thanks, Sarah
at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians who meet over the extended weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this year for another fabulous
self-
organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessions, cultural programme and a
manifestation in
downtown Nuremberg - and all of this in 90% barrier-free arrangements, one of the acknowledged
hallmarks
of this meeting, called "LFT" (Lesben-Fruehlings-Treffen, lesbian spring meetings)
I love how you always share information about these gatherings. I do think that German lesbians surely must be the most active when it comes to intellectual gatherings, merely based on all the activities you share with us.
I guess this is partly because many of us read English and, when they compare what is done in the open and also on the web elsewhere (e.g. on en.wikipedia.org as compared to de.wikipedia.org) to what is seemingly not happening so easily - for whatever reason - where most people speak German as their first language in public (not to give any description that links to concepts of "nation" because there are several regions, anyway) "these lesbians" might feel that they have to think up activities that might seem somewhat radical to people who do not live in the same region
makes me think that maybe it is like bridging cultures, but without a bridge in a way, so we make them up ourselves or sort of try to, anyway ;-) taking intellectual approaches sometimes helps, maybe
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net