The Lady Chablis

**The Lady Chablis** (Maris 11, 1957 - Satumba 8, 2016), wanda aka fi sani da **The Grand Empress** da **The Doll**, ƴar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Amurka, marubuciya kuma mai wasan kwaikwayo a kulob din transgender . Ta hanyar fallasa ta a cikin littafin da ba na almara ba mai suna *Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil*, da kuma daidaitawar fim ɗinsa na 1997 (inda ta taka rawar kanta), ta zama ɗaya daga cikin masu yin transgender na farko da aka gabatar wa masu sauraro da yawa.  

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haife ta a shekarar 1957,   Chablis ta girma a Quincy, Florida . Iyayenta sun rabu lokacin da take 'yar shekara biyar, kuma goggon ta, Katie Bell, da kakarta, Anna Mae Ponder,   sun tallafa mata bayan mahaifiyarta ta koma Chicago don zama ma'aikaciyar jinya. Chablis ba ta haɗu da mahaifiyarta ba sai da ta kai shekara tara, ko mahaifinta sai da ta kai shekara 12.  Ta ci gaba da zama tare da mahaifinta a unguwar Harlem da ke birnin New York a shekarar 1969.

Ta canza sunanta zuwa "The Lady Chablis" lokacin tana da shekaru 16 kuma tana zaune a Atlanta.  "Mahaifiyata za ta haifi jariri kuma ta yi ɓari. Sunan jaririn zai zama La Quinta Chablis kuma ta ce in ɗauki sunan. Ban ma san menene Chablis ba."

Mahaifiyar Chablis ta koma Florida ta yi aikin jinya a Asibitin Sunland da ke Tallahassee . Ta zauna tare da mahaifiyarta da sabon mijinta, wanda ke da kasuwancin tsaftace busassun kaya.  Chablis ta zama kusa da maƙwabciyarta, Connie, wadda ta ba ta goyon baya da mafaka daga matsalolin da ke addabar 'yan luwaɗi a gida. 

## Sana'a

Chablis ta fara aikinta tun tana 'yar shekara 15 a mashayar 'yan luwaɗi ta Fox Trot da ke Tallahassee. A can ne ta haɗu da Cliff Taylor, wacce ta yi wasa a ƙarƙashin sunan Miss Tina Devore. Shi ne namiji na farko a Quincy da Chablis ya taɓa haɗuwa da shi wanda ya yi ado. Taylor ta ba da shawarar cewa Chablis zai zauna tare da shi idan ta koma Atlanta. Ta ƙaura zuwa can a shekarar 1974 tana da shekaru 17, a da tana zaune tare da goggon ta a Tallahassee na tsawon watanni 18. 

Ta fara aiki a Prince George Inn, wani gidan cin abinci mallakar 'yan luwaɗi, inda ta fara soyayya da ɗaya daga cikin abokan aikinta.  Ta tafi a shekarar 1975 bayan da dangantakar ta ƙare, kuma ta fara aiki a Eckerd's Drug Store. Bayan ta yi rashin lafiya na tsawon makonni uku, dole ta bar wannan matsayin.  Wata sabuwar ƙawa, Linda, ta ga raguwar lafiyar Chablis kuma ta mayar da ita gida mai ɗakuna biyu. Ta sami wani aiki, a wannan karon a wani shagon sayar da Coat Factory na Burlington . 

Chablis da Linda sun ƙaura zuwa gidan Regency Woods. Bayan da ta sami kwarin gwiwa daga rayuwar ƙawarta mai kyau da kuma yanayinta, Chablis ta yanke shawarar komawa kan dandamali.  Daga ƙarshe ta sami kanta a ɗakin ajiye kaya, wato gidan wanka. 

A ƙarshen shekarun 1980, tayin aiki daga The Friends Lounge, wani mashayar cabaret da ke Savannah, Georgia, ya sa ta ƙaura daga kudu daga Atlanta. 

Ta yi wasan kwaikwayo a gidan rawa na "gidanta", Savannah's Club One, a daren buɗe gasar a shekarar 1988.  An san ta da "Grand Empress", Chablis ta kasance mai wasan kwaikwayo a wurin har zuwa ranar 6 ga Agusta, 2016, jim kaɗan kafin a kwantar da ita a asibiti. 

A farkon shekarun 1990, ta ƙaura tare da abokin aikinta, Jesse, zuwa Columbia, South Carolina,  inda ta fara aiki a wani sabon wuri, The Menage.  Menage ta rufe bayan shekaru uku, saboda sabbin gasa, kuma Chablis bai sami aiki mai yawa ba tsawon shekaru biyu. 

Chablis ta koma Savannah, ta fara aiki a sabon kulob, The Edge. Tana zaune a gefen yamma na Crawford Square .  

Chablis ta yi tafiya zuwa Amurka tana gabatar da shirinta, *The Doll Revue*, a wurare daban-daban da kuma taruka na musamman, kamar tarurrukan alfahari da 'yan luwadi . Ta kuma bayyana a shirye-shiryen rediyo .

Tarihin rayuwar Chablis *Hiding My Candy: The Autolife of the Grand Empress of Savannah* an buga shi a shekarar 1996,  shekara guda kafin ta fito a cikin fim ɗin Clint Eastwood wanda Clint Eastwood ya jagoranta *, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil*, wanda Kevin Spacey da John Cusack suka fito a ciki. 

An nuna Lady Chablis a cikin ɓangaren ƙarshe na shirin Savannah na *Bizarre Foods America* akan The Travel Channel . Ta haɗu da mai masaukin baki Andrew Zimmern a gidajen cin abinci da dama na Savannah, ciki har da Elizabeth a ranar 37 ga wata. A shekarar 2012, an yi mata hira a Savannah  a shirin talabijin da intanet na gida *MAMA Knows Best* (kashi na 2, kashi na 1).  A ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 2013, Chablis ta yi wasa don buɗe babban bikin Mama's Cabaret a Lewiston, Maine, tare da "MAMA" Savannah Georgia.

### Lambobin yabo da lakabi
A farkon aikinta na mai nishadantarwa, a ƙarƙashin sunan Brenda Dale Knox, ta lashe kambuna da dama a gasar jan rawa, ciki har da: 

* Miss Dixieland, 1976
* Duniyar Miss Gay, 1976
* Babbar Sarauniyar Savannah, 1977
* Miss Sweetheart International, 1989
* Sarauniyar Atlanta, 1996
* Miss Cosmo Amurka, 1997
* Miss Garden City, 1997
* Miss Atlanta Universe, 1998
* Miss Georgia National, 1998
* Miss Southern States USA, 1998

### Tarihin Rayuwar Kai

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### Fim ɗin fim

* *Wannan Tsohon Gida : Gidan Savannah Kashi na 4* (1996) a matsayin Kanta
* *Tsakar dare a cikin Lambun Alheri da Mugunta* (1997) a matsayin Chablis Deveau (wanda aka yaba da Lady Chablis)
* *Tsakar dare a Savannah* (1997, shirin talabijin na gaskiya) a matsayin Kanta
* *Abokan hulɗa* (1999, fim ɗin talabijin) a matsayin Beverly
* *Damn Good Dog* (2004, shirin bidiyo) a matsayin Kanta
* *Bizarre Foods America : Savannah* (2012) a matsayin Kanta
* *Matan Gida na Atlanta na Gaskiya* (2013) a matsayin Kanta

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Chablis ta ce ba ta son wani lakabi sai sunanta, "The Lady Chablis",  kuma ta ce ta ji haushi lokacin da mutane suka kira ta " draw queen ".   A cikin littafinsa, Berendt ya rubuta cewa ya haɗu da Chablis yayin da take dawowa gida bayan an yi mata allurar hormone.  A cikin littafinta *Hiding My Candy*, Chablis ta ce ba a yi mata tiyatar sake canza wurin jima'i ba . 

## Mutuwa
Matar Chablis ta mutu a ranar 8 ga Satumba, 2016, sakamakon cutar  pneumonia, tana da shekaru 59,   bayan wata ɗaya da ta shafe tana jinya a Asibitin Candler na Savannah.  

A ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, an nuna wani fim na musamman na *Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil* a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Lucas da ke Savannah, tare da nuna girmamawa ga Chablis a baya. An nuna wasu daga cikin rigunan Chablis a zauren gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Jerry Spence, tsohon mai gyaran gashi wanda ya fito a cikin littafi da fim, ya halarci taron. An gudanar da liyafa a Club One bayan bikin tunawa da mamacin, kuma bayan an nuna fim ɗin, Club One Cabaret ta gudanar da wasu shirye-shiryen girmamawa guda biyu na Lady Chablis. 

### Jagorori
Da labarin mutuwarta, wasu daga cikin tsoffin jaruman Chablis sun yi mata ta'aziyya. Paul Hipp, wanda ta fito tare a cikin fim ɗin Midnight in the Garden, ya ce: "Abin baƙin ciki ne jin labarin rasuwar The Lady Chablis. Ta kasance mai hazaka sosai, mai kirki, kuma tana dariya da barkwanci. Ta kasance majagaba ta gaske a fannin canza jinsi, ta fi ta zamaninta (a Deep South, ba ƙasa da haka ba)."  An yi kwaikwayon Chablis a kashi na biyu na Kashi na 7 na RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ta Jaida Essence Hall .

## Manazarta