Katherine Cummings

Katherine Cummings (1935–2022) ma'aikaciyar laburare ce ta ƙasar Australiya, marubuciya, edita kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam.

 Rayuwar farko da aiki 
An haifi Cummings a Scotland a shekarar 1935, [1] kuma ta girma a Tsibiran Pacific da dama ciki har da Tsibiran Gilbert, Fiji, New Zealand, da Ostiraliya . [2] Ta kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Sydney, [3] inda ta haɗu da marubuciya Clive James wanda daga baya ya yaba wa Cummings saboda fara aikinsa a fannin wallafa littattafai. [4] Bayan Sydney, Cummings ta yi horo a matsayin mai kula da laburare a Jami'ar Toronto . [2] Bayan kammala karatunta ta yi aiki a Jami'ar New South Wales, sannan ta biyo baya a Laburaren Jiha na Oregon da Kwalejin Upsala da ke New Jersey, kafin ta koma Ostiraliya inda ta yi aiki a Jami'ar Queensland . [2] Cummings ta zama babbar mai kula da laburare a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Sydney, daga baya ta koma Jami'ar Macquarie . [5]

 Kwarewar jinsi mai canza jinsi 
An yi mata tiyata mai tabbatar da jinsi a Ostiraliya,  a shekarar 1986 lokacin da take da shekaru 51 kuma ta sanya wa kanta suna bayan Katherine Hepburn .  Likitan tiyata Peter Haertsch ne ya yi mata tiyatar.  A ƙarshen shekarun 1980, Norman Swan ta gudanar da jerin tambayoyi da Cummings game da canjinta daga namiji zuwa mace. Daga baya Swan ta yi hira da Cummings don ta yi magana game da yadda rayuwarta ta ci gaba a tsakanin shekarun 1980 da 2013.  An kuma tattauna sauyinta a cikin littafin 2003 game da matsalar jinsi wanda David Coad ya rubuta.  Cummings ta rubuta game da gogewarta ta komawa taron makaranta shekaru arba'in bayan ta kammala karatu, da kuma martanin tsoffin abokan karatunta. 

 Rubuce-rubuce 
Cummings ta buga littattafai biyu. Katherine's Diary: labarin wani ɗan canjin jinsi,  wanda ya lashe kyautar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam ta Australiya don Adabin Ba na Fiction ba a shekarar 1992.   Littafinta na biyu shine Rayuwa da Soyayyar wani mai laburare mai canza jinsi na 'yan madigo da sauran kasidu, labarai da baiti.  Ta gyara tarin gajerun labarai, Babu Godiya ko Nadama,  kuma ɗan gajeren labarinta na 1998, A Tale of Nine Cats, yana cikin jerin gajerun labaran Ditmar Awards na 1989. 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2022
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1935