Beverley Palesa Ditsie

Ditsie at the first pride march in South Africa, 1990.

Beverley Palesa Ditsie (born 1971) is a South African lesbian activist, artist, and filmmaker.[1][2] Ditsie is one of the founders of the gay rights organization Gay and Lesbian Organization of Witwatersrand.

In speaking about the importance of considering LGBT rights in the context of human rights at the 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, she became the first openly lesbian woman to do. It was also the first time that the United Nations was addressed about LGBT issues,[3] with Ditsie saying, “if the world conference on women is to address the concerns of all women, it must similarly recognise that discrimination based on sexual orientation is a violation of basic human rights”.

  1. ^ Matebeni, Zethu (2011). "TRACKS: Researching Sexualities Walking AbOUT the City of Johannesburg". In Tamale, Sylvia (ed.). African Sexualities: A Reader. Pamabazuka Press. pp. 50–52. ISBN 978-0857490162.
  2. ^ A discussion on LGBTIQA+ rights in South Africa, retrieved 17 December 2019
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