Press Releases
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011 |
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In the coming weeks Gender DynamiX and Ugandan partner SIPD* will kick off the second year of its Transgender, Intersex African Exchange programme. The programme brings together emerging and established Transgender and Intersex activists for empowerment and network building. This year Gender DynamiX will see one of its first staff members, outreach officer Tebogo Nkoana, as a peer when we all meet in Uganda! *SIPD: Support Initiative for People with atypical sex Development (SIPD), Uganda |
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Sunday, 03 April 2011 |
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Gender DynamiX has embarked on a survey to make estimates on the cost of Transgender Health Care. The purpose of this survey is to have information to lobby Medical Aids to cover Transgender related health care. The report will also be used to position Transgender Health Care in the upcoming change in the South Africa health system. Please download the form and fill in ASAP. If you have received the protected document - the password to unprotect is "hansie" Please mail your results to
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We understand that you might not have kept all your bills or that you might not want to go dig them up so estimates would be acceptable. Thank you for your participation. Be sure to forward to other transgender people not matter where they might be in their transitions. |
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Wednesday, 16 March 2011 |
 Johannesburg
1st to 10th April 2011
Nu Metro – Hyde Park
Cape Town
1st to 10th April 2011
Nu Metro - V&A Waterfront
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BOOKING INFO: 0861 CINEMA or 0861 246 362 | www.numetro.co.za | m.numetro.co.za
We have 3 outings this year. The rationale is obvious, more presence throughout the year, more opportunities for you to see queer flieks so we don’t break your bank or take up all your spare time in one go, and you don’t have to miss anything. We’ve selected 8 features and 2 short films we know you’ll enjoy. We are delighted to confirm that Joe Graham, the Director of Strapped will attend the Film Festival in both JHB and CT.
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Tuesday, 01 February 2011 |
Cape Town Vigil to Commemorate the life of David Kato, Ugandan slain  LGBT activist and Human Rights Defender.
We at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, IGLHRC, together with the AIDS and Rights Alliance for southern Africa, ARASA and Gender Dynamix GDX, would like you to join us in a vigil to commemorate the life of David Kato, a Ugandan LGBT activist and human rights defender, who was brutally murdered at his home. Date: Thursday, February 3 in Time: 17:00 to 18:00 Venue: 6 Spin Street, Cape Town. Opposite Church Square. Yours in solidarity at this difficult time, |
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010 |
Transgender people tell health officials how it is - first ever SA conference of its kind
Media Release by Gender DynamiX
Contact: Robert Hamblin Advocacy Manager –
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083 226-4683 www.genderdynamix.org.za
“None of us chose where, when or how to be born. We did not choose which bodies to have ” said Professor Eddie Mhlanga, Chief Director of Maternal Child and Women’s Health, National Department of Health. This quote from the keynote address delivered at the Trans Health and Research Conference, sums up the theme of the conference hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) at Hout Bay over the weekend of 27 – 28 November 2010.
When talking about education of medical professionals Professor Mhlanga said: “We need more people who can say, irrespective of who you are - I am with you,”
The conference was a momentous occasion in that for the first time transgender men and women, health care providers and the Department of Health sat together around tables and listened to each other. The voice outs were particularly powerful, where transgender persons voiced their concerns and told about their struggles and some victories in accessing health care. For many health care providers and medical aids in the room, this was a devastating experience of listening to how far away health providers are from fair health practices. Often in these situations one listens to anger; but in this room, the providers listened to the strength, resolve and resilience of transgendered persons who chose to strategically present stories as equal citizens who straddle family arrangements and professions and include musicians, journalists, students, accountants, photographers and doctors yet remain unemployed due to stigma.
“We have been battling against painful odds – stigmatisation, ignorance, a lack of any kind of coherent information and many other social-political and socio-economical issues,” Themba Nkosi, Board Member of GDX said in his welcome speech. “I hope that we can create an atmosphere this weekend where we hear one another and focus hard to produce something that will make all of our lives and work easier in the near future,” he added.
The weekend long conference, funded by the Open Society Foundation, was an important dialogue between medical providers and the community in facilitating a space to advance the development of transgender health in Southern Africa.
This “pioneering event” as Dr Marlene Wasserman (Dr Eve), well-known sexologist, author, radio presenter and GDX board member called it, identified a number of problems that transgender people face when accessing health services, especially in the rural areas. Its primary objective was to establish the agenda for the major conference in 2011 and inform the content for the first major research activities on transgender subjects in Africa. The end goal was to create a policy brief to inform the work of next year’s larger medical and research policy conference. This policy brief will be key to informing research and policy activities. |
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