'Safe space needed' for LGBTQA+ youth in Masiphumelele in Cape Town | News24

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A platform to assist LGBTQIA+ teenagers and parents in Masiphumelele is desperately needed as kids are often sent to initiation schools to be circumcised or are kicked out of their homes, says community worker Nancy Mutshesi. | ThePeoplesPost

“I realised there was no one to help the LGBTQIA+ community. So I thought what was needed was a platform where people, parents and kids could go for assistance.

“Most parents send their kids to the mountain to be circumcised and expect them to change. Others take their kids to a church for a pastor to pray because their kids have demons.”“If parents can be taught they will perhaps have knowledge of what to expect. “We have already built a structure at the youth centre, so all we need now is paint and tiles so we can open it up to the community.

Jonathan Mills, the founder of the Care Company that sponsored the extension of the youth centre, says there have been a number of upgrades to the facility that once was unkempt.

 

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