Connection!

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Connection! is an open meeting place for adult LGBTQI people. You are just as welcome alone as with your friends. Both coffee and all activities are completely free.

Connection is open every Thursday from 18.00-20.30. We meet at Regnbågshuset, Barlastgatan 2, floor 4. Nearest stop: Masthuggstorget.

Upcoming activities:

  • 03/09 – Craft Café
  • 10/09 – Social hangout (no specific activity)
  • 17/09 – Discussion meetup – Setting boundaries
    • How do we know when to be allowing and when to put our foot down? How do we set boundaries in a good way?
  • 24/09 – Board Game Night + Book club
  • 01/10 – Craft Café
  • 08/10 – Social hangout + language café
    • Come practice different languages with us. We’ll have tables for anyone wanting to practice Swedish, English, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, and likely also German and French.
  • 15/10 – Friendship Speed Dating
    • Get to know others at lightning speed. A fantastic way to build new networks and get to know the people at Connection.
  • 22/10 – Kite building contest
    • Build a kite and see how it flies. Compete in more or less serious chategories.
  • 29/10 – Board Game Night + Book club
  • 05/11 – Craft Café
  • 12/11 – Night about your rights within the healthcare system + Community night about the situation within the gender affirming care in the VG region.
    • Do you want to know more about your rights as a patient and what you can actually do if you feel you have received improper treatment or faced discrimination within the healthcare system? We invite you to an evening consisting of two parts:
    • 1. The Patient Advisory Committee (Patientnämnden) and Diskrimineringsombudsmannen (DO) will discuss your rights when interacting with healthcare services and the practical steps you can take when things aren’t working, as well as answer your questions. This is for any LGBTQI person.
    • 2. RFSL Gothenburg – together with organizations such as Transammans and Patientförening för transpersoner (the patient coalition for trans people) – invites the community to an evening discussing the current state of trans healthcare in our region, and our work regarding this issue. This part of the evening is primarily aimed at trans people and their loved ones, but anyone from our organizations who is involved in this issue is welcome to attend as an ally.
  • 19/11 – Music quiz
    • We divide into teams and tackle another one of our popular music quizzes.
  • 26/11 – Board Game Night + Book club
  • 03/12 – Craft Café
  • 10/12 – Workshop and Conversation about Consent – With the Sexperts
  • 17/12 – (TBA)
  • 24/12 – closed due to Christmas
  • 28/12 – OBS MONDAY – Game Night and Christmas hangout at Connection
    • Traditional winter hangout at Connection. Come and get cozy, play games and drink glögg with us in a safe and queer enviorment.
  • 31/12 – closed due to New Years Eve

Connection! is a low-threshold meeting space where everyone under the LGBTQI umbrella is welcome. Are you lesbian, gay, bi, pan, trans, queer, intersex, or wondering if you are any of these? Then you are most welcome just as you are!

At Connection we are all LGBTQI people, and we meet each other with respect. We use the right pronouns when we know them, and use gender neutral language if we do not know. We collectively try to make sure everyone is welcomed, and to make it easy for new people to join in.

Is the activity for the week not your thing? It’s always ok to just come to have a coffee and hang out for a while. There is a fully equipped kitchen if you want to bring your own food to eat on site.

You don’t have to be a member of RFSL to join the first few times, but if you think what we do is good and want us to be able to continue doing it, then the best way to support us is to become a member of RFSL.

Not speaking Swedish? We are happy to switch to English if you have trouble speaking Swedish. We quite regularly have at least a few english speaking participants at our meetups.

New and a little nervous? – Are you new and/or a little nervous about coming? Get in touch via the contact details below, and we can meet you at the tram stop and make sure you find the right place and help you get in to the social situation.

Game nights – Bring a game you like or borrow one here. Note that Connection is open 6 pm to 8.30 pm, so choose a game that is playable in that time. (If you have a game that needs an extra hour, talk to us and it might be possible to come a bit early and stay a little longer while we pack things up).

Crafting cafe – Bring your own craft of any kind that is doable sitting down inside. Knitting, drawing, sewing, painting minis, wood carving or what you feel like. You can also borrow things for drawing, or to try knitting, crocheting or learning to embroider with us.

Accessibility:

Read more about the venue and accessibility at Regnbågshuset here.

To get in, call Regnbågshuset at the intercom/doorbell and say that you are going to Connection. We are at the 4th floor.

Ask if you have any questions! We are happy to do what we can to make it easier for you to come!

Contact:

If you have any questions about the event, or want help finding or getting into the venue, just call 031-788 25 10 between 4pm and 9pm on Thursdays (sms: 0735 20 88 53) , or write to Connection@goteborg.rfsl.se.

Do you want updates on what’s happening at Connection!?

Do you want to receive updates via email about what’s happening at Connection, and reminders of our meetings?
Write to: Connection@goteborg.rfsl.se and specify Maillista Connection! (You can opt out of the emails at any time).


Facebookgroup – Connection also has a facebookgroup where those who wish can continue to socialize between meetings. You can also keep up to date with what is happening at Connection there.