Singababhangqwana bakho abajwayelekile. Siyathandana futhi siyayithanda impilo. Besingazi ukuthi umshado phakathi kwami noSeema uzodlulela esizweni sakithi, ingasaphathwa eyezwe lonke, kusho abashadikazi engosini yabo, abadalele ukugcina uthando luphila. Umbhangqwana uphila ngenkolelo yokuthi, Uthando lukhona kuzo zonke izimo, ubukhulu nemibala.
UShannon noSeema bahlangana esikhungweni sokujima futhi kwaba uthando ekuqaleni. UShannon, umqeqeshi wokuqina komzimba, wayesephendukele komunye uthisha futhi wamemezela, ngizomshada. Ngemva kweminyaka eyisithupha, nampa sebeshadile futhi bayathandana. Laba besifazane abangenakuvinjelwa bangayinaki indaba yomphakathi ngokuphathelene nobulili futhi baqhubekela phambili nokugcizelela uthando lwabo ngomunye nomunye. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi umshado wenzeka ngoJulayi, 2013, okwenza kwaba ngokomthetho umshado wokuqala wama-lesbian ase-Indian American eMelika. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, laba bashadikazi babusiswe ngengane yomfana. Ezithombeni zabo zomshado, osekwabiwa kabanzi manje ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, amehlo abo kanye nokumamatheka kwabo akubonisi nakancane ihlazo, ukwesaba noma ukuzisola njengoba beqhubeka nemicimbi yomshado ngokwesiko lamaHindu, eliphelele saat pheras futhi sindoor umcimbi.
Iqiniso lokuthi abezindaba baseNdiya bathole ngomshado eminyakeni emibili kamuva, liyawugqamisa manje kanye nobungako bezithombe zomshado, likhomba ukuthi izethameli zaseNdiya zifinyelele kanjani ekumukeleni umphakathi we-LGBT njengomunye wabo. Nakuba imithetho yethu isalokhu idla ngoludala, sesiye sakhululeka kakhulu, samukela futhi sangenalwazi futhi lokho kuwuphawu oluhle.
Femina ngijabule ngalolu shintsho oluhle. Nazi ezinye izithombe ezinhle zomshado ezithwetshulwe ngumthwebuli wezithombe uSteph Grant, ogxile emishadweni ye-LGBT. Bheka umgubho omuhle wothando.
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