themselves from the organisation as it becomes more and more visible due to the raids. The second group consists of members that have accepted who they are and seem not worried about and are prepared to fight for the cause. These tend to stick with the organisation despite the raids that have been taking place. Some even insisted that even if they are raided and are called to come to GALZ the following day, they would avail themselves. The quote below from an FGD sums up the response of the so called “old usual members” who stick around the organisation even after the raids. “Ini I think hangu basically chero musi wandakarohwa mangwana acho ndanga ndava pano , so I don’t have fear, so even ndikabatwa nhasi I will attend again, if I’m available I attend all functions”. Loosely translated: Personally, even if I’m beaten today, tomorrow I can still pitch up if a meeting is called. – Gay Member A staff member had this to say: “Strangely, when these things happen and then you call members, they do pitch up, we call the people and some come. Sometime back after a raid, we had an AGM and we called members and the response was overwhelming”. When asked about their thoughts on the safety of the Centre in light of the raids, about 38% as shown in figure 10 still consider 26 An Assessment of the impact of state sanctioned and unsanctioned raids on GALZ premises and gatherings