Gopi Shankar Madurai

Gopi Shankar Madurai (an haife shi a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 1991)  ɗan Indiya ne mai fafutukar kare hakkin 'yan asalin ƙasar.  Shankar na ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙanƙanta, kuma na farko da ya bayyana a fili kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan takarar da za su yi takara a zaben 2016 na Majalisar Dokokin Tamil Nadu. Shankar ita ce kuma ta kafa kungiyar masu sa kai ta Srishti Madurai .  Ayyukan Shankar sun yi wahayi zuwa ga Babban Kotun Madras (Madurai Bench) don jagorantar Gwamnatin Tamil Nadu don ba da umarnin haramtacciyar aikin tiyata na jima'i a kan jarirai. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2017, an zabi Shankar a kwamitin zartarwa na ILGA Asiya.    A watan Agustan 2020, Ma'aikatar Shari'a da Karfafawa ta nada Shankar a matsayin wakilin Yankin Kudu a Majalisar Kasa ta Mutanen Transgender . Shankar ya gabatar da zaɓi "sauran" a cikin shafi na jima'i na siffofin aikace-aikace don jam'iyyun siyasa da jami'o'i na tsakiya, gami da Jami'ar Jawaharlal Nehru. Shankar ya kuma taimaka wajen ba da haƙƙin jama'a ga masu canza launin fata, gami da lasisin matukin jinsi ga maza masu canza launin toka  da haƙƙin gadon dukiya ga mata masu canza launin ruwan kasa. Bugu da ƙari, Kwamitin Shari'a na Yara da Kwamitin POCSO suna neman shawarar Shankar kan batutuwan da suka shafi jarirai da yara da aka haifa tare da halaye daban-daban na jima'i.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Shankar a matsayin Sarvapunya a cikin ƙauyen Sellur a Madurai, Tamil Nadu . A lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha huɗu, Shankar ya fara aikin sa kai na Ramakrishna Mission. Daga baya an yarda da Shankar a matsayin mai gwaji don kasancewa ɗan majami'a a Ramakrishna Math . A shekara ta 2005, Swami Gitanandaji (tsohon mataimakin shugaban Ramakrishna Math da Ofishin Jakadancin) wanda shi ma almajirin Swami Virajananda ne ya ba Shankar farawa ta ruhaniya a ƙarƙashin zuriyar Swami Vivekananda. A lokacin da Shankar ke aiki a Ramakrishna Math, Shankar ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin editan Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam Magazine . 

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2010 Shankar ya bar Ramakrishna Math don bin addini, falsafar, da karatun zamantakewa a Kwalejin Amurka da ke Madurai (wanda ke da alaƙa da Jami'ar Madurai Kamaraj). Gopi dalibi ne na Yoga sama da shekaru 15 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Malami na Yoga na shekaru 5. Shankar ya koyar da Yoga kyauta ga yara sama da 5000 da kuma Falsafar Indiya ga yawancin mutanen yamma ciki har da Tony MacMahon na Ireland. Shankar ya ba da kansa ga New Horizon Media Pvt Ltd (Tamil Publications).  An ba Shankar lambar yabo ta Jagora "Leading Change" ta musamman ga Matasan Sarauniya daga Jami'ar Cambridge a shekarar 2017.

 Yunkurin zamantakewa 
Shankar ita ce ta kafa kungiyar masu sa kai ta Srishti Madurai  daya daga cikin kungiyoyi na farko da ba a ba da tallafi ba wanda ya haɗa da malamai, malamai masu zaman kansu, masu fafutukar kare hakkin dan adam, masu kare muhalli, masu fafatawa da kare hakkin dabbobi da LGBTQIA, masu faɗakarwa da ke da niyyar kare al'adun 'yan asalin ƙasar. A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2011 Shankar ta kaddamar da taimakon farko na Indiya don masu jinsi, mutanen LGBTQIA a Madurai. Daga baya a watan Yunin 2013 hanyar taimako ta juya don bayar da sabis na awanni 24 tare da taken Kawai samun wani mai fahimta don magana zai iya ceton rai. Shankar kuma ta shirya bikin farko na Genderqueer Pride Parade a Madurai .   Shankar ya kuma gabatar da darussan LGBTQIA a cikin 'yan makarantu da jami'o'i. Shankar kuma matashi ne don raba kujera a Hukumar Gudanar da Jami'o'i ta Indiya (UGC) da Majalisar Nazarin Kimiyya ta Jama'a ta Indiya (ICSSR) da ke tallafawa Taron Taron Tantanin Kasa a Indiya, Shankar ya gudanar da fiye da 85 Seminars, Tattaunawar Ma'amala kan Jima'i da Jima'a ga dalibai 8000 a Madurai. Shankar ya kirkiro kalmomin yankin Tamil don mutanen da ke da jinsi  kuma ya rubuta Maraikkappatta Pakkangal littafi na farko  a kan bambance-bambance na jinsi a cikin Tamil.   A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2015, Tiruchi Siva ta gayyaci Shankar don shaida wucewar Dokar Hakkin Mutanen Transgender, 2014 a babban gidan Rajya Sabha na Majalisar dokokin Indiya. Don gudummawa a matsayin 'yan tsiraru na jinsi ga addinin Hindu, an gabatar da Shankar "Young Hindu Award" ta marubucin Aravindan Neelakandan, Joe D Cruz a 6th Hindu Spiritual Services Fair.
Shankar ta shigar da kara game da Santhi Soundarajan wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta wasannin Asiya wanda aka kwace lambar yabo bayan gwajin jinsi ga Gwamnati da Gwamnatin Tsakiya. Shankar ta kaddamar da korafe-korafe da yawa a madadin dan wasan Santhi a cikin Hukumar Kula da Kayan Kayan Kudancin Indiya kuma ta fara Kamfen na Justice For Santhi wanda ya taimaka wajen kawo mata matsayi na dindindin a matsayin kocin 'yan wasa a cikin Hukumar Raya Wasanni ta Tamil Nadu a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2016.
Shankar ta kasance mai magana a taron koli na WorldPride Madrid na 2017. Shankar ya raba kujera tare da Federico Mayor Zaragoza Darakta-Janar na UNESCO, Myrna Cunningham na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues da Zanele Muholi (Artivist) don tarihin MADRID SUMMIT DECLARATION . 

Majalisar Nazarin Ilimi da Horarwa ta Jiha a karkashin Gwamnatin Tamil Nadu ta kira Shankar don ba da gudummawa kan Nazarin Jima'i, Jima'a da Jima'I don Kwamitin Ci gaban Sabon Makarantar Tamil Nadu na 2017 don hada da al'ummar LGBTQIA+ + a cikin karatun makaranta. Shankar ta kuma kasance wani ɓangare na kwamitin a kan Theological Reader on Gender & Sexuality for National Council of Churches in India.

Shankar na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa kungiyar Intersex Asiya, ita ce taron farko na hadin gwiwa na Asiya don mutane da kungiyoyi masu jima'i,   Shankar ne ya shirya taron farko na manufofin jihar game da 'Yancin Dan Adam na Intersex a watan Yulin 2019.

A cikin 2020 Gopi na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu shigar da kara a cikin shari'ar Babban Kotun Delhi (Abhijit Iyer Mitra & Ors v. UOI) don amincewa da auren da ba na jima'i ba, da kuma jima'i ɗaya a ƙarƙashin Dokar Auren Hindu. 

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1991
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