SHAHARARAR HOTUNAN LGBTQ: BILLIE JEAN SARKI DA YAKINTA
Mun kuskura ka sami wanda ba ya son Billie Jean King.
Fitaccen ɗan wasan tennis, wanda ya kasance zakara ga mata da mutanen LGBTQ shekaru da yawa, shine - kuma ba na amfani da wannan kalmar a hankali - taska ta ƙasa.
A cikin 1970s ta yi gwagwarmaya don daidaita mata a wasanni kuma ta sami gagarumar nasara a yakin jima'i. Tun daga shekarun 1980 ta kasance wata alama ce mai girman kai da neman daidaito ga mutanen LGBTQ. A yau ba wai kawai ana girmama ta a zauren wasan tennis ba har ma, tare da abokin tarayya Ilana Kloss, wani yanki ne mai mallakar Los Angeles Dodgers, yana taimakawa jagorar ɗayan mafi kyawun ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan kamfani a duk wasannin Amurka don haɗawa.
Shekaru da yawa da suka gabata an ba ta suna wani ɓangare na ɗaya daga cikin lokuta uku mafi mahimmanci a tarihin wasanni na LGBTQ. An shigar da ita cikin wasan tennis na duniya Hall Fame a shekarar 1987.
Tabbas, ba da shawarar King's LGBTQ ya sami babban farawa. King bai samu “fito ba” bisa ga sharuɗanta, tsohuwar abokiyar zamanta, Marilyn Barnett ta fitar da ita cikin rigar palimoni. Duk da haka King bai yi watsi da rigar zakaran LGBTQ ba, yana alfahari da karɓar matsayinta a matsayin gunki kwatsam.
A kotun, Sarki ya kasance sarauniyar zamaninta kuma daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan tennis a tarihi. Ta lashe kambun Grand Slam na mata 12 (na bakwai-mafi yawan lokuta), ta kammala aikin ƙwaƙƙwara kuma ta lashe kambun Wimbledon sau shida. Ta kara yawan kambun Grand Slam sau 27 da cakude-kulle, wanda hakan ya sa ta zama 'yar wasa ta uku da aka yi wa ado a tarihin Grand Slam.
Tun daga wannan lokacin ta himmatu don ƙara daidaito ga mutanen LGBTQ, mata da al'ummomin da ba a yi musu hidima ba. A shekarar 2009 ta samu lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa ta 'Yanci. A cikin 2014 Shugaba Barack Obama ya nada ta a cikin tawagarsa ta Olympics a wani yunƙuri na buɗe idanun duniya kan kasancewar da nasarar 'yan wasan LGBTQ.
An rubuta littattafai game da Sarki. An yi fina-finai. Za mu iya ci gaba da ci gaba. A gare mu, mutane kaɗan ne suka nuna Ruhun Stonewall kamar wannan almara mai rai.
“Kowa yana da mutane a rayuwarsa waɗanda ke da luwaɗi, madigo ko transgender ko bisexual. Wataƙila ba za su so yarda da shi ba, amma na ba da tabbacin sun san wani. "
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