November 2006

The second annually seminar was as popular as the previous GDA seminar. Remarkable about the 2006 seminar is the fact that it coincided with the 6th International transgender day of remembrance. Participants came as far as Uganda and the African Gender Studies department of University of Cape Town sent participants as did SWEAT. The latter is a progressive NGO, Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce. The seminar took again the form of story telling and was a day long event. Guest speakers shared their stories and experiences and answered some questions. The purpose of the workshop was to “let non-transgender people in” to the lives of transgender people, in the aim to give them some sort of understanding about the daily experiences of transgender people.

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