April 2006 

Gender DynamiX assisted Extrusa (Pty) Ltd., a multi-national corporation in the motor industry, with the transitioning process of one of their employees. It was done in phases. The first step was the asses all the detail at hand, meet with the Human Resources Manager and in following meetings planned the strategy to follow. While the company started with a sensitizing campaign where they placed some general posters around LGBT issues and Human Rights issues on notice boards in their canteen, change rooms and in the factory, Gender DynamiX was tasked to amend current policies and documents to be more gender neutral and inclusive. There after an afternoon workshop session followed, to inform all management about the issue at hand. A week after that, Gender DynamiX gave introduction and sensitizing workshops to the whole company’s full staff compliment. This workshop was hour long sessions and span over the whole day, from 10:00 – 22:00. In one day all shifts, 112 people were trained/ sensitized. This method worked ideally because not all staff members were literate and management also preferred all staff to be informed in one day, to limit rumors.

February 2006

This workshop is aimed at health professionals, volunteers of organisations and Human Resource managers wanting to learn about transgenderism. It was held the first time in Hout Bay, Cape Town. It is an interactive workshop making use of the personal experience and background of the people, excersises, role plays, body maps, timelines and discussions.

November 2005

On invitation from the South African Sexual Health Association (SASHA) a group of psychologists, psychiatrists and other interested people belonging to the organisation’s Cape Town branch engaged in a meaningful event of dialogue regarding transgenderism in South Africa. After addressing the group, sharing the issues about the current situation and concerns experienced by Gender DynamiX there was time to answer questions and network.

Gender Diversity Awareness Seminar held on 7 May 2005 in Cape Town.

The whole drive behind the seminar is to inform and enlighten people about gender related topics and issues hardly ever talked about.

The larger LGBTI community, organisations and individuals find themselves in a space where greater awareness about gender diversity seriously needs to be addressed. Terminology surface daily without clear explanations or information available. The gender continuum is vast and it is not always possible to be captured with relevant terminology or description.