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In <strong>Lesbians Free Everyone<\/strong>, shot during the global lockdown in 2020, international activists (from Ireland, Thailand, the USA, Serbia, Norway, Belize, Uganda, China, Taiwan, Mexico, Kenya, Brazil, Barbados, Namibia, Sri Lanka, the Netherlands, England and South Africa) talk about how energizing their joint protests and gatherings in the legendary <em>lesbian tent<\/em> were, which was used as a meeting place on the fringe of the conference. Many of the activists from 1994 are still politically active today.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00bbNo woman can determine the direction of her own life without the ability to determine her sexuality. Sexuality is an integral, deeply ingrained part of every human being\u2019s life and should not be subject to debate or coercion. Anyone who is truly committed to women\u2019s human rights must recognize that every woman has the right to determine her sexuality free of discrimination and oppression.\u00ab<\/em> Beverley Palesa Ditsie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest: Beverley Palesa Ditsie<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Moderation: Ifeatu Nnaobi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In cooperation with <em>Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung<\/em> and <em>K\u00f6lner Lesbian Visibility Weeks<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46364,"template":"","movie_year":[21],"movie_genre":[85],"movie_cat":[872],"festival":[886],"class_list":["post-46372","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-21","movie_genre-documentary-en","movie_cat-desired-film-lust-and-queer-en-2026","festival-886"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lesbians Free Everyone \u2013 The Beijing Retrospective - Internationales Frauen Film Fest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lesbians Free Everyone \u2013 The Beijing Retrospective - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, South African queer activist Beverley Palesa Ditsie delivered a [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IFFF.Dortmund.Koeln\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T07:45:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IFFF2026_LesbiansFreeEveryone_16-9_website_01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"693\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@frauenfilmfest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lesbians Free Everyone \u2013 The Beijing Retrospective - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/IFFF2026_LesbiansFreeEveryone_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-30T09:43:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-31T07:45:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/lesbians-free-everyone-the-beijing-retrospective\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/IFFF2026_LesbiansFreeEveryone_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/IFFF2026_LesbiansFreeEveryone_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":693,\"caption\":\"Several female-read individuals at what appears to be a rally. 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