Pride Connects: How will you sleep tonight?
On 10th of October we commemorated International Mental Health Day and International Homelessnes Day.
In the light of those events we will dedicate the next Pride Connects to those topics and connect them to the LGBTIQ+ community. During the event we will share our personal experiences, be creative and open up conversations about homelesness and housing exclusion, since they are still overlooked a lot of times. We will address the risks and problems of housing exclusion, which is often connected with people in the LGBTIQ+ community.
Although we can´t change the world within one evening, we definitely can exchange our stories and experiences in a safe space we create ourselves.
Who is it for? It is aimed at young LGBTIQ+ people facing precarious housing situations as well as everyone in the community who wants to learn about it/ address the issue.
The workshop will be held in English.
If you are experiencing a housing crisis or you are in need of a talk, you can contact programme Sqvot that deals with housing exclusion and homelessness of LGBTIQ+ youth and offers support, short-term crisis accommodations and works on prevention. Write to sqvot@ljubljanapride.org for more information.
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We know that being an openly LGBTIQ+ person and existing in any public space is a political act, and we know it is not easy – so we want to create a safe(r) space for all LGBTIQ+ people and a place of empowerment.