OUT provides direct health services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community including HIV testing, counselling, treatment and general lifestyle advice and support.
OUT has been in existence for almost 20 years and is dedicated to the building of healthy and empowered LGBT communities in South Africa and internationally, while reducing hetrosexism and homophobia in society.
A new report has documented the widespread discrimination, stigma and neglect facing gay men, other men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender people in the midst of the HIV epidemic in southern Africa.
OUT, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) health and well-being group in Pretoria, once again calls on gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men to take precautions in light of the murders of at least eight gay men in Gauteng and the recent murder of a gay man in Cape Town.
Some guys just don't want to think about condoms and lube. If you choose to not use condoms and water based lube to reduce your risk of HIV infection, you can still take some precautions:
This May, OUT is focusing on bullying.
Research amongst South African LGBT high school pupils shows that 71% of girls experience discrimination and harassment while 73% of boys experience physical abuse.
Come join OUT's Youth Group meeting on Saturday 18 May (13:00 - 15:00). The theme is "It must have been love" and we'll be looking at relationship breakups.
OUT has joined a host of civil society groups requesting the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development provide an update on the status of the National Task Team to Address Violence Against LGBTI Persons.…
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) has welcomed the introduction of a simplified ARV treatment of just one pill a day for some public sector HIV positive patients. This change in treatment protocols by the Department of Health came into effect at the start of this month.…
The April 2013 edition of the Out in Africa (OIA) gay and lesbian film festival features the powerful Oscar nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague in its stellar line-up.…
The psychosocial support services are overseen directly by a registered counselling psychologist and include:
OUT provides an extensive barrier method distribution service (e.g. condoms, flavoured lube, dental dams, latex gloves, etc.) for both gay men and lesbian women.
The clinic is managed by a registered nurse. It is conveniently located within a five minute walk from the Hatfield Gautrain Station in Pretoria.
OUT launched the men2men website in 2007 and the womyn2womyn website in 2012. These websites are the first of their kind in South Africa.
1081 Pretorius Street
Hatfield, Pretoria
0083
South Africa
Telephone: (012) 430 3272
Facsimile: (012) 342 2700
South Africa international dialing code: +27
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