Servicing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community

OUT provides direct health services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, MSM, sex workers, and injecting drug users, including HIV testing, counselling, treatment and general lifestyle advice and support.

OUT has been in existence for more than 21 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.

TEN81 February 2018 Theme: Loneliness

February 7, 2018
1:37 pm

• Realise that loneliness is a feeling, not a fact

• Notice your self-defeating thoughts, and change them

• Resist the urge to withdraw – reach out

• Make a plan and do something. Action fights negative feelings

• Find people with similar interests/hobbies, and join them

• Focus on the needs of others – volunteer to help

• Always show up when meeting someone, and be kind

For advice or support:

– Dr Dick on www.men2men.co.za

– or Dr Delicious on www.womyn2womyn.co.za

– Get FREE face-to-face counselling at TEN81 in Pretoria (Book now on 012 430 6865)

– or get FREE telephonic counselling nationwide (012 430 6865)

Services

Love Not Hate

Have you been threatened, hit, raped or had your property damaged or stolen because you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI)? Then you have been a victim of a hate crime.

Training

OUT offers exciting training to mainstream service providers and other interested parties. The training assists individuals to understand themselves as sexual beings.

Condoms, lube & more

Currently OUT distributes safer sex packs to a range of venues in Tshwane that are utilised by gay men and lesbian women. These packs also include responsible sex messaging, appropriate barrier methods and lube.

Psychosocial Support Services

The psychosocial support services are free, offered by trained and experienced lay counsellors and include:

Engage Men’s Health

OUT's Engage Men’s Health project offers free and confidential sexual health services to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM).

Men2Men & Womyn2Womyn Websites

OUT launched the men2men website in 2007 and the womyn2womyn website in 2012. These websites were the first of their kind in South Africa.

Organisation Info

Physical Address

1310 Stanza Bopape Street
Colbyn
Pretoria 0083
South Africa

Contact Numbers

Telephone: 012 430 3272
Facsimile: 012 342 2700
South Africa international dialing code: +27

General Enquiries

Have a question?
Contact us on hello@out.org.za

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