Funda Imiphumo engenzekayo yale Mpilo yezoLimo
Abantu abaninzi baye bakuva ngexesha elidlulileyo le-hermaphrodite kodwa abangaqhelekanga kwixesha eliphakathi kwe-intersex, esetyenziswa kakhulu namhlanje ukubhekisela kubantu abangenalo impawu ebesilisa okanye yabasetyhini. Fumana ingcamango engcono yento yokuba u-intersex uhamba nale nkcazo yekota kunye nokuphononongwa kwempembelelo le meko inabantu abazalwa nayo.
Iyintoni Ingcaciso ye-Intersex?
I-intersex esebenzisa i-intersex ukuchaza abantu abazalwa benesifo esingavamile ngokwesondo, kunokuba abantu batshintshe isifo sabo sezesondo ngokuhlinzwa, ama-hormone okanye olunye unyango. Aba bantu babizwa ngokuba yi-transgender, njengeyona nkwenkwezi ye-TV uCainlyn Jenner, umdlali we-actress uLaverne Cox wegama "Orange New Black" udumo nomlobi uJanet Mock.
Kukho ulwahlulo olubanzi kwizinga apho abantu bachaphazelekayo ngokuba yi-intersex kunye nesantya apho iimpawu eziphakathi kwe-intersex ziyingxaki kubo. Kuyacaca ukuba ukwamukelwa kwezenhlalakahle kudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekusebenzeni kakubi kwiimpawu zengqingili kubathintela abantu. Ngenxa yokuba ootitshala bezonyango abaqeqeshelwa ngokufanelekileyo ekuqondeni imiba ye-intersex, abahlala bebonelela ngcebiso engcono kunazo zonke abazali abaza kutshatyalaliswa neziganeko ze-intersex.
Izinto eziqhelekileyo ze-Intersex
Ezinye zeendlela abantu abanokuchaphazeleka ngazo ngokuba yi-intersex zibandakanya ukuba ne-penis encinci (micropenis) - nokuba "yinkwenkwana" okanye "intombazana" enegumbi eliqhelekileyo kunesiqhelo.
Ukongezelela, loo mntu unokubonakala ngathi une-scrotum eyahlula kangangokuba ibukeka njenge-labia okanye i-labia engenawo uvula.
Ukuvulwa komzimba kungabikho kwindawo eqhelekileyo okanye kungenako ukuvelisa ngokwemvelo kuwo onke, kwaye iimvavanyo zingenakucatshulwa ngoko zingaphakathi ngaphakathi komzimba kunokuba zifakwe kwi-scrotum.
Oku kunokuchaphazela abantu abonakalayo besilisa okanye abafazi. Kwakhona, amabele anakho okanye angahlakuli njengoko kulindeleke kumntu ocatshulwa ngokwesini.
Izizathu zeMeko
Abanye abantu bazalwa phakathi kwee-intersex kuba banokudibanisa okungaqhelekanga kwe-X kunye ne-Y i-chromosomes ekuqhelekileyo ukuchonga ngesini. Ngaphezu koko, amanye amabhunga abantu awaphenduli kwimilayezo ye-hormone yesondo ngendlela eqhelekileyo, ngoko ayenzi iimpawu zesondo ngendlela eqhelekileyo ngenxa yoko.
Nangona iziganeko ezinqabileyo, ukuxhatshazwa kweengxaki ze-intersex zingachaza ngezinye iinkalo ukuxhalabisa kwezonyango, ngoko ke ukuba wena okanye umntwana wakho unaloo mpawu, kubalulekile ukubona ugqirha phambi kokuba iingxaki ziphuhlise.
Impembelelo yoBungqina be-Intersex
Njengobuncinci bezesondo , abantu abaneempawu zengxowanxu bangaba mngcipheko wokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi kunye neengxaki zokulutha. Bangaxhomekeke ekukhunjweni, ekuhlekeleni okanye ngokuziphatha kakubi kubantu abaxhamlileyo okanye abo bangayiqondi imeko. Ngelishwa, ixesha elide kakhulu, abantu abaneempawu ze-intersex, eyaziwa ngokukrakra ngokuthi "i-hermaphrodites," baye baba yinto yamahlaya okanye i-circus zikhangayo.
Iingxabano kwimidlalo ezibandakanya abantu be-intersex nazo zenze iindaba.
Umgijimi waseMzantsi Afrika uKaster Semenya kunye nomdlali we-tennis waseJamani uSarah Gronert, ochonga njengowesifazane, bobabini batyholwa ukuba baneenzuzo ezingalunganga kwimidlalo yabo ukuze babe nempawu zesini. Nangona uluntu jikelele luhlala lungaqhelekanga ngabantu abanjalo, ukuqonda ngokweenkcukacha ngabantu abathintekayo kubonisa ukuba abantu abaphakathi kwe-intersex baya kwamkelwa ngakumbi kwixesha elizayo.
Imithombo:
IiNkonzo zoLungiso kwiNkalo yezeMpilo. Ukuxhasa abaThengi abaNcinci beSondo. Workshop yoQeqesho loQeqesho, iVictoria, BC, Canada. 2001.
I-Intersex Society yaseNyakatho Melika. Yintoni i-intersex?