“ we thought our company is safe”: Southern lesbians that are african experiences of coping with HIV
Zethu Matebeni
1 Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town, Southern Africa
Vasu Reddy
2 Individual and Social Developing Analysis Programme, Human Sciences Analysis Council, Pretoria, Southern Africa
Theo Sandfort
3 HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, ny State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, ny, United States Of America
Ian Southey-Swartz
4 Open community Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Johannesburg, Southern Africa
Abstract
HIV service and prevention programmes have actually very long either ignored or ignored lesbians. The experiences of lesbians with HIV have likewise been unreported and unrecognised. This erasure has added towards the invisibility of lesbians with regards to HIV and associated health problems. This community participatory research, according to in-depth interviews with twenty-four self-identifying African lesbians living with HIV in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, is targeted on their experiences that are personal circumstances. Ladies’ experiences shed light and challenge notions that are popular lesbian risk.