Marsha C. Botzer

**Marsha C. Botzer** 'yar fafutuka ce na Seattle kuma mai gudanar da ayyukan sa-kai wacce ke aiki a cikin ƙungiyar 'yancin Transgender tun a tsakiyar shekarun 1970s.    Botzer ita kanta mace ce ta trans.  Ta kafa cibiyar Ingersoll Gender Center a Seattle a cikin shekarar 1977, ta mai da ta zama mafi tsufa kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke aiki a sararin haƙƙin transgender.  Botzer kuma ta kasance farkon memba na Hands Off Washington kuma memba mai kafa Daidaitan Washington, da kuma Out in Front Leadership Project. 

## Fage
Kafin kafa Cibiyar Jinsi ta Ingersoll, Botzer yata yi aiki a matsayin mai shirya ƙungiyoyi.   

## Sana'a

### Gidauniyar  Ci gaban Cibiyar Jinsi ta Ingersoll
Botzer ya bayyana matsalar rashin aikin yi da rashin aikin yi na masu canza jinsi a matsayin dalilan kafa cibiyar Ingersoll Gender Center.  Samun sanarwa game da kungiyar zuwa rukunin da aka sani kafin intanet ya haifar da ƙalubale. Botzer ta ce a gaban wannan za ta sanya katunan kasuwanci na Cibiyar Ingersoll tsakanin shafukan littattafai a cikin ƙananan ɗakunan littattafai na Seattle Public Library kan batun jinsi.  A cikin ƙarshen ƙarni na 20th, Botzer ya yi balaguro sama da 100 tare da mazaunan transgender na Seattle zuwa Trinidad, Colorado inda suka nemi aikin sake canza jinsi.  Cibiyar ta gudanar da kulawa bayan tiyata da kuma bin diddigin bincike tare da marasa lafiya irin wannan tiyatar da Dr. Stanley Biber ya yi a tsawon shekaru. Botzer ya ruwaito a cikin shekarar 1995 cewa a cikin fiye da tarihin shari'o'i 200 sun ji 93% tabbatacce amsa.  Botzer har ma ta gabatar da Dr. Biber, ga Dr. Marci Bowers wanda ya gaje shi a aikin sa a Trinidad bayan ya yi ritaya. 

A ƙarshen shekarun 1980s, Botzer ta ga ƙaruwar abokan ciniki na cibiyar waɗanda aka sanya mata a lokacin haihuwa kuma sun nemi canjin likita na maza. A wannan lokacin akwai ra'ayin jama'a cewa transsexualism wani abu ne da kawai mutanen da aka sanya wa maza a lokacin haihuwa suka yi ko kuma suke, amma Botzer ya yi bayani game da haɓakar bayyanar maza da mata saboda ƙaruwar hanyoyin tiyata da ke da su wanda ya ba su damar yin amfani da su. don canzawa cikin jama'a. 

### Shiga tare da Manufofin Jama'a
A cikin wata hira a 2018 da South Seattle Emerald, Botzer ta ce bayan shekaru goma bayan kafa cibiyar Ingersoll Gender Center, ta ji cewa al'ummar da ta yi aiki don ginawa sun kai ga wani tushe mai tushe kuma ta kasance da kwarin gwiwa don mayar da hankali ga koƙarinta akan siyasa da siyasar canjin zamantakewa.  Kashi na farko na wannan gwagwarmayar siyasa, a cewar Botzer, shine tuntuɓar ƙungiyoyin da ke mai da hankali kan lamuran luwaɗi, maɗigo, da maɗigo  don ba da shawarar cewa ya kamata a tattauna batutuwan transgender a wurare iri ɗaya da batutuwan jima'i. 

Botzer ta kasance shugabar kungiyar Task Force LGBTQ na ƙasa  daga shekarun 2005 zuwa 2006 sannan kuma daga shekarun 2009 zuwa 2010.  A lokacin da take aiki a can, an yi matakai a jihar Washington don kare kariya daga nuna bambanci dangane da jima'i a batun gidaje da aikin yi.   A cikin shekarar 2008 ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara na ƙasa na Kamfen Pride na Barack Obama.  A shekara ta 2009 ta kasance cikin kwamitin jagoranci na tattakin daidaita daidaito a duk faɗin Amurka a Washington, DC kuma ta yi magana a wurin taron.  

Bayan da ta riga ta yi aiki a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa, Botzer ta fara samun matsayi na musamman a cikin siyasar Seattle a cikin shekarar 2015 lokacin da aka naɗa ta a wata ƙungiya mai aiki a ƙarƙashin magajin Ed Murray da ke mayar da hankali kan lamuran LGBTQ.  Wannan runduna ta sami wata doka da ta buƙaci duk ɗakunan wanka na mutum ɗaya su kasance masu tsaka-tsakin jinsi.  Dokar ta shafi duka ɗakunan wanka da ke cikin birni da wuraren zama na jama'a masu zaman kansu. 

A cikin shekarar 2019, Botzer an naɗa ta  zuwa wani kwamiti mai aiki na Majalisar King wanda ya mai da hankali kan Haɗin Jinsi da Haɗin Jima'i.  A cikin watan Janairu 2020, jihar Washington ta kirkiro Hukumar LGBTQ ta hanyar doka. ƙididdige aikin aikin jiha wanda ya kasance a shekarun baya. Botzer ta kasance kwamishina na farko, kuma an zaɓe ta  a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaba a taron farko na hukumar.  

A cikin shekarar 2021 an dakatar da Sashen 'yan sanda na Seattle daga halartar zanga-zangar Capitol Hill Seattle Pride's Maris, kuma wasu 'yan luwaɗi sun ce sun ji an cire su daga taron Pride. Botzer ta ba da shawarar wata dabarar da za ta samar da haɗin kai tsakanin 'yan sanda da al'ummar LGBT, ita ce ma'aikatar 'yan sanda ta ɗauki ƙarin hayar 'yan sanda masu canza jinsi, wanda ta ce za ta rage asusu na cin zarafin 'yan sanda a kan masu canza jinsi.  Bayan zaɓen Bruce Harrell a matsayin magajin garin Seattle, an naɗa Botzer a cikin tawagar mika mulki ta gwamnatinsa; Botzer memba ce ta ƙungiyar da aka sadaukar don "aiki da ƙarfin aiki". 

### Aikin Ilimantar da Kai
A cikin shekarun 1990s da farkon ƙarni na 21 Botzer ta yi aiki a kan allunan kungiyoyi da yawa da ke aiki a sararin haƙƙin ɗan adam da ke da alaƙa da asalin jinsi da jima'i. Ta kuma kafa irin waɗannan kungiyoyi da dama. Tun a 2011 Botzer ta kasance a kan baiwa. Ayyukan Shugabanni Masu tasowa na Cibiyar LGBT ta Los Angeles.  A cikin shekarar 2012, Botzer ta kasance a kan kwamitin gudanarwa don kungiyar kwararrun duniya da lafiya ta Kasar Transgenend, daga cikin ka'idojin kulawa da lafiyar mutane ( Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People).  

A cikin shekarar 2003, ba da daɗewa ba bayan Kotun Koli ta Amurka ta yanke shawarar soke dokokin hana luwaɗi , Botzer ta yi aiki ta hanyar Gidauniyar Pride Foundation tana ba da shawara a madadin ma'aikatan Walmart don haɗawa da nuna wariya kan luwaɗi ga kamfani na nuna wariya da dokoki.  

Botzer ta haɗu da takardar bincike da aka buga a cikin International Journal of Transgender Health a cikin shekarar 2010 wanda ke ba da shawarar canje-canje ga DSM-5 don cututtukan  da ke da alaƙa da transgenderism. 

A cikin shekarar 2019 Botzer tana ɗaya daga cikin rukunin mutane don yanke shawarar waɗanda aka karrama 50 na farko don sabon bangon Stonewall Inn na Daraja. 

## Rigingimu

### Zargin wariyar launin fata a Cibiyar Jinsi ta Ingersoll
A cikin shekarar 2021, wani gungun ma'aikatan kungiyar na baya da na yanzu sun tayar da batun nuna wariyar launin fata da wariya a cikin Cibiyar Jinsi ta Ingersoll. Marsha Botzer ta zama mafi cirewa daga rana zuwa rana na ayyukan cibiyar tsawon shekaru da yawa amma har yanzu tana cikin kwamitin gudanarwa a lokacin. Lokacin da manema labarai suka neme ta don jin ta bakinta game da labarin ta ki bayar da wata sanarwa ta ƙashin kanta ta kuma tsaya kan maganganun da kungiyar da hukumar ta suka bayar a maimakon haka.  Ba a ambaci sunan Botzer a cikin kowane ɗayan mutanen da Ingersoll Collective Action ta buƙaci yin murabus, cirewa, ko bincike ba. 

A cikin shekarar 2015, Tel Aviv ta yi bikin 40th Pride a cikin wani taron da aka shirya ta A Wider Bridge, Ƙungiyar LGBTQ ta Amirka da ke aiki don cike gibin da ke tsakanin Arewacin Amirka da al'ummomin LGBTQ na Isra'ila.  An zana alkaluman da za su halarta daga ƙasashe fiye da goma sha biyu, kuma a cikinsu akwai Marsha Botzer sannan kuma magajin garin Seattle Ed Murray, ɗan luwadi a fili.  Membobin kungiyar Ƙauracewa, Ragewa da Takunkumai na Seattle sun zargi Botzer da Murray da laifin cin zarafin Falasɗinawa ta hanyar nuna babban matsayin Isra'ila na haƙƙin ɗan adam da LGBTQ Isra'ila ke morewa.  Kafin tafiyar, masu zanga-zangar sun buƙaci Murray da ya soke ta, amma bai yi magana ba, ya kuma saka wata sanarwa a cikin jawabinsa a wurin taron na kare zaɓin da ya yi. 

Wani zaman majalisar dokokin da aka gudanar a yayin taron shi ne karo na farko da majalisar dokokin Isra'ila ta taɓa ɗaukar batutuwan da suka shafi maza da mata.  Botzer ya ba da jawabi na shaidar kai tsaye yayin wannan sauraron.   Bayan haka ta shaida wa manema labarai cewa wannan jawabin ya sha bamban da lokutan da ta yi magana a gaban kowace majalisar dokokin Amurka; Bambancin kuwa shi ne karɓuwa da kuma budaddiyar jin daɗin ‘yan majalisar.  Botzer ta ce ba ta amince da kiran da aka yi mata na ƙauracewa zaɓen ba saboda tana son ganin ƙasar da kanta. 

## Kyauta

* Kyautar Jagoran Kasuwancin Babban Seattle, 2002 
* Kyautar Ci gaban Rayuwar Yariman Virginia daga Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya don Ilimin Jinsi, 2004  
* Horace Mann "Nasara ga Ɗan Adam", 2004, daga Jami'ar Antakiya 
* Kyautar Jarumin 'Yancin Bil'adama, 2006, daga Lambda Legal 
* Kyautar Jagorancin Task Force, 2007 
* Jose Julio Saliyo Kyautar Haƙƙin Bil'adama, 2009 
* Kyautar Sabis na Al'umma daga Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin LGBT ta Jihar Washington, 2011 
* Jerin US Trans 100 na 2013 
* Kyautar Jagorancin Al'ummar Kiwon Lafiyar Gay City, 2014 
* Kyautar Masanin Ilimi, 2015, daga Jami'ar Antakiya Seattle 
* Kyautar William O. Douglas daga Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Jama'ar Amirka ta Jihar Washington a cikin shekarar 2016  
* Dr. Robert Deisher Kyautar Masu Ba da Shawara daga Sabis na Ba da Shawarar Seattle, 2019 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Botzer ta karɓi aikin tabbatar da jinsi a cikin shekarar 1981 daga Dr. Stanley Biber, babban mai ba da aikin tiyata ga al'ummar transsexual a Amurka a lokacin.

## Manazarta