Cape Town Pride is this weekend. We will be there, with a stall, with our people, with our whole complicated selves. We will also be carrying the parts of Pride that do not make it onto the posters.
We will be thinking about the queer people who canโt afford the ticket. The ones who are unhoused and lack inclusive spaces to feel safe. The ones who are chronically ill and trying to stay on their meds. The ones whose names we are still learning to say out loud. Pride began as a riot. It has become, in many places, a market. We do not say that to detract from the joy, because we recognise that joy is resistance too. We say it because we hold both things at once, and because the loudest celebrations donโt always reach the people who need them most. So we are bringing something else to the party. A fundraiser. Real numbers. Real need.
February is one of the shortest months of the year and holds one of the heaviest and deepest of concepts. We have been thinking about Love. Not the kind sold back to us in rainbow packaging once a year, the kind that shows up at 2am. The kind that drives someone to a clinic. The kind that remembers a name when the world has already moved on. The kind that stays. The kind that funds the work nobody else wants to pay for.
Because here is what is happening, not just to us, but to organisations like ours everywhere. The global funding landscape is shifting in ways none of us chose. International aid withdrawal is reshuffling priorities everywhere, and the work most at risk is the work that was never easy to fund in the first place.
For Triangle Project, that means our community engagement work is under threat. The spaces where people come to exhale. And our research and advocacy, the public submissions that put LGBTQI+ voices on record, the advocacy that keeps us in the rooms where decisions are made.
We have been here before, COVID taught us, in times of crisis the rules fall away and people remember what matters. Funders loosened restrictions, communities improvised, and care moved faster, because it had to. Not because a system saved us. Because people did.
Elsbeth, wrote a poem this month, for Lolita, for everyone we carry, for the year we stopped counting. It reflects what brought many of us to this moment; the moment we realised we do not have to carry these stories alone, and that community is where we return.
We invite you to read the poem before continuing: /photo?fbid=1302965595199114&set=a.612136964281984 (link also in bio)
We are raising funds for Khumbulani Pride 2026.
Khumbulani Pride advocates for the safety, dignity, and rights of Black queer people living in townships, communities that continue to face horrific hate crimes, including corrective rape and murder.
Funds raised will go towards Pride costs (food, transport, security) and ongoing support for families affected by hate crimes.
Any contribution, big or small, would be deeply appreciated.
Donations can be made via the link (and in bio): https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/khumbulani-pride-2026
Thank you so much for your support.
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง-๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Since the closure of donor-funded clinics in 2025, there have been significant changes in access to gender-affirming care. In response, the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) LGBT+ Health Division, together with partner organisations, has developed two practical info sheets that map available gender-affirming care services across Cape Town, South Africa
๐ bit.ly/4dUsS9x ๐ Follow this link to find both info sheets:
1) One-pager: Public and NGO providers: .za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gender-affirming-healthcare-providers-in-Cape-Town_1-Pager_Web-1.pdf
2) Full-length: Public, NGO and Private providers:
.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gender-affirming-healthcare-providers-in-Cape-Town_Ext_WebSIngles-1.pdf
Please note: As service availability continues to change, these resources will be regularly updated. Looking ahead, we plan to expand this work beyond Cape Town to cover the broader Western Cape, and to collaborate with partners in other provinces to develop similar resources nationally.
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง-๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Since the closure of donor-funded clinics in 2025, there have been significant changes in access to gender-affirming care. In response, the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) LGBT+ Health Division, together with partner organisations, has developed two practical info sheets that map available gender-affirming care services across Cape Town, South Africa
๐ bit.ly/4dUsS9x ๐ Follow this link to find both info sheets:
1) One-pager: Public and NGO providers: .za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gender-affirming-healthcare-providers-in-Cape-Town_1-Pager_Web-1.pdf
2) Full-length: Public, NGO and Private providers:
.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gender-affirming-healthcare-providers-in-Cape-Town_Ext_WebSIngles-1.pdf
Please note: As service availability continues to change, these resources will be regularly updated. Looking ahead, we plan to expand this work beyond Cape Town to cover the broader Western Cape, and to collaborate with partners in other provinces to develop similar resources nationally.
Weโre honoured to be part of Queer Wellness Day ๐
A day rooted in care, connection, and communityโ
offering health services, support, shared space, and moments of joy.
Sex Worker Theatre, a diverse collective of sex workers across identities and experiences, will share an intimate, collaborative & joyful performance of lived experienceโthrough story, song, and movement.
Weโre deeply grateful to Triangle Project for holding this space of service to the community, and for including us.
#QueerWellness #SexWorkerTheatre
Wellness Day | 28 April 2026 ๐
Join us at Triangle Project (2โ4 Seymour Street, Observatory) from 09:00โ15:30 for a day rooted in care, connection, and community ๐ฟ
Come through for:
๐ฉบ Basic health & wellness checks
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ HRT information
๐งช HIV testing
๐ง Mental health support
Weโre also holding space to just be together โจ
๐ฒ Lunch will be served
๐ค Open mic + storytelling
๐ถ Music throughout the day
If youโre able to, please bring along donations ๐๐ฝ
(non-perishable food, gently worn clothes, or anything that can support someone in need)
Letโs show up for ourselves and each other ๐
๐ฒ RSVP: Zola 079 108 8004
#WellnessDay #TriangleProject #CommunityCare #LGBTQIAHealth #CapeTownEvents #HealthForAll #MutualAid #QueerCommunity
Metro Central (Cape Town) SOGIESC Policy & Anti-gender Movement workshop with Department of Education social workers representing 206 schools.
A space for reflection, learning, and strengthening inclusive, rights-based education in practice.
Facilitated by Gaba and Juliana. Grateful to everyone who showed up and engaged with care and intention.
@genderlinks@boell_za
#SOGIESC #InclusiveEducation #GenderJustice #CapeTown #educationmattersโ๏ธ
Weโre going LIVE in a few minutes on Facebook ๐ฅโจ
(Link in comments)
Join us for a powerful International Womenโs Day conversation on the impact of anti-gender ideology in South Africa, facilitated by Amanda Gouws.
Tap in. Listen. Engage. ๐ฌ
#InternationalWomensDay #GenderJustice #SouthAfrica #LiveNow #QueerVoices
Join @queerfeministfilmfestival this Saturday March 21st for an exciting watch party that you WILL NOT WANT TO MISS ๐๐
Five Films For Freedom is a celebration of global LGBTQIA+ stories, in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual rights. This is a @britishcouncil global programme in partnership with BFI Flare: LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Delicious refreshments will be served, bottomless popcorn and some powerful guests on our panel to spark amazing conversation!
Join us in kicking off #QFFF2026 with @queeringthegayze & #FiveFilmsForFreedom
It's time for #queers and #allies to gather for another Queer Food Growing Collective market ๐
Looking forward to connecting, sharing, eating and chatting with you all as we move towards #growing #queereconomies and communities of care ๐ซ
#queerfoodgrowingcollective
Weโre moving into a transitional co-leadership structure.
Thank you to our staff for holding the work, and to our communities for your unshakeable support and solidarity. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
