Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

@triangleprojectngo.bsky.social

39 followers 34 following 290 posts

🌈 Triangle Project | Advancing LGBTQIA+ rights & well-being in Southern Africa. 🏳️‍⚧️ Advocacy | Support | Community | Equality 💜 Cape Town-based, regionally rooted. ✨ Support our work: triangle.org.za/support-our-work/ #QueerJustice

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 2d

❤️

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to our community members and partners for their continued support in strengthening community solidarity. 🌈

#GBVF #SocialJustice #TriangleProject

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 2d

Citrusdal with Elandsbaai & Citrusdal Solidarity Spaces reflecting on social norms, binary systems, GBVF, and hate crimes.

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 2d

Our workshop wrapped with learners diving into climate change, sustainable livelihoods, and indigenous knowledge 🌿
Hosted with Melissa from the Queer Food Growing Collective, reminding us that sustainability and justice grow from the ground up. 🌈

#ClimateJustice #Sustainability #YouthLeadership

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 2d

Discussions spanned SOGIESC inclusion and confronting gender-based violence, with guidance from Rape Crisis and support from Gender Links + CRI Time Travel Game.

#InclusiveEducation #YouthLeadership #EndGBV

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 2d

Learner leaders across Cape Town schools met to explore how to make schools safer and more inclusive 🌈

1 1 2

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 17d

It was inspiring to see how stories of resilience and transformation resonate with young people.

#Education #YouthVoices #Inclusion

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 17d

Macassar Secondary ✨

We facilitated a SOGIESC awareness session at Macassar Secondary School. The learners’ engagement was incredible, and full of curiosity, energy, and openness.

1 1

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 17d

#HealthJustice #LGBTIQ #KeyPopulations #HIVPrevention
#FundingCuts
Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce, Gender DynamiX, Sisonke, South African Network of People Who Use Drugs - Sanpud ❤️

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 17d

📢 Read the full brief and support the advocacy asks:

triangle.org.za/research/

Research – Triangle Project

triangle.org.za

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 17d

These disruptions risk higher illness, increased HIV transmission, and greater inequality.

1 1

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 17d

Findings show:

🔴 37% of respondents were not on essential medication (ART, PrEP, HRT).
🔴 Long waiting times and referral issues are pushing people out of the health system.
🔴 Stigma and disrespectful treatment from staff continue to be barriers.

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 New Research + Advocacy Brief 🚨

Funding cuts from the US administration in 2025 are having a devastating impact on key populations’ access to health care in Cape Town.

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 21d

What do you need to feel safe in community? What does a safe space mean to you? #solidarity #safespace

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · 21d

✨ Safe spaces are lifelines. ✨

Planning with the Witzenberg Solidarity Space showed us again how vital it is to protect and nurture our communities. 🌈

We screened The Soul, The System, The Survivor in mid-August, and it was another opportunity to work on community building.

1 1

Reposted

GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · Sep 16

Learners from Carnarvon High School, Northern Cape, traveled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, earlier this month to represent South Africa in the World Robot Olympiad Open Championship.

Read groundup.org.za/article/karo... by Zora Hollie

Karoo learners in international robotics competition

Two teams from Carnarvon High School took part in the World Robot Olympiad Open Championship in Slovenia

groundup.org.za

3 7

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Sep 15

Huge thanks to our partners for making this space possible. 💜

#YouthPower #NarrativeJustice #TransformativeJustice

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Sep 15

Learners also experienced the #TimeTravelGame, co-created by @resistancecommunications using imagination to confront colonial legacies and dream into liberated futures

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Sep 15

Back in July, we hosted a Learner Leadership Workshop in Worcester with scholars from surrounding schools. Over two days, we spoke about GBVF, hate crimes, and the power of imagining new futures

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Aug 27

🏳️‍⚧️✨ Cape Town fam!

Join us for the next TGD Hangout 💜
📍 LifeLine Western Cape, Mowbray
🗓️ Sat 6 Sept 2025
⏰ 12h00–15h00

A space for trans+ folx to connect, support & build community.
Bring a snack if you can 🥪🌈

#TGD #CapeTown #Community

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Jul 23

Join us for a welcome drink, snacks, a kuier and discussion.

#AMotherApart #TriangleProject #QueerFamily #CommunityCare #CapeTownEvent

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Jul 23

All proceeds support Triangle Project’s work with LGBTQIA+ families and communities.

catchthewave.co.za/tc-events/a-...

catchthewave.co.za

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Jul 23

🌈 We’re hosting a fundraising screening of A Mother Apart, a moving doccie about queer parenthood, separation & resilience.

🗓️ Wednesday 31 July
📍The Wave Theatre & Cafe, Cape Town

triangleprojectngo.bsky.social @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social · Jul 18

#WhyWeStaySilent #EndGBV #YouthVoices #IPVawareness #SafeRelationships #TriangleProject #OpenTheConversation