24 September 2009
By Tebogo Nkoana
 Tebogo Nkoana, the outreach person of Gender DynamiX was invited to represent transgender community at Soweto pre Pride mini workshops organised by FEW (Forum for Empowerment of Women) organisation. He showed Transformation digital stories consist of Transgender life experience produced by Gender DynamiX in partnership with Women’sNet and GALA. To many of the audiences the two mini movies which were showed (Tebogo and Temba) were an eye opening; it was amazing to see more than three people in the audience secretly coming out as transgender people. This made me realise the importance to keep on showing the DVD.
During the pride mini workshop at FEW one of the radio journalists (Soweto local radio) approach Tebogo Nkoana for an interview. He was more interested in my transitioning and culture as the assumption is that black transgender people suffer more than the other races. However Tebogo experience being different was shock to him. He asked to publish the interview as it might help many other who identify with my personal story.
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