What? Crafting for neurodivergent queers
When? 20.05. 17:00 – 20:00
Where? Zwille
On the 20th of May, we’re hosting a gathering for neurodivergent queers with the theme “Craft and Chill” at the Zwille. Whether you’d like to meet other neurodivergent and queer people at the university, exchange everyday tips, or just spend a relaxing evening crafting, you’re warmly invited to join us! We’ve prepared some crafting supplies for you, such as materials for jewelry making and linocut printing, but feel free to bring your own projects, too. Of course, it’s also totally fine if you’d prefer not to craft or if you’d rather do something else.
We invite anyone who identifies as queer and neurodivergent, or who is questioning if that might apply to them. You’re also welcome to bring friends or support persons.
Accessibility: The event will take place in the Zwille on the TU campus. There will be a main room where we’ll spend most of our time and a smaller side room, which we’ll use as an awareness room. An awareness team will be on site (concept available on our website). We’ll aim to maintain a calm atmosphere, with no music. Please feel free to bring any aids (e.g., stim toys, headphones) that you find helpful. We’ll also provide earplugs and a few stim toys at the venue. The entrance to the Zwille has a step about 3 cm high; there is cobblestone pavement in front of it. The neighboring building only has gender-binary restrooms; however, we can unlock a gender-neutral and accessible restroom in the AStA building for you (3 minutes on foot) upon request. Please take a covid-test on the same day, and only come to our event if the test is negative. Unfortunately, we can’t offer childcare. If there’s anything else we can arrange for you, please let us know!
What do we mean by neurodivergent?
Neurodivergence is an umbrella term for people whose perception and thinking deviate from societal norms. Neurodivergence can include conditions such as ADHD, autism, sensory perception differences, learning difficulties, dyscalculia, dyslexia, trauma experiences, and combinations of these. (abbreviated definition from the Queer Lexicon)
What? Group visit to the Christopher Street Day in Brandenburg an der Havel
When? 24.05.
Where? we’ll take the train together from Zoo
Like last year, we want to visit the Cristopher Street Day in Brandenburg an der Havel. We will update you in time on when exactly we will meet. Bring your own posters and banners!
What? Visit of the Schwules museum (gay museum) with a workshop on the topic of university activism
When? 22.05.
Where? Schwules Museum, Lützowstraße 73, 10785 Berlin
We’re taking you to the Schwules Museum (Gay Museum) for a workshop on queer activism at universities! The event will start with a guided tour of the archive, followed by a deep dive into the queer history of student unions (AStA), especially from the 80s and early 90s. There will be plenty of materials to explore, including audio recordings of interviews with AStA members from that time.
After the workshop, you’ll have time to check out the various exhibitions in the museum. Admission is free.
This workshop will take place at three different universities, so if you can’t make it on May 22, you can sign up for one of the other dates and join there:
FU: Monday, May 12, 2–5 PM
HU: Wednesday, May 21, 2–5 PM
TU: Thursday, May 22, 4–7 PM
The workshop will be held exclusively in German, as all materials are provided in German.
Since the content will focus on political discourses of the 1980s and 1990s, we would like to include a trigger warning for queer- and transphobia already in the invitation.
All workshop materials that contain sensitive content are appropriately marked.
To sign up, send an email to queer@asta.tu-berlin.de. There are only 12 spots available, so make sure to register as soon as possible – they might fill up quickly!
If you realize you can’t make it after all, please make sure to cancel your registration so we can give your spot to someone else.
Awareness:
As the Queer Department of the AStA TUB, we want to offer events for queer people at the TU. It is particularly important to us that all people feel comfortable at our events. We do not accept discriminatory behavior, including anti-queer and trans*, racist, antisemitic, classist and ableist behavior. It is important to us that all people who need help see us as a point of contact and that we respond appropriately to incidents.
In order to achieve this, we provide an awareness team at all events that can be recognized by pink high-visibility vests. We do our best to design the awareness team in such a way that everyone feels safe to approach them. The awareness team can also be reached by phone and via Whatsapp, Telegram and Signal (+49 1575 4695822) at larger/more chaotic events. The best way to reach us afterwards is via our email (queer@asta.tu-berlin.de).
The awareness team actively approaches people who it perceives as disruptive or who appear to be in need of support. The person in need of help has the right to decide how the awareness team intervenes. In certain serious cases, however, we feel compelled to step in.
There is an awareness room or area at all events. In the Zwille this is directly in the building, in EB104 you have to walk a few minutes to the room of our Collective. People in need may use this room to calm down and recover. There we provide a blanket, water, stimming toys, food, tea, and a first aid kit.
We do not want drugs to be consumed at our events. Alcohol in reasonable quantities is the only exception. Smoking is generally only permitted outside, sometimes in certain smoking areas outside.
We reserve the right to expel people who behave unacceptably from the event.
If you have any questions about our concept, please send us an email or speak to us in person.