https://notfoundon.org/here/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Abalorio notfoundon - User contributions [en] 2026-05-10T23:50:27Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.31.1 https://notfoundon.org/here/index.php?title=How_covid_affected_our_queer_spaces&diff=3939 How covid affected our queer spaces 2021-06-22T19:06:31Z <p>Abalorio: </p> <hr /> <div>{{New Page<br /> |Subtitle=how covid affected our queer spaces<br /> <br /> how covid affected our queer spaces<br /> spaces located in Rotterdam, Brussels, Eindhoven?<br /> / and online spaces.<br /> |Involvement=Yes<br /> |Connection=Yes<br /> |Contactable=Prefer not to be contacted<br /> |Status=Ongoing<br /> |Main Text=What effect has covid had on your networks for social, poltical, activist and health care on and offline?<br /> <br /> Have there been any permenate closures of spaces in your communitues? <br /> <br /> Have there been new intivatives<br /> <br /> Notes from Recording our Communities workshop on June, 22nd 2021<br /> <br /> cutted of any community<br /> mtp france : new spaces not always queer but safe <br /> - &quot;maintenant midi c'est minuit&quot; , event during the day finding way to step a side the curfew, <br /> - freak-tions <br /> things happened by chance mainly , word to mouse, <br /> <br /> online parties club quarantine <br /> https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/17/features/club-quarantine-hits-one-month-nightly-queer-parties<br /> <br /> question of social anxiety <br /> <br /> <br /> After studies, I wanted to do an Internship and wanted to travel, but after two months corona hit. Since there was no physical gathering anymore. 
Online there were a few projects ‘L’appartement chez moi’, with Madame Butch. <br /> <br /> She did a lot of live streaming with people from the community. It helped me to get out of the smoke of like a ‘family context’. <br /> <br /> The second part of the pandemic / 2020. Eindhoven in The Netherlands wasn’t very strict or in a heavy lockdown, so I was able to move about and meet people. <br /> <br /> I started looking for initiatives in Eindhoven, online, I did not found a lot. <br /> I found ‘The Way(?)’, a feminist group. There is a new queer collective Queerhoven, which is created recently. 

I have the feeling Eindhoven is a kind of city where worth to mouth, small gathering happen through people knowing people etc. During corona this was not possible anymore. <br /> <br /> Now I am in France.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> queer Rotterdam <br /> <br /> connect / support / <br /> <br /> training social muscles `<br /> KLAUW MAGAZINE, became a foundation<br /> tender center closed, or will close <br /> black pride <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> living in a queer surrounding in brussels <br /> working on nfo <br /> I was in a queer house, not necessarily super smooth during the lock down. <br /> Back then I was working on not found on the most. The original aim of the project was to do workshops irl. It had a parasitic strategy, always in collaboration with queer local organisations, art spaces etc… It always had an aim to write together, collective being, …<br /> <br /> During the lock down NFO wasn’t able to continue as it was intended. It slacked… Also was dealing with terrible anxiety. <br /> <br /> Did do some online parties!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Rotterdam-dormant<br /> <br /> Klauw-very young circa 20s collective<br /> queer party, protagosnism BIPOC people<br /> steep progression lately<br /> together with Ray, WORM, online event Femfest at international women's day<br /> also KLAUW magazine<br /> now a foundation, get subsisdy<br /> <br /> Tender Center queer lesbian and trans-run physical space<br /> quit, not publically announced. interpersonal issues, rent (wanted to be independent, thus no finantial help, paid from their pockets but no possibility to get any revenue during lockdown)<br /> <br /> Black Pride - Amsterdam??<br /> started 2020<br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Safer Spaces Rotterdam-instagram account<br /> <br /> online space-Discord environment-Queer Rotterdam<br /> <br /> Aay-Brussels<br /> <br /> Brussels-queer house-!!!meeningful<br /> still, things not going super well with flatmates<br /> problem: not found on related to physical queer spaces<br /> <br /> did some online parties<br /> <br /> queerantine bingo<br /> <br /> pre-covid<br /> random meetings<br /> speak with people you don't necessarilly like, yet care about them<br /> recognise people you see every now and then<br /> is that the feeling of community?<br /> <br /> right before pandemic hit, a person from community in Rotterdam committed suicide<br /> so unable to organise something together, mourning together<br /> not connected to the family, unablility to claim to the mourning<br /> <br /> person close to Aay committed suicice right before second lockdown<br /> <br /> ways of mourning together online??<br /> <br /> as non-professionals, not able to take care of each other's mental health<br /> when physiscal spaces disappear, it all comes down to each of us inter-personal habilities<br /> very difficult, layer of guilt<br /> we lost touvh of how a broader community is going<br /> <br /> covid guilt is real!<br /> should I do this or that, am I doing enough??<br /> in the case of Queer Rotterdam, many meetings but not actions<br /> <br /> agony of insustainability of queer spaces<br /> that was the reason to start not found on-ephemere!<br /> <br /> volunteer work usually not archiving<br /> <br /> podcast by person from The Hague, capture true stories, what is going on<br /> https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/spectrum-podcast/id1513931668<br /> (in Dutch some in English)<br /> <br /> queer fandom podcasts-in German<br /> |Trigger Warning=some notes on suicide<br /> |POL=Written together by people during online meeting. Brussels, Rotterdam, South of France, Oliva (Valencia, Spain)<br /> The summer when vaccination had started, and we were hoping covid would soon leave us.<br /> |Related=[[Queer Rotterdam]] [[midi c'est minuit]] [[Freak-tions]] [[L'appartement chez moi]] [[Lex]] [[Klauw]] [[Blackpride]] [[TenderCenter]] [[Queerhoven]] [[clubquarantine]] [[ BENEDICTION ]] [[Crazy Circle]]<br /> |Suggestion=Club Quarantine: Queer love from Toronto to the world<br /> https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/17/features/club-quarantine-hits-one-month-nightly-queer-parties<br /> <br /> Spectrum (podcast)<br /> https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/spectrum-podcast/id1513931668<br /> |Add description=reflection session, meeting, Workshop, collectives, organisers, online, online vs irl<br /> |Mood=sharing, hopeful, physical yearning, let's be real, nerdiness, nerdy-cool<br /> |Association=re-awakening, realness, archiving, failure, covid guilt, word-of-mouth, gathering speriences<br /> |Location=Rotterdam, Brussels, South of France, Valencia, Europe<br /> |Start Year=2021<br /> |Area Focused=online only<br /> |Language=Englishes<br /> |Names=wulverien, abalorio, Sayroe<br /> |Number of people associated=5<br /> |Institutional=Yes<br /> |Sustainability=blood, sweat, tears, biodegradable glitter, coffee, cheap wine, sunshine, summer vibes<br /> }}<br /> notes : <br /> <br /> cutted of any community<br /> mtp france : new spaces not always queer but safe <br /> - &quot;maintenant midi c'est minuit&quot; , event during the day finding way to step a side the curfew, <br /> - freak-tions <br /> things happened by chance mainly , word to mouse, <br /> <br /> online parties club quarantine <br /> https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/17/features/club-quarantine-hits-one-month-nightly-queer-parties<br /> <br /> question of social anxiety <br /> <br /> <br /> After studies, I wanted to do an Internship and wanted to travel, but after two months corona hit. Since there was no physical gathering anymore. 
Online there were a few projects ‘L’appartement chez moi’, with Madame Butch. <br /> <br /> She did a lot of live streaming with people from the community. It helped me to get out of the smoke of like a ‘family context’. <br /> <br /> The second part of the pandemic / 2020. Eindhoven in The Netherlands wasn’t very strict or in a heavy lockdown, so I was able to move about and meet people. <br /> <br /> I started looking for initiatives in Eindhoven, online, I did not found a lot. <br /> I found ‘The Way(?)’, a feminist group. There is a new queer collective Queerhoven, which is created recently. 

I have the feeling Eindhoven is a kind of city where worth to mouth, small gathering happen through people knowing people etc. During corona this was not possible anymore. <br /> <br /> Now I am in France.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> queer Rotterdam <br /> <br /> connect / support / <br /> <br /> training social muscles `<br /> KLAUW MAGAZINE, became a foundation<br /> tender center closed, or will close <br /> black pride <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> living in a queer surrounding in brussels <br /> working on nfo <br /> I was in a queer house, not necessarily super smooth during the lock down. <br /> Back then I was working on not found on the most. The original aim of the project was to do workshops irl. It had a parasitic strategy, always in collaboration with queer local organisations, art spaces etc… It always had an aim to write together, collective being, …<br /> <br /> During the lock down NFO wasn’t able to continue as it was intended. It slacked… Also was dealing with terrible anxiety. <br /> <br /> Did do some online parties!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Rotterdam-dormant<br /> <br /> Klauw-very young circa 20s collective<br /> queer party, protagosnism BIPOC people<br /> steep progression lately<br /> together with Ray, WORM, online event Femfest at international women's day<br /> also KLAUW magazine<br /> now a foundation, get subsisdy<br /> <br /> Tender Center queer lesbian and trans-run physical space<br /> quit, not publically announced. interpersonal issues, rent (wanted to be independent, thus no finantial help, paid from their pockets but no possibility to get any revenue during lockdown)<br /> <br /> Black Pride - Amsterdam??<br /> started 2020<br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Safer Spaces Rotterdam-instagram account<br /> <br /> online space-Discord environment-Queer Rotterdam<br /> <br /> Aay-Brussels<br /> <br /> Brussels-queer house-!!!meeningful<br /> still, things not going super well with flatmates<br /> problem: not found on related to physical queer spaces<br /> <br /> did some online parties<br /> <br /> queerantine bingo</div> Abalorio https://notfoundon.org/here/index.php?title=How_covid_affected_our_queer_spaces&diff=3938 How covid affected our queer spaces 2021-06-22T18:44:06Z <p>Abalorio: </p> <hr /> <div>{{New Page<br /> |Subtitle=how covid affected our queer spaces<br /> <br /> how covid affected our queer spaces<br /> spaces located in Rotterdam, Brussels, Eindhoven?<br /> / and online spaces.<br /> |Involvement=Yes<br /> |Connection=Yes<br /> |Contactable=Prefer not to be contacted<br /> |Status=Ongoing<br /> |Main Text=What effect has covid had on your networks for social, poltical, activist and health care on and offline?<br /> <br /> Have there been any permenate closures of spaces in your communitues? <br /> <br /> Have there been new intivatives<br /> <br /> Notes from Recording our Communities workshop on June, 22nd 2021<br /> <br /> cutted of any community<br /> mtp france : new spaces not always queer but safe <br /> - &quot;maintenant midi c'est minuit&quot; , event during the day finding way to step a side the curfew, <br /> - freak-tions <br /> things happened by chance mainly , word to mouse, <br /> <br /> online parties club quarantine <br /> https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/17/features/club-quarantine-hits-one-month-nightly-queer-parties<br /> <br /> question of social anxiety <br /> <br /> <br /> After studies, I wanted to do an Internship and wanted to travel, but after two months corona hit. Since there was no physical gathering anymore. 
Online there were a few projects ‘L’appartement chez moi’, with Madame Butch. <br /> <br /> She did a lot of live streaming with people from the community. It helped me to get out of the smoke of like a ‘family context’. <br /> <br /> The second part of the pandemic / 2020. Eindhoven in The Netherlands wasn’t very strict or in a heavy lockdown, so I was able to move about and meet people. <br /> <br /> I started looking for initiatives in Eindhoven, online, I did not found a lot. <br /> I found ‘The Way(?)’, a feminist group. There is a new queer collective Queerhoven, which is created recently. 

I have the feeling Eindhoven is a kind of city where worth to mouth, small gathering happen through people knowing people etc. During corona this was not possible anymore. <br /> <br /> Now I am in France.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> queer Rotterdam <br /> <br /> connect / support / <br /> <br /> training social muscles `<br /> KLAUW MAGAZINE, became a foundation<br /> tender center closed, or will close <br /> black pride <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> living in a queer surrounding in brussels <br /> working on nfo <br /> I was in a queer house, not necessarily super smooth during the lock down. <br /> Back then I was working on not found on the most. The original aim of the project was to do workshops irl. It had a parasitic strategy, always in collaboration with queer local organisations, art spaces etc… It always had an aim to write together, collective being, …<br /> <br /> During the lock down NFO wasn’t able to continue as it was intended. It slacked… Also was dealing with terrible anxiety. <br /> <br /> Did do some online parties!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Rotterdam-dormant<br /> <br /> Klauw-very young circa 20s collective<br /> queer party, protagosnism BIPOC people<br /> steep progression lately<br /> together with Ray, WORM, online event Femfest at international women's day<br /> also KLAUW magazine<br /> now a foundation, get subsisdy<br /> <br /> Tender Center queer lesbian and trans-run physical space<br /> quit, not publically announced. interpersonal issues, rent (wanted to be independent, thus no finantial help, paid from their pockets but no possibility to get any revenue during lockdown)<br /> <br /> Black Pride - Amsterdam??<br /> started 2020<br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Safer Spaces Rotterdam-instagram account<br /> <br /> online space-Discord environment-Queer Rotterdam<br /> <br /> Aay-Brussels<br /> <br /> Brussels-queer house-!!!meeningful<br /> still, things not going super well with flatmates<br /> problem: not found on related to physical queer spaces<br /> <br /> did some online parties<br /> <br /> queerantine bingo<br /> <br /> pre-covid<br /> random meetings<br /> speak with people you don't necessarilly like, yet care about them<br /> recognise people you see every now and then<br /> is that the feeling of community?<br /> <br /> right before pandemic hit, a person from community in Rotterdam committed suicide<br /> so unable to organise something together, mourning together<br /> not connected to the family, unablility to claim to the mourning<br /> <br /> person close to Aay committed suicice right before second lockdown<br /> <br /> ways of mourning together online??<br /> <br /> as non-professionals, not able to take care of each other's mental health<br /> when physiscal spaces disappear, it all comes down to each of us inter-personal habilities<br /> very difficult, layer of guilt<br /> we lost touvh of how a broader community is going<br /> <br /> covid guilt is real!<br /> should I do this or that, am I doing enough??<br /> in the case of Queer Rotterdam, many meetings but not actions<br /> <br /> agony of insustainability of queer spaces<br /> that was the reason to start not found on-ephemere!<br /> <br /> volunteer work usually not archiving<br /> <br /> podcast by person from The Hague, capture true stories, what is going on<br /> https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/spectrum-podcast/id1513931668<br /> (in Dutch some in English)<br /> <br /> queer fandom podcasts-in German<br /> |Trigger Warning=some notes on suicide<br /> |POL=Written together by people during online meeting. Brussels, Rotterdam, South of France, Oliva (Valencia, Spain)<br /> The summer when vaccination had started, and we were hoping covid would soon leave us.<br /> |Related=[[Queer Rotterdam]] [[queer rotterdam]]<br /> |Institutional=No<br /> }}<br /> notes : <br /> <br /> cutted of any community<br /> mtp france : new spaces not always queer but safe <br /> - &quot;maintenant midi c'est minuit&quot; , event during the day finding way to step a side the curfew, <br /> - freak-tions <br /> things happened by chance mainly , word to mouse, <br /> <br /> online parties club quarantine <br /> https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/17/features/club-quarantine-hits-one-month-nightly-queer-parties<br /> <br /> question of social anxiety <br /> <br /> <br /> After studies, I wanted to do an Internship and wanted to travel, but after two months corona hit. Since there was no physical gathering anymore. 
Online there were a few projects ‘L’appartement chez moi’, with Madame Butch. <br /> <br /> She did a lot of live streaming with people from the community. It helped me to get out of the smoke of like a ‘family context’. <br /> <br /> The second part of the pandemic / 2020. Eindhoven in The Netherlands wasn’t very strict or in a heavy lockdown, so I was able to move about and meet people. <br /> <br /> I started looking for initiatives in Eindhoven, online, I did not found a lot. <br /> I found ‘The Way(?)’, a feminist group. There is a new queer collective Queerhoven, which is created recently. 

I have the feeling Eindhoven is a kind of city where worth to mouth, small gathering happen through people knowing people etc. During corona this was not possible anymore. <br /> <br /> Now I am in France.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> queer Rotterdam <br /> <br /> connect / support / <br /> <br /> training social muscles `<br /> KLAUW MAGAZINE, became a foundation<br /> tender center closed, or will close <br /> black pride <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> living in a queer surrounding in brussels <br /> working on nfo <br /> I was in a queer house, not necessarily super smooth during the lock down. <br /> Back then I was working on not found on the most. The original aim of the project was to do workshops irl. It had a parasitic strategy, always in collaboration with queer local organisations, art spaces etc… It always had an aim to write together, collective being, …<br /> <br /> During the lock down NFO wasn’t able to continue as it was intended. It slacked… Also was dealing with terrible anxiety. <br /> <br /> Did do some online parties!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Rotterdam-dormant<br /> <br /> Klauw-very young circa 20s collective<br /> queer party, protagosnism BIPOC people<br /> steep progression lately<br /> together with Ray, WORM, online event Femfest at international women's day<br /> also KLAUW magazine<br /> now a foundation, get subsisdy<br /> <br /> Tender Center queer lesbian and trans-run physical space<br /> quit, not publically announced. interpersonal issues, rent (wanted to be independent, thus no finantial help, paid from their pockets but no possibility to get any revenue during lockdown)<br /> <br /> Black Pride - Amsterdam??<br /> started 2020<br /> <br /> <br /> Queer Safer Spaces Rotterdam-instagram account<br /> <br /> online space-Discord environment-Queer Rotterdam<br /> <br /> Aay-Brussels<br /> <br /> Brussels-queer house-!!!meeningful<br /> still, things not going super well with flatmates<br /> problem: not found on related to physical queer spaces<br /> <br /> did some online parties<br /> <br /> queerantine bingo</div> Abalorio