Why are queer safer spaces important?
A historical and personal introduction into what queer spaces are and why they matter. This chapter raises awareness, which forms the foundation for everything that follows.
The Toolkit
Queer Safer Spaces: Why & How
This is an action-oriented toolkit for anyone who designs, runs, or hosts spaces and genuinely wants to make them more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ people. You don't need to be an expert in queer theory to get started. What you do need is the willingness to listen and take action.
The toolkit is structured around three questions.
Why are queer safer spaces important?
How do you create queer safer spaces?
This chapter offers practical tools and workshop guides for space holders, designers, and organizers. From inclusive house rules to a queer bystander intervention workshop and more: these are concrete starting points, not checklists.
Who enters a space?
A chapter for everyone in the space, not just those who organize or manage it. By actively involving visitors, this chapter encourages everyone to reflect on how they show up in shared spaces.
The Toolkit
Available in both English and Dutch, the "Queer Safer Spaces. Why & How" toolkit provides practical guidance for space holders to actively engage with queer safety. Interested? Email to purchase the toolkit.
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Sabine Harnau
Founder From Scratch Communications
"I just started a queer online community inside a professional Slack, and your book helped me feel better about making the space safer.
I'm also about to give a talk about applying queer theory to conversion rate optimisation, and your book makes so many excellent points that got me thinking about digital spaces in a different way. I think I'd like to start a little project for queer safer websites, and I got the idea from your book.
I think what sparked these thoughts was the clarity of the toolkit. It's extremely practical and extremely well written. I was already thinking about digital spaces (such as websites and apps) anyway, because that's my job. The way you put the toolkit together made it easier for me to transcend the physical space and develop ideas for how this would play out online."
Mars Klokow
Founder Sanctuary Community Consulting
"What you are creating is such a valuable resource and I am really glad it exists now! I'm going to make it a practice to check in about the spaces I am facilitating regularly."
Janneke Zoutendijk
Coach & Teacher Social Work
"I’ve read your toolkit, Queer Safer Spaces. It’s turned out to be such a wonderful, clear, insightful, practical and beautifully designed book. I’m going to promote it wherever I provide supervision!"