Lesbian Spring Meetings
The Lesbian Spring Meeting (LFT) is the largest and best - known non-commercial meeting of lesbians in Germany and Europe . The majority of the visitors to the meeting come from German-speaking countries . The multi-day event, which takes place annually on the weekend of Pentecost , is regularly attended by several hundred lesbians. Some have very different, quite controversial views. During the three-day meeting, in addition to many workshops, several plenums and various cultural evening events take place. The event is organized by local associations supported by the Lesbenfrühling eV association.
history
In 1972 lesbians met for the first time at the Whitsun meeting of the Homosexual Action West Berlin (HAW) . In 1973 the HAW organized the Whitsun meeting for gays and lesbians. In 1974 the women’s group at HAW organized the first lesbian Whitsun meeting. In 1975 the HAW women's group became the Lesbian Action Center (LAZ) , which organized the Lesbian Pentecost Meeting until 1978. The meeting has been held at different locations since 1979. In 1992 in Bremen the lesbian Whitsun meeting was renamed to Lesbian Spring - later then to Lesbian Spring Meeting - because the term Whitsun meeting discriminated against non- Christian lesbians.
organization
As an autonomous lesbian event, the meeting is organized by local and regional lesbian groups, so it takes place at a different location every year. To support the local organizational team, to pass on experiences, to offer help with financing and to document the meetings, the association Lesbenfrühling eV was founded in the run-up to the LFT 2000 in Bochum, which holds its women's assembly at the LFT.
At the lesbian spring meeting, group events , plenums , a demonstration and / or rally and an evening program with festivals and cultural events take place. There are also food and drink stands as well as relaxation rooms available. The prices of the season tickets are i. d. Usually staggered according to income .
Accessibility
On the basis of a plenary resolution, great importance is attached to extensive accessibility at the meetings. In detail, this means that the voluntary organization team sets up a working group that ensures the following aspects in particular:
- The website with information about the meeting is structured according to the WCAG criteria.
- The buildings are accessible and usable for wheelchair users , including the sanitary facilities and overnight accommodation.
- Events will be interpreted into sign language for deaf lesbians .
- The program booklet available on site is readable for the visually impaired .
- Mobility for disabled visitors between the event locations is possible.
- The need for assistance for disabled visitors can be realized.
For the first time for the LFT 2012 in Nuremberg the request for financial support for the warranty has accessibility from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) turned down granted .
Venues and themes
| year | place | motto |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | West Berlin | "Is feminism the theory and being lesbian the practice?" |
| 1975 | West Berlin | |
| 1976 | West Berlin | |
| 1977 | West Berlin | |
| 1978 | West Berlin | |
| 1979 | Muenster | |
| 1980 | Spielberg near Karlsruhe | |
| 1981 | West Berlin | "Lesbian turn - lesbian walls - lesbian end?" |
| 1982 | failed | |
| 1983 | Osnabrück | |
| 1984 | failed | |
| 1985 | Hamburg | |
| 1986 | Munich | "Lust for Munich - Lesbenglühn" |
| 1987 | Hamburg | "More bite into the movement" |
| 1988 | Muenster | "Power in the Province" |
| 1989 | Frankfurt am Main | |
| 1990 | Tübingen | "Live passionately" |
| 1991 | Mönchengladbach | "Lesbian - so what?" |
| 1992 | Bremen | "Consistently disagreed - loud lesbians" |
| 1993 | Freiburg | "Down with the walls - boundless lesbian?" |
| 1994 | Heidelberg | "Lesbian, stubborn, diverse." |
| 1995 | Hamburg | "Coming home - agree to differ" |
| 1996 | Munich | "And yet she is moving!" |
| 1997 | Stuttgart | "Commerce & Solidarity" |
| 1998 | Freiburg | "Let lesbians and lesbians" |
| 1999 | Cologne | "That's the summit!" |
| 2000 | Bochum - Querenburg | "Everything queer or what?" |
| 2001 | Rostock | "East-West - (not) a topic among lesbians" |
| 2002 | Hanover | "Open doors" |
| 2003 | Munich | "Make yourself a lesbian" |
| 2004 | to water | "Right in the middle and right next to it" |
| 2005 | Berlin | "Think - Talk - Feel - Act!" |
| 2006 | Leipzig | "Diversity on a big flame" |
| 2007 | Marburg | "Infinite expanses - nothing without contradiction - welcome to the lesbian space" |
| 2008 | Dresden | "Hugged by Europe - Lesbians Everywhere" |
| 2009 | Cologne | "Lesbians in R (h) einkultur - everything in flux?" |
| 2010 | Hamburg | "Lesbian linen go" |
| 2011 | Rostock | "Around the Baltic Sea" |
| 2012 | Nuremberg | "Lesbian rights are human rights are lesbian rights" |
| 2013 | Munich | "... timelessly lesbian - how do you live?" |
| 2014 | Berlin | "Together" |
| 2015 | no LFT | |
| 2016 | Bremen | "Different, but how !?" |
| 2017 | Kiel | "Lesbians ahoy! - invest differently " |
| 2018 | Goettingen | "Lesbians, hear the signals!" |
| 2019 | Cologne | "The L * FT 2019 looks at the stars!" |
literature
- Ange Hehsling, Paula Taube: The "Lesbian Spring Meeting". From the beginning as an “international Pentecost meeting” in 1972 to the “Lesbian Pentecostal meeting” until today . In: Gabriele Dennert, Christiane Leidinger , Franziska Rauchut (eds.): Keep moving. 100 years of lesbian politics, culture and history . Querverlag, Berlin 2007, pp. 241–243, ISBN 978-3-89656-148-0 .
Web links
- www.lesbenfruehling.de - Website of the umbrella association LesbenFrühling eV with links to the current LFTs
- Mission statement of the LFT 2005 in Berlin with a humorous welcome to various definitions of lesbians
- Article from Neues Deutschland on the LFT 2001 (under 'Press')
- www.lft2019.de - Website of the L * FT 2019 in Cologne