Podcast Package: Same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa

by Karen on Sep 4th, 2009

This HSRC Press podcast package of four segments engages with the large gaps and silences in academic literature, public understanding, and health promotion strategies when it comes to addressing the needs of Africans who are involved in same-sex relationships.

Award-winning political journalist and author, Christi van der Westhuizen chaired a discussion at the Cape Town Book Fair 2009 – a panel of contributors to this new HSRC Press publication, From Social Silence to Social Science – Same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa.

In Part 1 Christi introduces some of the issues tackled in the book and its co-editor, Professor Vasu Reddy, who provides the context of the publication.

Duration: 4 min 53 sec

In Part 2 of this four part podcast, co-editor Professor Letitia Rispel speaks about the chapter that she co-authored with Carol Metcalf on whether South Africa’s HIV policies and programmes meet the needs of same-sex individuals. Discussion moderator Christi van der Westhuizen introduces.

Duration: 5 min 37 sec

In this the third part of the package, Glenn de Swardt from Health for Men, and contributor to the publication, talks about his observations about HIV/AIDS within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered community of Cape Town.

Duration: 3 min 03 sec

In the final part of this podcast package, Zethu Matebeni, a doctoral fellow at WISER and contributor to the collection, speaks about the experiences of young black lesbians in Johannesburg, and challenges various myths and stereotypes in relation to sex and HIV/AIDS.

Duration: 4 min 52 sec

Book details

From Social Silence to Social Science: Same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa edited by Vasu Reddy, Theo Sandfort, Laetitia Rispel
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EAN: 9780796922762
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