A Place For Us? Black Queer Belonging & The City

BLKOUT presents ‘A Place For Us?’

• Where are the spaces in our cities for Black and queer communities to move beyond survival, to access a freedom dividend and with it, thrive?
• What can we learn from the past? Celebrating our legacy of formal and informal Black and queer spaces?
• Will the metaverse be enough? What could the rise of machine learning and the end of the high street mean for the future of Black and Queer community building? 

For LGBT History Month 2023, join us as we invite key partners in place-making to consider the past, present and future of spaces in which Black queer lives can thrive

USE YOUR PROMO CODE BELOW TO BOOK YOR PLACE AT THE LIVE EVENT ON 31ST JAN or book your place at the 15th Feb event that will be held online.

The place in which I will fit will not exist until I make it - James A Baldwin

 

• With our partners Queer Britain, travel with us through time to discover surprising spaces and places from London's past that have supported and nurtured Black queer lives. 
• Join London's Deputy Mayor for Social Inclusion and Communities, to discover contemporary examples of Black queer placemaking and community building, and hear why they remain necessary
• Be inspired by a unique musical collaboration and intergenerational performance - a taste of the connections we might strengthen through sharing spaces 
• Time and space to network with other guests, drawn from active experts in community building, creativity, place-making, heritage, and digital futures. 
• Be among the first to add your voices and ideas to the BLKOUT community whiteboard, as together we imagine the spaces we need and co-create our manifesto for London's Black, queer future 

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