Betty Berzon

**Betty Berzon** (18 ga Janairu, 1928) Janairu 24, 2006) marubuciya ce 'yar Amurka kuma mai ilimin halayyar ɗan adam wadda aka san ta da aikinta tare da al'ummomin ' yan luwaɗi da 'yan madigo .

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Berzon a St. Louis, Missouri, a cikin dangin Yahudawa.  Tana cikin masu ilimin tabin hankali na farko da suka taimaka wa abokan cinikin luwadi.  Bayan ta fito a matsayin luwadi a shekarar 1968, ta fara ba da magani ga 'yan luwadi da madigo. A shekarar 1971, a lokacin wani taron UCLA mai suna "Luwadi a Amurka," Berzon ta zama likitan tabin hankali na farko a kasar da ya fito a matsayin luwadi ga jama'a.  Haka kuma a shekarar 1971, ta kafa *Cibiyar Ayyukan Al'umma ta 'Yan Luwadi da Madigo [[Los Angeles|ta Los Angeles]]* da kuma wata kungiya ta 'yan luwadi da madigo a cikin Kungiyar Masu tabin hankali ta Amurka (Kungiyar Masu Ilimin Halayyar Luwadi, wacce yanzu aka sani da Kungiyar Nazarin Ilimin Halayyar Dan Adam na 'Yan Luwadi, Madigo, Madigo Biyu da Matsalolin Canza Jinsi ); APA ta ayyana luwadi a matsayin rashin lafiyar kwakwalwa shekaru biyu bayan haka. 

Berzon ta yi karatun digiri na ɗan lokaci a Jami'ar Stanford kafin ta yi rajista a UCLA a 1952 sannan ta kammala karatunta a 1957. Daga nan ta sami digirin digirgir na biyu daga Jami'ar Jihar San Diego a 1962.

A shekarar 1976, Berzon da abokiyar zamanta Teresa DeCrescenzo suna cikin membobin takwas da suka kafa ƙungiyar Western Lud Academic Union.  Daga baya Berzon ya zama shugaban ƙungiyar 'yan luwaɗi ta ƙasa. 

Berzon ya kuma yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na ƙungiyoyin 'yan luwaɗi da yawa, ciki har da LA Gay and Lesbian Center (1972–1975), Whtman-Radclyffe Foundation (1976–1977), Gay Academic Union (1977–1979), National Luwaɗi Rights Advocates (1979–1984), da kuma Luwaɗi da Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (1984–1994). 

## Mutuwa da gado
An gano cewa Berzon na da cutar kansar mama a shekarar 1986. An yi mata magani ta hanyar cire mastectomy kuma ciwon daji ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin sauƙi tsawon shekaru da yawa. Ciwon daji ya dawo a shekarar 2001, kuma Berzon ya mutu a ranar 24 ga Janairu, 2006. Ta bar Teresa DeCrescenzo, shugabar Hukumar Kula da Al'umma ta Matasa 'Yan Luwadi da Madigo, waɗanda Berzon ya haɗu da su a shekarar 1973 kuma suka aure su a lokacin wani bikin aure a watan Maris na 1993 a Washington .

A shekara ta 2007, an sake wa Ventura Place da ke Studio City suna Dr. Betty Berzon Place don girmama ta, wanda hakan ya sa ta zama titi na farko da aka keɓe a hukumance ga wata sananniyar 'yar madigo a California. 

Haka kuma a shekarar 2007, mujallar LGBT mai suna *The Advocate* ta sanya Berzon a cikin "jarumai 40."  

A shekarar 2013, Gidauniyar Adabi ta Lambda ta ƙaddamar da kyautar Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award, kyautar da za a bai wa marubutan LGBTQ masu hazaka da kuma alƙawari waɗanda suka buga aƙalla littafi ɗaya a kowane nau'in adabi, wanda aka gabatar a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin Lambda Literary Awards har zuwa 2016.  A shekarar 2016, Publishing Triangle ta karɓi kyautar, wadda yanzu ta gabatar da ita a matsayin wani ɓangare na Triangle Awards . 

Takardun Betty Berzon (1928–2006) an rubuta su ne a Coll2011.004 a cikin Taskar Tarihin 'Yan Luwadi da 'Yan Madigo ta Ƙasa . 

Takardun Betty Berzon (1972–1979) sune Lamba ta Tarin 7312 a Sashen Tarin Rubuce-rubuce Masu Rare da Rubuce-rubuce a Laburaren Jami'ar Cornell. 

## Littattafai
Littattafan Berzon sun haɗa da Positively Gay ( 1979 ), Permanent Partners ( 1988 ), da kuma The Intimacy Dance ( 1996 ). Berzon ta kuma rubuta wani littafi na tarihin rayuwarta, Surviving Madness, a Therapist's Own Story ( 2002 ) inda ta tattauna yunƙurin kashe kanta da kuma kafa tsarin zamantakewa a baya. Littafin ya sami lambar yabo ta Lambda Literary Award don mafi kyawun tarihin rayuwar 'yan madigo a 2003. Tsawon shekaru da yawa, ta rubuta shafi na ba da shawara kan dangantakar 'yan luwaɗi ga PlanetOut.com .

## Manazarta