Durban - Members of the LGBT+ community will now be able to report issues of discrimination and harassment at the newly launched Safe Spaces offices across the city.

The programme was officially launched on Wednesday with 12 councillors being trained on how to deal with complaints.

Councillor Chris Pappas said the idea was spurred by the number of complaints that the Democratic Alliance had received about members of the LGBT+ community being discriminated against when they went to report incidents at local government offices.

“The project aims to provide spaces where members of the LGBT+ community can take their service delivery issues to and feel safe at the same time. Also, councillors have never been trained on how to deal with sensitive issues involving hate crimes or discrimination,” he said. Read more via IOL