Ivy Bottini

**Ivy Bottini** (Agusta 15, 1926 - Fabrairu 25, 2021) ɗan Ba'amurke ne mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata da LGBT, kuma mai fasaha na gani.  

## Rayuwa ta sirri da aiki
An haifi Bottini a New York a watan Agusta 1926. Daga 1944 zuwa 1947, ta halarci Makarantar Koyar da Fasaha ta Pratt, inda ta sami takaddun shaida a cikin zane-zanen talla da zane.  Ta auri Edward Bottini a 1951.  An yi ta aiki na tsawon shekaru goma sha shida a jaridar *Daily* Coast ta gabas, har sai da ta koma Los Angeles a 1971. 

Bottini ta gane cewa tana da sha'awar jima'i iri ɗaya tun tana ƙarama. Burinta na farko shine malamin motsa jiki mata a aji na farko . A yayin hira da *The Lavender Effect*, Bottini ta ce ta fadi "kauna da kowane malamin motsa jiki da na taba samu a rayuwata." Ta kuma kulla dangantaka ta kud-da-kud tare da ɗaya daga cikin malamanta na aji bakwai, wanda ya zama mata na iyaye. 

Duk da sha'awarta ga mata, Bottini ba ta bi dangantakar madigo ba, saboda ka'idojin al'adu na lokacin. An yi mata aure da maza da yawa, tare da kowane alkawari yana ɗaukar makonni kaɗan kafin ta ƙare dangantakar. Ta auri mijinta na shekara goma sha shida, Eddie, a ranar 12 ga Janairu, 1952.  Da yake kaiwa ga auren, Bottini ya fara fuskantar alamun jiki wanda ya shafi ikonta na hadiye abinci da kyau. Likitanta ya gane alamunta suna da alaƙa da damuwa kuma ya tura ta wurin likitan hauka. Ta bayyana wa likitan kwakwalwa cewa tana sha'awar mata, amma likitan kwakwalwar ya gaya mata ita ba yar luwadi ba ce. Ya ba ta shawarar ta watsar da kawayenta da abubuwan da take so kuma ta “mallaka” da mijinta da zai kasance nan ba da jimawa ba, Eddie.  Ta yi kamar yadda likitan mahaukata ya umarta, amma sha'awarta na madigo bai ragu ba.

Shekaru bayan haka, wata abokiyar aikinta, Delores Alexander, ta gabatar da Bottini ga Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙasa (NOW). Alexander ya yi hira da shugaban NOW Betty Friedan kuma yana jin zai zama kungiya mai amfani don Bottini ya shiga. Bottini ya taimaka ya sami babin New York na NOW a cikin 1966.   Jim kadan bayan zama shugabar kungiyar NOW ta New York a 1968 ta fito a matsayin 'yar madigo.    Ta bar mijinta ta koma da wata mata a birnin New York .  

Ta kuma yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Lee Strasberg da Cibiyar Fina-Finai kuma ta yi wasan kwaikwayo na mace ɗaya, *Fuskokin Mata da yawa*, a duk faɗin ƙasar. 

Bottini daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zane-zane. 

Bayananta, *The Liberation of Ivy Bottini: A Memoir of Love and Activism*, kamar yadda aka gaya wa Judith V. Branzburg, Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company ne ya buga a watan Nuwamba 2018. 

Bottini ya mutu a Florida a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 2021, yana da shekaru 94. 

## Ayyukan aiki
A cikin 1966, ta taimaka wajen samo babin New York na Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙasa .   A cikin 1968, an zabe ta shugabar kungiyar mata ta kasa reshen New York; ta fito a matsayin yar madigo a shekarar.    A shekarar 1969, ta kera tambarin kungiyar mata ta kasa wanda har yanzu ita ce tambarin su a yau.   Haka kuma a shekarar 1969, ta gudanar da wani taron jama'a mai taken "Shin Madigo Madigo Batu ne na Mata?", wanda shi ne karon farko da aka fara shigar da damuwar 'yan madigo cikin kungiyar Mata ta kasa.  A shekara ta 1970, ta jagoranci zanga-zanga a Statue of Liberty inda ita da wasu daga kungiyar mata ta kasa reshen New York suka zana wani katon tuta a kan wani layin dogo wanda aka rubuta "MATA DUNIYA HADU!"   A lokacin da take a kungiyar mata ta kasa reshen New York ta kuma gabatar da wayar da kan mata, wanda daga baya  don duk surori na kungiyar su shiga. Duk da haka, daga baya a cikin 1970 Betty Friedan ta ƙirƙira korar 'yan madigo daga Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Mata ta New York, ciki har da Bottini. 

Lokacin da Kate Millett ke magana game da 'yancin yin jima'i a Jami'ar Columbia a 1970, wata mata a cikin taron ta tambaye ta, "Me ya sa ba za ki ce ke 'yar madigo ba ce, a nan, a fili. Kin ce ke 'yar madigo ce a baya. ." Millett cikin jinkirin amsawa, "Eh, ni 'yar madigo ce".  Makonni biyu bayan haka, *Time* ' s Disamba 8, 1970 labarin "Women's Lib: Kallo na Biyu" ya ruwaito cewa Millett ta yarda cewa ta kasance bisexual, wanda ya ce da alama zai iya bata mata suna a matsayin mai magana da yawun kungiyar mata saboda yana "ƙarfafa [d] ] ra'ayoyin waɗancan masu shakka waɗanda suka yi watsi da duk masu 'yanci a matsayin 'yan madigo."   A mayar da martani, bayan kwana biyu Bottini da Barbara Love suka shirya taron manema labarai a kauyen Greenwich wanda ya haifar da wata sanarwa da sunan shugabannin 'yan madigo 30 da mata wadanda suka bayyana "hadin kai da gwagwarmayar 'yan luwadi zuwa samun 'yancinsu a cikin al'ummar jima'i". 

Bottini ya koma Los Angeles a 1971.  A can ta kafa Hukumar Shawarar 'Yan Madigo/Yan Madigo ta Los Angeles.    A cikin 1977, ta ƙirƙira kuma ta dauki nauyin wasan kwaikwayo na farko na 'yan Madigo/Gay na rediyo akan hanyar sadarwa na yau da kullun (KHJ a Los Angeles).  A cikin 1978, ita ce mataimakiyar darektan Kudancin California na nasarar yaƙin neman zaɓe na Briggs Initiative (No on 6), wanda zai hana 'yan luwaɗi da madigo koyarwa a makarantun jama'a na California. Daga baya ta jagoranci nasarar No on LaRouche and No on 64 Initiative campaign .  Shirin Larouche (Lamba 64), wanda ba a zartar ba, mai yiwuwa ya keɓe masu fama da cutar AIDS.   A shekarar 1981 gwamna Jerry Brown na wancan lokacin ya nada ta a matsayin kwamishina mai kula da "Hukumar California kan tsufa", wanda ya sa ta zama 'yar madigo ko 'yar luwadi ta farko da aka nada a hukumar ko hukumar ta jiha.  A cikin 1983 ta haɗu da haɗin gwiwar aikin AIDS Los Angeles. 

A cikin 1993, ta kafa ƙungiyar sa-kai ta Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing, wacce a cikin 2007 ta haɓaka dandalin Triangle, rukunin gidaje na farko mai araha ga manyan 'yan luwaɗi da madigo a cikin ƙasar.  Daga shekarar 1998 har zuwa 1999, ta jagoranci kungiyar ta'addanci da murmurewa, kuma ta kafa kwamitin wucin gadi na City of West Hollywood, don tallata batun cin zarafin 'yan madigo da 'yan luwadi. 

Har ila yau, a cikin 1999, ta jagoranci taron shekara-shekara na Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙasa, mai suna Pioneer Reunion, a Beverly Hills.  Ba da daɗewa ba, ta jagoranci Hukumar Ba da Shawarar Madigo da Luwaɗi na Birnin Yammacin Hollywood daga 2000 zuwa 2010.  A cikin 2001, ta kasance ɓangare na ƙungiyar 'yan madigo da haƙƙin 'yan luwadi waɗanda suka kafa Alliance for Diverse Community Aging Services don taimaka wa tsofaffin 'yan madigo da 'yan luwadi su sami taimakon rayuwa da yin ritaya mai araha.  A cikin 2011, ta tsara t-shirts don Dyke Maris a Los Angeles. 

Ita da ƙungiyar tarihin LGBT Lavender Effect sun ba da shawarar ga gidan kayan gargajiya na LGBT a Los Angeles.  Ta kuma ba da shawarar ƙirƙirar abin tunawa da AIDS a West Hollywood. 

Takardun ta da wasu faifan faifan sauti suna riƙe da Taskar Gay da Madigo ta ƙasa DAYA .  A cikin 2009, fim ɗin *akan waɗannan kafadu Mu Tsaya* ya bayyana Ivy Bottini da kuma wasu masu fafutukar LGBT guda goma daga ƙungiyar yancin LGBT na farko a Los Angeles.   Ta shiga cikin wani aikin Tarihin Baka na Lavender Effect, wanda ya rubuta rayuwarta ta sirri da aikinta a matsayin mai fafutuka.  A cikin hira ta ƙarshe da aka sani, Bottini yayi magana game da aikinta akan podcast, *LGBTQ&amp;amp;A .*  

## Kyauta
A cikin 1991, ta sami lambar yabo ta Drama Logues  don *Against the Rising Sea.* 

A cikin 1998, an kafa gidan wasan kwaikwayon Ivy don girmama ta a West Hollywood.  

A cikin 2001, a cikin Matiyu Shepard Memorial Triangle an dasa itace don girmama ta, kuma an sanya plaque a gindin sa.  

A cikin 2005, Gidauniyar Tom na Finland ta ba ta lambar yabo ta Al'adu.

A cikin 2007, ta sami lambar yabo ta Morris Kight Lifetime Achievement Award daga Christopher Street West Los Angeles LGBT Pride. 

## Manazarta