Ko Kataluna Enriquez te Wahine Trans Tuatahi i Toa Miss Nevada
Toka Te Manawa
I tiimata te whakapehapeha hei whakamaumahara i te tutu a Stonewall i te pa i te takiwa o Greenwich Village o NYC i te 1969. Mai i taua marama kua whakanui ake me te whakatairanga mo te hapori LGBTQ +. I te wa tika mo te mutunga hiku o te marama whakapehapeha o tenei tau, i whakawhiwhia e Kataluna Enriquez he tohu hou ki te katoa. Ko ia te wahine whakawhiti ira tuatahi tuatahi ki te wikitoria i te taitara o Miss Nevada USA, me te mea ko ia te wahine whakawhiti tuwhera tuatahi ki te whakataetae mo Miss USA (ka tu hei te marama o Noema).
Ko te 27-tau-tau e mahi ana i te hitori i te tau katoa, mai i te Poutu-te-rangi i te wa i riro ai ia hei wahine whakawhiti tuatahi i wini i a Miss Silver State USA i te Poutu-te-rangi, te whakataetae tuatahi mo Miss Nevada USA. I timata a Enriquez ki te whakataetae i nga whakataetae ataahua whakawhiti ira tangata i te tau 2016, ka riro i a ia tetahi taitara nui hei Transnation Queen USA i taua tau ano, e ai ki ta W Maheni. (Hono: Me pehea te whakanui i te whakapehapeha i te tau 2020 i waenga i nga poroteehi me te aukatinga o te Ao)
Ko nga whakatutukitanga a Enriquez i tua atu i ana taitara whakaari, ahakoa. Mai i te whakatauira ki te hoahoa i ona ake koroka (he kuini pono ia i a ia e whakataetae ana mo te taitara Miss Nevada USA), ki te noho hei kaiwhakahaere tiaki hauora me te kaitaunaki mo nga tika tangata, ka mahia katoatia e ia. (Hono: Me pehea te huarahi a Nicole Maines mo te whakatipuranga hou o te taiohi LGBTQ)
Ano hoki, i te wa e tu ana ko Miss Silver State USA, kua hangaia e ia he kaupapa e kiia ana ko #BEVISIBLE, e aro ana ki te aukati i te mauahara na roto i te whakaraerae. I runga i te wairua o te pakanga, he whakaraerae a Enriquez mo ana mahi uaua ki te wahine Pilipino-Amerikana. Kua whakakite mai ia he morehu whakakino tinana ia, he tangata whakararu hoki i nga mahi whakawetiweti i te kura tuarua na tona tuakiri ira tangata. Kua whakamahia e Enriquez tana papaaho ki te whakanui i te hiranga o te hauora hinengaro me nga whakahaere e tautoko ana mo te hunga LGBTQ+. (Hono: LGBTQ + Papakupu o te Ira Tuarua me te Whakamarama Tuakiri Tangata kia mohio nga Hoa)
"I tenei ra he wahine whakapehapeha whakahirahira ahau," he korero ta Enriquez Tuhipoka Arotake Las Vegas i roto i te uiui i muri i to wikitoria a Miss Silver State USA. "Ko ahau ake, kua ako ahau ko aku rerekee kare i te iti iho i ahau, ka nui ake ahau. A ko aku rereketanga ko te mea motuhake ahau, a ka mohio ahau ma taku ahurei ka kawe ahau ki aku waahi katoa, me nga mea katoa e hiahia ana ahau. ki te haere i roto i te ora."
Mena ka wikitoria a Enriquez ki a Miss USA, ka noho ko ia te wahine transgender tuarua kua whakataetae ki Miss Universe. I tenei wa, ka taea e koe te whakamahere i te pakiaka mona ina whakataetae ana ia ki Miss USA a te Noema 29th.