Andrea Jenkins

**Andrea Jenkins** (an haife ta a watan Mayu 10, shekara ta alif dari tara da sittin da daya miladiyya 1961)  'yar siyasace Ba’amurkiya ce,marubuciya,'yar wasan kwaikwayo, mawakiya,kuma mai fafutukar canza jinsi. An san ta da kasancewa bakar fata ta farko da aka zaba a fili a matsayin mace mai canza jinsi a Amurka, tun daga Janairu 2018 a Majalisar Birnin Minneapolis kuma a matsayin shugabar majalisa,tun daga Janairu 2022.

Jenkins ta koma Minnesota don halartar Jami'ar Minnesota a 1979 kuma gwamnatin Hennepin County ta dauki hayar ta,inda ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru goma. Jenkins ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciya a Majalisar Birnin Minneapolis na tsawon shekaru 12 kafin ya fara aiki a matsayin mai kula da Transgender Oral History Project a Jami'ar Minnesota Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay,Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a cikin 1961, Andrea Jenkins ta girma a Arewacin Lawndale, Chicago   Ta ce ta girma a cikin "kananan kudi, l'umma masu aiki" kuma "ta zauna a wasu kyawawan wurare masu wahala." Uwa daya ce ta rene ta, Shirley Green, wacce "ta kasance mai matukar kauna kuma ta damu matuka cewa mu sami ilimi mai kyau." 

Lokacin da ta kasance matashi kuma har yanzu tana gabatarwa a matsayin namiji,ta shiga cikin Cub Scouts kuma ta buga kwallon kafa a Robert Lindblom Math &amp;amp; Science Academy kafin ta koma Minneapolis a 1979 don halartar Jami'ar Minnesota.   

A cikin shekarunta 20,Jenkins ta fito a matsayin dan luwadi,ta auri mace,ta a zama iyaye, kuma ta sake shi. Tana da shekaru 30,ta fara gabatar da ita a zahiri a matsayin mace kuma ta dawo kwaleji don kammala karatun digiri na farko daga Jami'ar Jihar Metropolitan, wanda ta biyo bayan samun digiri na biyu– MFA a fannin rubuce-rubucen kirkire-kirkire daga Jami’ar Hamline da MS a ci gaban tattalin arzikin al’umma daga Kudancin. Jami'ar New Hampshire.    A lokacin, Jenkins ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara na sana'a ga gwamnatin Hennepin County. A cikin 2018, Jenkins ta kammala shirin Gwamnati na Makarantar Jami'ar Harvard na John F. Kennedy don Manyan Jami'an Gudanarwa a Jihohi da Kananan Hukumomi a matsayin David Bohnett LGBTQ Cibiyar Jagorancin Nasara.

## Aiki

### Karamar hukuma
Jenkins ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru goma a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan sana'a tare da gundumar Hennepin.   A cikin 2001,Robert Lilligren, wanda ke neman kujera a Majalisar Birnin Minneapolis, ya nemi Jenkins ta zama wani ɓangare na yakin neman zabensa.  Bayan zabensa, Jenkins ta shiga ma'aikatan Lilligren inda ta yi aiki a matsayin babban mataimakiyarsa na tsawon shekaru hudu. 

A cikin 2005, an zaɓi Elizabeth Glidden a Majalisar Birni kuma ta ɗauki Jenkins a matsayin mataimaki,a wani ɓangare na babban hanyar sadarwar Jenkins da ta gina a lokacin da take ofishin Lilligren.Yayin da yake kan ma'aikatan Glidden, Jenkins ta sami haɗin gwiwa da aka keɓe don al'amurran da suka shafi transgender kuma ta taimaka wajen kafa Ƙungiyar Aiki na Batutuwa na Transgender a cikin 2014.  A waccan shekarar,ta shirya taron Majalisar Birni kan daidaiton jinsi da aka yi niyya don bayyana batutuwan da mutane ke fuskanta a Minnesota. 

A cikin 2015, bayan shekaru 12 a matsayin mataimaki na siyasa tare da Majalisar Birnin Minneapolis, Jenkins ta fara aiki a Jami'ar Minnesota ta Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection a cikin Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies inda ta ke ba da aikin Transgender Oral History Project (TOHP).  Lisa Vecoli, mai kula da tarin Tretter, ta lura cewa kayan da ke cikin tarihin sun kasance masu mayar da hankali gay fari na maza. A matsayinta na mai kula da TOHP, Jenkins za ta nemi faɗaɗa bayanan da aka adana a cikin tarihin ta hanyar yin rikodin tarihin baka har zuwa mutane 300,jimlar sa'o'i 400 na tambayoyi. 

### Majalisar birnin Minneapolis
Jenkins ta sanar a watan Disamba 2016 cewa za ta tsaya takara don wakiltar Ward na 8 na Minneapolis a Majalisar Birni.Glidden, wacce ta rike kujerar ta sanar da cewa ba za ta sake tsayawa takara ba. Taken yakin neman zaben Jenkins shine "Jagora. Shiga Daidaito."  Tare da Hayden Mora, Jenkins ta kafa Trans United Fund, kwamitin aikin siyasa (PAC) don taimakawa 'yan takarar transgender.  A ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 2017,Jenkins ta lashe zaben da fiye da kashi 70% na kuri'un. Majalisar birnin Minneapolis tana da wasu 'yan bakar fata guda shida kawai. A lokacin zaben 2017, 'yan majalisar bakar fata uku sun ci zabensu. ‘Yan uwanta kansilolin ne suka zabe ta mataimakiyar shugabar karamar hukumar ba da jimawa ba bayan zaben ta.Tun daga wannan lokacin,ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugabar sabon kwamitin Race Equity Subcommittee kuma ta taimaka ƙirƙirar Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Daidaiton Al'umma wanda ya ƙunshi mazauna birni.

Ward na 8 da Jenkins ke wakilta ya hada da titin 38th da mahadar titin Chicago Avenue inda wani dan sandan Minneapolis ya kashe George Floyd a ranar 25 ga Mayu,2020. Duk da cewa da farko ya goyi bayan soke Sashen 'yan sanda na Minneapolis bayan kisan George Floyd, daga baya Jenkins ta yanke shawarar,biyo bayan harbin da aka yi kwanan nan, cewa 'yan sanda su ci gaba da yin aikinsu a cikin birni.Amma ta kuma ce Minneapolis "ya kamata a mai da hankali kan samar da karin makarantu, gidaje da sauran ayyukan da ke hana mutane aikata laifuka ko juya zuwa tashin hankali". 

An sake zaben Jenkins a Majalisar Birnin Minneapolis a watan Nuwamba 2021,kuma an nada ta Shugaban Majalisar Birni a ranar 10 ga Janairu,2022, a cikin kuri'un da aka kada.  

#### Lamarin toshe abin hawa
A ranar 27 ga Yuni,2021, Jenkins, mataimakiyar shugaban majalisar birnin Minneapolis, ta shiga wata arangama da masu fafutukar tabbatar da wariyar launin fata a wani taron Pride a cikin garin Minneapolis. Ƙungiyar da ta haɗa da Donald Hooker Jr, shugaba tare da Ƙungiyar Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar (yana nufin Jamar Clark ),sun toshe motar Jenkins fasinja ne na tsawon sa'o'i da yawa kuma sun gabatar da jerin buƙatun shida da aka nemi Jenkins ta sanya hannu a kan ta. yarjejeniya da. Bukatun da suka hada da watsi da tuhume-tuhume kan masu zanga-zangar baya-bayan nan,da kiran magajin garin Minneapolis Jacob Frey da ya yi murabus nan take,da ci gaba da rufe dandalin George Floyd, da bayar da karin bayani game da binciken kashe-kashen 'yan sanda na baya-bayan nan.Bayan Jenkins ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar, masu fafutuka sun tashi daga hanya don ba da damar motar ta tafi.    Hooker ya buga bidiyo na mintuna 23 na wani bangare na haduwar zuwa Facebook.A cikin wata sanarwa game da lamarin, Jenkins ta ce an wulakanta ta da rashin mutuntawa kuma masu zanga-zangar sun tsare ta ba tare da son ran ta ba.  Kwamitin edita na jaridar *Star Tribune* ya soki abin da aka bayyana a matsayin yunkurin tsoratar da Jenkins tare da kwatanta bangarorin toshe lamarin da harin Capitol na Amurka na 2021.

## Ganewar kafofin watsa labarai
A cikin 2010, Jenkins ta sami kyautar Matakan Tsirara daga Gidauniyar Jerome da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Pillsbury.Ta ƙirƙiri "Sassan Jiki:Tunani akan Tunani". 

Jenkins na ɗaya daga cikin dozin mata da yawa da aka fito a ranar 29 ga Janairu,2018, murfin .  Labarin ya shafi mata da yawa da suka yi takara a 2017 da 2018. Biyar daga cikin matan da aka gabatar sun kasance 'yan madigo da masu canza jinsi, dukkansu sun sami kudi daga Asusun Nasara na LGBTQ.

A watan Yuni 2020,don girmama bikin cika shekaru 50 na faretin girman kai na LGBTQ na farko,*Queerty* ta sanya sunan ta a cikin jarumai hamsin "wanda ke jagorantar al'umma zuwa ga daidaito, karbu,da mutunci ga kowa da kowa".   An haɗa ta cikin jerin Fast Company Queer 50 na 2022.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Jenkins 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ne, mawaƙiya,kuma marubuciya wanda ke bayyana a matsayin bisexual da queer.  Kaka ce. Mahaifiyarta yanzu tana zaune a Ward 8.Tana da abokin zamanta na shekara takwas.An gano Jenkins tana da sclerosis da yawa a cikin 2018. 

Ta shiga cikin motsi na Trans Lives Matter kuma ta jagoranci kwamitin Intermedia Arts. A cikin 2015,Jenkins ta kasance babban mashawarcin Twin Cities Pride Parade.  Jenkins ta ambaci Barack Obama, Harold Washington, Black Panther Party, Jeremiah Wright,da Jesse Jackson kamar yadda suka rinjayi ta shiga siyasa. 

## Littafi Mai Tsarki

## Duba kuma

* 2020-2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul rikicin kabilanci
* 'Yan sanda sun soke motsi a Minneapolis

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