala eCalifornia iminyaka eyi-13 ngaphambi kokuba abuyele kwilizwe lakowabo ngo-2003. iifemu zokufota imitshato - kunye nezinye iicawe - zinomdla wokubonelela uluntu lwamafanasini.

“Bendisoloko ndizifumana ii-Iowans zivulekile,” utshilo uHeinkel kwiphephandaba. "Kuyamangalisa ukuba (umtshato we-gay) yinto enkulu apha."

I-Iowa yenye yamazwe amane kwilizwe jikelele avumela imitshato yama-gay, emva kokuba iNkundla ePhakamileyo yenze isigqibo ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.

Abameli bamaziko amathathu eendwendwe zengingqi yeendwendwe baphume ngenqwelomoya ngeentsuku ezintathu zeGay Days, apho abathathi-nxaxheba abangama-30,000 baye baqengqelekela edolophini ukuya kuzimasa iDisneyland. Iintsuku zeGay azixhaswanga kwaye azidaniswanga yiDisney.

Abameli be-Iowa bathatha iifoto zamahhala kwaye banikezela ngeebhatyi ze-tuxedo kunye nezigqubuthelo zomtshato. Bakwahambisa iincwadana ezinemifanekiso ezibonisa i-Iowa City, iCedar Rapids neCoralville, phakathi kwezinye izixeko.

Baxelele iRejista yeNqila yaseOrange ukuba bayayazi ukuba abayi kubhukisha nawuphi na umtshato kule mpelaveki okanye bacenge nabani na ukuba akhwele inqwelomoya aye e-Iowa kwangoko. Nangona kunjalo, uninzi lwezibini ezitshatileyo zazizithatha ngokunikezelwa kwekhekhe kunye nefoto, nangona ingengabo bonke abaqinisekayo ukuba i-Iowa ilungile kubo.

"Kodwa ayiphumanga embuzweni," uValerie Gonzales, 31, waseWest Covina uxelele iRejista yeOrange County. "ICalifornia ifanele ukuba nenkqubela phambili, kodwa kubonakala ngathi i-Iowa ingaphezulu (inkqubela) kunathi."