Beverley Palesa Ditsie

Beverley Palesa Ditsie (an haife ta a shekara ta 1971) 'yar fafutukar ' yan madigo ce ta Afirka ta Kudu, mai zane, kuma mai shirya fina-finai .   Ditsie tana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin 'yan luwaɗi ta Gay and Lesbian Organization of Witwatersrand .

A lokacin da take magana game da mahimmancin la'akari da haƙƙin LGBT a cikin mahallin haƙƙin ɗan adam a taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 4 kan Mata a Beijing a 1995, ta zama mace ta farko da ta fito fili ta yi hakan. Wannan kuma shine karo na farko da aka yi wa Majalisar Dinkin Duniya jawabi game da batutuwan LGBT,  inda Ditsie ta ce, "idan taron duniya kan mata zai magance damuwar dukkan mata, dole ne ya fahimci cewa wariya bisa ga sha'awar jima'i take hakki ne na haƙƙin ɗan adam na asali".

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Beverly Ditsie a watan Nuwamba 1971 kuma ta girma a unguwar Orlando West, Soweto, Afirka ta Kudu.

Ditsie ta fara nuna juriya ga mata masu tsauri a matsayin jinsi. Mahaifiyarta, Eaglette Ditsie, wata shahararriyar mawaƙiya mai yawon buɗe ido kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo, wacce ta gabatar da ita ga shirye-shiryen fina-finai, ta sami kwarin gwiwa. Lokacin da mahaifiyarta ta sami rawar da ta taka a wani shirin talabijin, furodusoshi suna buƙatar ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na yara wanda ya yi kama da ita. Sun yi tunanin Ditsie yaro ne kuma sun sanya ta a matsayin ɗan mahaifiyarta a kan allo. Ta rungumi waɗannan rawar, daga baya ta ce ta ji kanta fiye da kowane lokaci. 

A ranar haihuwarta ta 16, Ditsie ta shirya wani biki wanda ya nuna wani muhimmin lokaci a rayuwarta. A lokacin bikin, wata kawarta ta ba ta labarin Simon Tseko Nkoli, wani mai fafutukar kare hakkin wariyar launin fata da aka bayyana a matsayin ɗan luwaɗi wanda aka wanke kwanan nan a shari'ar cin amanar ƙasar Delmas bayan ta fuskanci hukuncin kisa tare da wasu shugabannin siyasa 21.

Bayan halartar ɗaya daga cikin tarurrukan Simon Nkoli a Jami'ar Wits, Ditsie ta fahimci cewa babu matsalolin LGBTQ+ a cikin gwagwarmayar yaƙi da wariyar launin fata. Nkoli ta zama mai ba ta shawara, inda ta gabatar da ita ga masu tunani na mata kamar baƙar fata kamar Audre Lorde da Barbara Smith . Tare da Nkoli da Linda Ngcobo, ta haɗu suka kafa Ƙungiyar 'Yan Luwaɗi da 'Yan Madigo ta Witwatersrand (GLOW), wadda ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tabbatar da kariyar kundin tsarin mulki ga haƙƙin LGBTQ+ a cikin Kundin Tsarin Mulkin Afirka ta Kudu na 1996. 

A shekarar 1990, GLOW ta shirya zanga-zangar Pride ta farko a Afirka ta Kudu, wadda ita ce ta farko a nahiyar Afirka, inda ta jawo hankalin mahalarta sama da 800 duk da fargabar tashin hankali da farko. Ga Ditsie, taron ya kasance wani lokaci na 'yanci mai zurfi, kodayake ya kawo mata barazana sosai bayan an nuna shi a talabijin.
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1971
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