Momwe Kuthamangitsira Kunathandizira Kaylin Whitney Kukumbatira Kugonana Kwake

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Kuthamanga nthawi zonse kumakhala kukonda kwa Kaylin Whitney. Wosewera wazaka 20 wakhala akuswa zolemba zapadziko lonse kuyambira ali ndi zaka 14 zokha muzochitika zachinyamata za 100- ndi 200 mita. Ali ndi zaka 17, adasiya kuyenerera kusukulu ya sekondale (ndi NCAA) kuti akhale katswiri, ndikupambana mendulo ziwiri zagolide pa Pan Am Games, ndipo pano akuyesetsa kukwaniritsa maloto ake opikisana nawo pa Olimpiki.

Zedi, iye ali kwenikweni wabwino pamasewera ake. Koma Whitney adatinso kuti adathamanga ndikumupatsa chidaliro chokhala yekha - ngakhale izi zidatanthauza kuti achoka pagulu.

"Kukula ndili mwana, nthawi zonse ndinali wokangalika, koma track inali masewera oyamba omwe ndidasewera nawo mwampikisano. Yakhala pafupi ndi mtima wanga kuyambira pamenepo chifukwa mosasamala kanthu za zomwe zikuchitika m'moyo wanga, kapena m'malingaliro mwanga, kuthamanga kunali nthawi zonse. pamenepo, "akutero Whitney Maonekedwe. (Zokhudzana: Momwe Kuthamangira Kunandithandizira Kugonjetsa Mavuto Anga A Kudya)

Whitney ankadziwa kuyambira ali mtsikana kuti kugonana kwake kunali kosiyana ndi abwenzi ake m'tawuni yaing'ono ya Florida ku Claremont, akutero. Anadziwiratu kuti sanafune "kutaya mphamvu zake kukhala chinthu chomwe sanali," kotero adatuluka kwa banja lake ali wachinyamata, akutero. "Ngakhale zinali zomangika komanso zolimbitsa thupi, ndimadziwa kuti abale anga ndi abwenzi azindikonda zivute zitani, chifukwa chake ndilibe china koma zinthu zabwino zonena zakusankha kwanga kukhala wachichepere kwambiri," akutero. (Zogwirizana: Momwe Makonda Anu Okondwerera Akukondwerera Kunyada Chaka chino)

Izi sizikutanthauza kuti nthawi zonse zinthu zinali kuyenda bwino kwa Whitney. Nthawi zina amkavutika ndikumva kuti ali yekhayekha - koma ndipamene kuthamanga kunalowa. "Anali mphamvu yolumikiza yomwe inandigwirizanitsa ndi dziko lapansi," akutero. "Inakhala malo anga ogulitsira. Ndi malo amodzi omwe ndimadziwa kuti ndikhoza kukhala 100% Kaylin ndipo palibe amene anganene chilichonse chokhudza izi. Nthawi iliyonse ndikafika panjira, ndimadziwa kuti ndimapereka zonse, monga aliyense Kupanda kutero-ndikadatha kuchita izi nthawi ndi nthawi. " (Zokhudzana: Momwe Mungalimbikitsire Chidaliro Chanu M'masitepe 5 Osavuta)

Kulandila ndi kuthandizidwa komwe amalandira kudzera pagulu lantchito kwamuthandiza Whitney kuzindikira kuti palibe tsankho lomwe lingasokoneze kudzidalira kwake kapena kumulepheretsa. "Pazomwe ndakumana nazo, kukhala LGBTQ pamasewera ndikofanana ndi china chilichonse," akutero. "Ndipo ndikungowona kuti zidzakhala bwino mtsogolomo." (Zogwirizana: Breweries Ena Akukondwerera Mwezi Wonyada Ndi Glitter Beer)

Kuti afotokoze zomwe adakumana nazo ndi dziko lapansi, Whitney adaganiza zokondwerera Mwezi Wonyada m'njira yapadera kwambiri. Wothamanga wothandizidwa ndi Nike- ndi Red Bull adaganiza zodutsa Rainbow Tunnel ku Birmingham, Alabama-china chomwe chimatanthauza zambiri kwa iye osati kukhala ndi munthu wodziwika ndi gulu la LGBTQ komanso ngati munthu wosakanikirana, akutero. "Ndimangoganiza kuti ndi malo abwino kukhala mwezi uno," akutero. "Inali njira yanga kupereka ulemu kwa anthu omwe adamenyera, ndikupitilizabe kumenyera, kufanana."

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Ngakhale kuti anali ndi zaka 20 zokha, Whitney ndi munthu woti azimusilira zikafika pokhala ndi dzina lake komanso kukhala wodzidalira yekha. Kwa amene angavutike kuchita chimodzimodzi, iye anati: “Mungoyenera kukhala nokha. Pamapeto pa tsiku, ndi moyo wanu ndipo muyenera kuchita chilichonse chimene chimakusangalatsani. malingaliro kapena malingaliro a inu, simudzakhutitsidwa."

Akuwonjezera kuti: "Mukayamba kukhala moyo wanu chifukwa cha inu ndikuchita zinthu zomwe zimakusangalatsani, ndipamene mumayamba kukhala ndi moyo." Sitingagwirizane zambiri.

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