Luyanda Mzimela and Viyonce Mabena are trans women who have often been inhumanely treated at government health clinics.
But they are working to change that.
They travel around Gauteng teaching health workers about transgender people, prisoners, men who have sex with men and sex workers — and why they need tailor-made healthcare.
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