Nadine Smith
Nadine Smith yar gwagwarmaya ce ta LGBT kuma ta kasance babban darektan Daidaita Florida tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a cikin shekarar 1997 kuma tana aiki a matsayin mai fafutuka na majalisa, tana zaune a Tallahassee yayin  zaman. A shekarar 1986, Smith ya yi aiki a kan kafa sansanin Gay da na Lesbian .   An amince da Smith a matsayin jagora na kasa ta  kungiyoyi da suka hada da: Ƙwararrun  Ƙwararrun  (NCLR) da Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun  na Ƙasa . 

Wani tsohon ɗan jarida, Smith ya rubuta ginshiƙai masu haɗaka don wallafe-wallafe daban-daban na gayu da na yau da kullun. Smith ya kasance ɗan jarida mai bincike mai nasara ga WUSF, ƙungiyar Rediyon Jama'a ta ƙasa a Tampa, kuma daga baya ya zama mai ba da rahoto ga Tampa gwagwalada Tribune. Smith kuma ya kasance mai zaman kansa don littattafan ƙasa da na gida.

In shekarar 1991, Smith was the first openly lesbian African-American to run for Tampa City Council, earning the most votes in the primary and garnering 42% in the run-off.

A cikin shekarar 1993, Smith ya kasance wani ɓangare na taron ofis na tarihi tsakanin shugaban Amurka mai ci Bill Clinton da shugabannin ƙungiyoyin jama'a na LGBT. Smith ya kasance mataimakin shugaban shekarar 1993 Maris akan Washington, yana daidaita kafofin watsa labarai na kasa da na duniya. Ta kuma yi wa'adi huɗu a matsayin shugabar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Shawarwari ta LGBT a faɗin Jiha.

Smith ya halarci Makarantar Sojan Sama ta Amurka bayan ya kammala makarantar sakandare a birnin Panama. Ta tafi ne bayan wucewar littafin Kada ku Tambayi Kar a Fada a shekarar 1993. Ta sami digiri na Mass Communication a Jami'ar South Florida .

A cikin shekarar 1995, Smith ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan yaƙin neman zaɓe na Jama'a don Fair Tampa, ƙoƙarin da ya yi nasara don hana soke dokar haƙƙin ɗan adam na birni, wanda ya haɗa da yanayin jima'i .

Smith ya kasance mai fafutuka mai fafutuka kan laifuffukan kyama da kuma dokar cin zarafi.  A cikin shekarar 2008, Ƙoƙarin daidaitawa na Florida ya haifar da zartar da dokar hana cin zarafi a faɗin jihar wadda ta zaburar da gundumomin makarantu a duk faɗin jihar don haɗa yanayin jima'i da asalin jinsi a cikin manufofinsu na adawa da cin zarafi da cin zarafi.

Daga shekarar  2006 - shekara ta 2009, Smith ya yi aiki a Hukumar Kula da Adalci ga Duk Iyalai, yunƙurin kare dangi na LGBT a gaban wani ma'aunin zaɓe wanda ya haramta amincewa da aure tsakanin ma'aurata guda ɗaya.  Matakin da ya zartar da kusan kashi 62% na kuri'un ya kuma haramta kariyar da ke "daidai da aure".

A cikin shekarar 2007, an kama Smith a wata ƙarar ƙarar  ƙaramar hukumar birnin Largo bayan ya ba wa wani fom ɗin da aka buga kalmomin "Kada ku Wariya" a kai.  Majalisar tana muhawara kan ko za ta kori Susan Stanton, manajan birnin da ya sauya sheka daga namiji zuwa mace. Daga baya aka yi watsi da tuhumar. Shugaban ‘yan sanda da majalisar birnin sun bayar da hakuri a hukumance.

A cikin shekarar  2010 Smith ya kawo dokar karɓo luwaɗi ta Florida wadda ta haramtawa duk wani ɗan luwaɗi riko da hankalin shugaba Obama. A yayin wani taron Fadar White  House, ta mika wa shugaban kasar hoton wasu yara maza biyu da jihar Florida ke kokarin hana dan luwadi da ya kasance uban renon su sama da shekaru 5. 

Smith ya yi aiki a matsayin mai magana da yawun Equality Florida yana yin Allah wadai da haramcin karbewa, musamman ma kalubalantar jihar da yin amfani da makudan kudade na daloli masu biyan haraji don ba da tallafi ga wani mai fafutukar yaki da luwadi a matsayin tauraruwar shaida.

Magana 

 "George W. Bush da Al Gore bai kamata su yi magana game da wanda zai fara kiftawa ba. Ya kamata su yi magana game da yadda za mu maido da imani ga dimokuradiyya a cikin jama'ar Amurka, saboda an gwada shi sosai a yanzu." 
 "Ba sa tambaya, ba mu fada ba kuma da kyar ake bukatar su gani da idanunsu babban cutarwa da radadin gaske da dokokin da ke nuna mana cewa mun kasa da makwabta." 
 "Lokacin da Floridians masu adalci suka fahimci irin illar da wannan shirin ke da shi ga iyalai da yawa na Florida, za su yi watsi da wannan gyara. Bai kamata dokoki su sanya shi da wahala wajen kula da mutanen da kuke so ba." 
 “Sa’ad da nake yarinya an gaya mini cewa Rosa Parks ta gaji kuma ta gaji wata rana mai tsanani kuma ta yanke shawarar cewa ba za ta bar kujerar ta ba. Jajircewarta ya burge ni. Daga baya, lokacin da na sami labarin cewa an yi la'akari da zanga-zangar ta na dogon lokaci tare da cikakken auna sakamakon, an ƙarfafa ni sosai da niyyarta ta sadaukar da 'yancinta da amincinta da gangan don sa ƙasar ta fuskanci munin Jim Crow." 
 “Muna tattaki, muna harabar gida, muna ilmantarwa, muna zanga-zangar kuma ya kamata mu kuma dole. Amma ga alama yana ƙara bayyana a gare ni cewa a yanzu dole ne mu yi abin da ƙungiyoyin kare haƙƙin jama'a suke yi: tare da yin tunani da tunani, sanya kanmu a fili cikin saɓani da doka ta rashin adalci don haifar da sakamakon da zai iya lalata lamirin ƙasarmu."  .
 “Kowace fafutukar kare hakkin jama’a a kasar nan ta bukaci mutane su sadaukar da kansu da kuma nuna wariya ga hukumomi ta yadda babu wanda zai iya kawar da idanunsa. Mutane sun ci gaba da sanin za su iya rasa gidajensu, rasa ayyukansu, da amincin su. Suna tafiya da son rai zuwa ga gungun ’yan bangar ƙiyayya da ’yan sanda tare da karnuka masu zage-zage. Sun mayar da shawarar kauracewa bas wata rana zuwa kwanaki 381 na hadin kai. Sun yi sadaukarwa kuma kasar ta duba ta canza. Duk gwagwarmayar kare hakkin jama'a a kasar nan ya bukaci mutane su sadaukar da kansu. Kasar tana kallo. Shin a shirye muke mu yi haka?”

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Daidaiton Florida
 IGLYO
 Smith ya ba da wasiƙa ga Shugaba Obama
 Black LGBT tarihin kowane zamani
 Muhawarar Aure Florida
 Magajin gari ya shigo 
 Babu Uzuri?  Da gaske Muke Nufi 
 Mai tasiri Nadine Smith
 Nadine Smith mai suna Co-Chair na girmamawa Co-Chair of National Equality for Unity and Pride
Rayayyun mutane
Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba