Beth Elliott

**Beth Elliott** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1950) mawakiya ɗan madigo ce, yar gwagwarmaya, kuma marubuciya.  A farkon 1970s, Elliot ya shiga cikin ' yan matan Bilitis da taron 'yan madigo na Yamma a California. Ta zama cibiyar cece-kuce lokacin da wasu tsirarun masu halarta a taron na 1973, gami da babban mai magana, suka yi kira da a cire ta saboda matsayinta. 

## 'Ya'yan Bilitis
Elliott ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar kungiyar 'yan madigo ta kungiyar ' yan madigo ta Bilitis ta San Francisco daga 1971 zuwa 1972, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin editan wasiƙar babi, *Sisters* .  Lokacin da ta fara shiga a 1971, an zazzafan muhawara game da hakkinta na shiga saboda jima'i.  Kungiyar ta rabu kuma daga karshe ta zabi 35 zuwa 29 a kan shigar da matan trans a cikin babin San Francisco na DOB; Lokacin da aka sanar da ƙuri'ar, ma'aikatan edita na *Sisters* sun bar ƙungiyar don haɗin kai tare da Elliott. Abokinta na jami'a kuma memba na kungiyar 'yan madigo ta 'yan madigo Gutter Dykes Collective ta fito fili ta zarge ta da yin lalata da ita shekaru da suka gabata, wanda Elliott ta musanta, tana mai cewa ta yi zargin karya don ceto fuska da kungiyar ta a lokacin da aka bayyana cewa sun saba.

## Taron Madigo na Yammacin Tekun Yamma
Beth Elliott ta ci gaba da shigarta cikin harkar mata kuma ta taimaka wajen haifar da taron 'yan madigo na Yammacin Tekun Yamma wanda ya faru a cikin Afrilu 1973.  Tana cikin kwamitin kungiyar kuma an nemi ta yi waka a matsayin mawaka a cikin shirin nishadi na taron.  Duk da haka, a daren farko da ta hau matakin ta fuskanci adawa sosai. Kungiyar 'yan madigo ta 'yan madigo, The Gutter Dykes, ta yi ledar ledar ne domin nuna rashin amincewa da kasancewar Elliott, inda ta ce ita namiji ne, ta kuma tunkari dandalin da nuna adawa. Sauran masu wasan kwaikwayo, Jeanne Cordova,  Robin Tyler, da Patty Harrison, sun bayyana cewa sun amsa ta hanyar kare Elliott kuma sun kafa bukatar kuri'a kan ko aikin Elliott ya kamata ya ci gaba. An ɗauki sama da awa ɗaya don ƙidaya kusan masu halarta 1,300 kuma ya haifar da rahoton kashi biyu bisa uku don goyon bayan aikin Elliott. Wasu asusun sun bayyana 3:1 a cikin yardar Elliott yayin da wasu suka bayyana shi a matsayin rinjaye.  Elliott ya ba da taƙaitaccen wasan kwaikwayo kuma ya ci gaba da barin taron. Washegari, babbar mai magana Robin Morgan ta ba da adireshinta, wanda ta canza bayan abubuwan da suka faru a daren jiya. A cikin jawabin, mai taken "Madigo da Feminism: Synonyms or Contradictions?" Morgan ya kira Elliott a matsayin "ƙofa mai raɗaɗi ... namiji transvestite"  kuma, ta yin amfani da karin magana na maza, ya tuhume ta a matsayin "mai son kai, mai shiga tsakani, da kuma mai lalata-tare da tunanin mai fyade."

## Bayan taro
Lamarin da ya faru a taron 'yan madigo na Yammacin Tekun Yamma, babban taron 'yan madigo da aka rigaya ya gabata,  ya bar ra'ayi mai dorewa. Ba wai kawai Elliott ya ji rauni ba a cikin motsin rai da zamantakewa, amma kalmomin bata mata suna yaduwa a cikin cibiyoyin sadarwar 'yan madigo na asali kuma suka fara 'masu fyade' . " Wannan taron shi ne karo na farko da yawancin mata da yawa suka fuskanci tambaya game da shigar da mata a cikin motsi. An bar Elliott saniyar ware daga yawancin mata da madigo saboda rarrabuwar kawuna da ke kunno kai tsakanin mata.    

## Rayuwa da aiki
Beth Elliott yana bugawa tun tsakiyar 1970s akan bisexuality, Feminism, the AIDS motsi, jima'i positivity, da transgenderism.   Bugu da ƙari, Elliott shine marubucin littattafai da yawa da ENC Press ta buga. Ta 1996 memoir, *Mirrors: Hoton 'yar Madigo Transsexual*, an bayyana shi a matsayin "na al'ada a cikin mata da kuma transgender / transsexual wallafe-wallafen tarihi" ta Bay Area Reporter.  Ta sake maimaita littafin a cikin 2011, ta ƙara sabon gabatarwa da kalmomin bayanta da kuma babi mai ba da labarin gogewarta a taron 'yan madigo na Yammacin Tekun Yamma.  Ita ce kuma marubucin labarin almara na kimiyya, *Kada ku kira shi "Virtual"* da aka buga a 2003. 

Ta shiga cikin aikin siyasa don tallafawa 'yancin ɗan luwaɗi kuma ta kafa Alice B. Toklas LGBT Club . [1] An zabe ta a matsayin memba na kwamitin California don Gyara Dokar Jima'i wanda, a cikin 1975, ya goyi bayan Willie Brown don zartar da dokar da ta soke dokokin luwadi da luwadi a California. [2] [1]

Ta kasance mawaƙin jama'a tun daga ƙarshen 1960s kuma tana aiki a fagen kiɗan Haight-Ashbury hippie a cikin 1970s.   Aikinta na baya-bayan nan shi ne kundi mai suna "Buried Treasure," wanda aka fitar da kansa a cikin 2005. 

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