South Africa: Pride week of stimulating workshops

The Johannesburg Pride week took off at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, on Monday 01 October with educational workshops by gay and lesbian organisations such as OUT LGBT-Wellbeing (OUT), Forum for Empowerment of Women (FEW), Behind The Mask (BTM) and some other affiliates. Sexual and mental health, sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community and voluntary testing were central issues of discussion leading to the Johannesburg Pride Parade.