Dylan Bettencourt
UKumi Yokoyama, odlala phambili ku-Japan ne-Washington Spirit, uphumele obala njenge-transgender
UYokoyama uthe umdlali webhola wase-Canada uQuinn ubakhuthaze ukuthi baphile ngeqiniso labo kulandela isimemezelo soshintsho lwabo ngowezi-2020.
Ngemuva kokumemezela lezi zindaba, lo mgadli ubhale ku-Twitter ukuthi sebezozibiza besebenzisa isabizwana esingathathi hlangothi ngokobulili esithi ‘bona’ kusukela manje.
UYokoyama oneminyaka engama-27 kudingeke ahlinzwe ukuze asuswe izicubu zamabele cishe eminyakeni eyishumi eyedlule ngaphandle kokwelashwa kwamahomoni ukugwema ubungozi bokuhluleka ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa. UYokoyama uhlela ukuqhubeka nokuhlinzwa okuqinisekisa ubulili ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ebholeni.
UYokoyama wadlalela i-Japan kwiNdebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane yangowezi-2019 eyayise-France. Leli qembu lidlulele ku-Round 16 ngaphambi kokukhishwa yi-Netherlands.
Beqinisekisa lezi zindaba esiteshini saloyo odlala kanye nabo uYuki Nagasato ku-YouTube, bathe: “Ngike ngathandana nabesifazane abaningana eminyakeni edlule, kodwa bekufanele ngihlale ngivalelekile e-Japan.”
Baqhubeka bathi e-Japan, bavame ukubuzwa ukuthi banawo yini amasoka, kodwa eMelika isiko lihlukile njengoba abantu bebuza ukuthi banawo yini amasoka noma izintombi. Lokhu bathi kubenze bazizwa bekhululeke kakhudlwana.
UYokoyama uqhubeke wathi: “Ukuphumela obala bekungeyona into ebenginomdlandla ngayo, kodwa uma ngicabanga ngempilo yami kuzoba nzima ukuhlala ngivalelekile, ngakho ngithole isibindi sokuphumela obala.”
Lo mgadli unethemba lokuthi isimemezelo sakhe siqwashisa ngamalungelo ama-transgender phakathi e-Japan, njengoba bethi abantu abafana nabo abakwazi ukukhuluma ngezinkinga zabo.
“Uma sonke sikhuluma ndawonye singasiza ekuqwashiseni abantu.”
Umthombo wesithombe: @Bloomberg