Table 2,

Recommendations for Participatory Theatre Interventions

1. EXPANDING INTERVENTION TO TARGETED GROUPS
Focus Group	Quote
Lesotho, Mapoteng 2	As we are gathered here, so heterosexual men should also gather and become educated.
	I think education about LGBT people can also be given to children at schools because schools form the foundation of our learning. This is so that when they grow up, they have a full understanding of the gay and lesbian sexuality.
	Heterosexual men are the ones who have the biggest problem with MSM. It would help them to grow up with an understanding. Also, a parent who helps their child with homework will benefit in such a way that they will see that LGBTI people exist and perhaps they may even have the desire to learn more about it.
	Perhaps there can be a workshop held for priests, by people such as you.
Lesotho, Maseru 1	I think just as we are having this kind of a meeting, there should also be similar meetings held for LGBT people alone, and for the parents of LGBT people, where they will also be alone. I say this because I feel that an LGBT person really needs support from their family, and when they have support, they can be able to cope better.
Swaziland, Manzini 3	I think it might be more effective to target more intimate groups than large crowds. Like after the skits you look for smaller groups like four or five people and get their reactions. So that people get more real because in a large crowd people would be like oh no, we cannot accept that.
Swaziland, Manzini 1	So there is that need of education around these issues and I think the target should be the young people because the older generation is too conservative, but if we take this kind of drama (skits) to schools and universities, at least people will be enlightened to know that this is real.
2. INTEGRATING INTERVENTIONS INTO EXISTING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Focus Group	Quote
Lesotho, Mapoteng 2	It should be in this interactive format and not in teacher style, if say, it were in the form of a Pitso.
	Yes. I agree with her and I would like to add that we should try to hold some Pitsos held in our neighborhoods and villages to shed light on these issues, for some of them are our siblings and colleagues.
Lesotho, Mapoteng 1 (LGBT)	In terms of suggesting what should be done in order to make things right; I don’t know anymore. Maybe what is being done; things such as holding Pitsos, creating awareness and going back to the basics of teaching parents and giving them a foundation, for I think most of our lives are complicated by parents.
3. FOCUSING INTERVENTION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Focus Group	Quote
Lesotho, Mapoteng 2	Drama is an effective form of communication and I wish this drama could be mobile and go to the villages where I come from so that people can see that it is a mistake to discriminate against others.
Lesotho, Maseru 2	May the plays please also be shown in the villages, so that whilst we are educating, we may have the support of these plays, because that is where this type of education is mostly needed.
Swaziland, Manzini 1	Personally because from the cultural point of view I saw while they were playing and for me what they were playing signals what is actually happening in the communities and for me I wish they could be expanded into the communities, so that people would see this in a different light.
Lesotho, Maseru 1	To add, some education about LGBT people and LGBT issues should also be passed on in the villages and neighborhoods.