Neuroqueer Meetingplace

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Neuroqueer meeting place is a space for adult neurodivergent LGBTQ people. This is an opportunity to meet in a space of our own, outside of neurotypical and cisheteronormative expectations, and discuss issues that concern us and our experiences.

Neuroqueer meeting place has two kinds of meetups. Discussion meetings, with a theme and a clear structure, and Social meetups, where we meet to hang out without as much of a structure. We also have digital meetups on our Discord.

Practical:

When: 6 pm-8 pm. Se dates below.

Where: at Regnbågshuset, Barlastgatan 2, Gothenburg. Level 4

  • Summer break for our physical meetups
  • 06/07 – Digital meetup on Discord
  • 03/08 – Digital meetup on Discord
  • 25/08 – Discussion – Loneliness and alienation
    • Being part ow two (or more) minoritys can easily lead to loneliness and alienation. One of the best ways to combat this is to talk to others who can relate. How does theese things affect us? How can we deal with it? What can we do for each other, for our communities, and for ourselves?
  • 07/09 – Digital meetup on Discord
  • 15/09 – Social meetup
  • 05/10 – Digital meetup on Discord
  • 06/10 – Discussion – Neuroqueer identity
    •  How does our queerness overlap with our neurodiveristy? Where does one start and the other end? How do we express this mix of identity? Is our queer identity part of neurodiverigent identity? Is this easy or difficult to navigate?
  • 27/10 – Social meetup
  • 02/11 – Digital meetup on Discord
  • 17/11 – Discussion – Unmasking
    • What is the joy of unmasking? What is the difficulty of unmasking? Does unmasking just happen or is it something that you have to work on consciously? What is the upside and the downside of unmasking? This can also be unmasking your queerness, and other parts of your identity. 
  • 07/12 – Digital meetup on Discord
  • 08/12 – Social meetup
  • 22/12 – Discussion – Minority joy
    • What is the joy of being part of two or more minority groups? What strengths have you developed? What is the best part of it? 

What can you expect?

The social meetups – social meetups without any particular structure or theme. You can come here just to hang out with other neuroqueer people for a while. Maybe you want to practice unmasking with others, or you have a topic of your own that you want to discuss. You are more than welcome to bring a craft project or a boardgame, or borrow one at site if you want something to do while we hang out.

The discussion meetups – Each meeting is 2 hours long with a 15 min break in the middle.
We work with a mixture of 2-minute rounds, where everyone who wants get to speak without being interrupted, and time for open discussion. If there are many of us, we divide into smaller groups for part of the evening.

Here, anyone who wants can read more about our how we do things, and how the 2-minute rounds are set up:

Who is welcome?

Everyone who is, or thinks they might be, both neurodivergent and LGBTQI. Note, however, that the group is aimed primarily at adults.

Queer/LGBTQI – anyone who is gay, bi or pansexual, asexual or aromantic, trans, non-binary, agender, intersex, queer, or otherwise violates society’s expectations of gender, sexuality, or romantic attraction.

Neurodivergent – Anyone who has a brain that functions differently from the general norm, such as having autism, ADHD, Tourette’s, dyslexia/dyscalculia, personality diorders/variations, CPTSD etc (this is not an exhaustive list)

What does Neuroqueer mean?

Neuroqueer – to be both lgbtqi and neurodivergent.
Neuroqueer can also be used as a verb. “To neuroqueer” means to actively pay attention to and reflect upon how neurodiversity and queerness go into each other, interact, and coexist in different ways in people’s lives and society at large.

Accessability

Read more about accessability at our events here

Visual suport with pictures for our meetups

Are you a first-time visitor and/or nervous about the visit? Feel free to contact us via the contact details below and we can help you find the right place and get into the group.

It is ok to bring a support person to our meetings if it makes it easier for you. Just make sure they understand that our meetings are specifically for Neurodiverse LGBTQI people, and that if they are not part of the target group, they are only there to support you.

Contact

Discord – Neuroqueer meetingplace has a Discord chanal. There we can talk and socialize between meetings, continue discussing unfinished topics, submit suggestions for new themes, and get in touch with other group members. We also have digital hangouts there once a month.

If you have any questions about the event, or want help finding or getting into the venue, it is best to contact us by phone 031-788 25 10 (sms: 0735 20 88 53), or write to neuroqueer@goteborg.rfsl.se