The Human Sexuality Workshop under the Genderworks umbrella provides a unique two-and-a-half-day encounter around sexual diversity, providing a forum for dialogue for people from across the sexuality and gender spectrums. It creates an opportunity for LGBTQIA+-people and their straight counterparts to navigate the intersection of human sexuality and, through sharing from their lived experience, get to understand and respect each other and discover universals between them which builds solidarity, so directly impacting on homo- and transphobia.
Check out our downloadable resources here, the Human Sexuality Workshop impact assessment report, a short newspaper article on inclusive churches, an academic journal article on the HSW as well as the research study that inspired this program, all authored by the co-designers of the workshop.
“It was a safe enough space in which I could explore my embodiment/physicality/sexuality in light of the complexity of my whole being and story. The vulnerability shared encouraged rapid bridge-building.”
~ Trans participant in Human Sexuality Workshop
“As a straight person a lot of the bigger themes about body/sacredness, sin, pleasure, shame, anger, hurt and so on all apply to my story and it was really helpful to reflect on those things… As a straight white woman in South Africa, my story has always mattered, often at the expense of others’ stories… I needed to make much more room for the stories of those around me.”
~ Woman participant in Human Sexuality Workshop
