Project Overview
Belonging versus loneliness
A project about LGBTQIA+ loneliness
In cooperation with the Berlin State Office for the Equality of Treatment – against Discrimination, we are village has set itself the goal for 2023/24 to offer some programming on the issue of loneliness in the queer community. We want to develop a better understanding of how people feel in their social environment and have therefore created a survey.
Queer Bridges
Creating connections for LGBTQIA+ people with migration experience
Queer people with migration experiences in Berlin often face challenges such as language barriers, cultural differences and a lack of networks, which can limit their access to supportive communities. Our Queer Bridges program aims to help overcome these barriers by providing resources, networking opportunities and support in a welcoming environment.
Queer Art Bridge
Support migrant artists and cultural practitioners
Queer Art Bridge Berlin aims to provide our queer artist community with a safer and supportive environment to promote their creative talents and unique perspectives to a wide audience and build bridges to the cultural scene in Germany. We believe that art and culture can be a powerful platform for change and self-development and at the same time we want to enrich and diversify the existing cultural structures and art scenes with new, international queer inspirations.
Instinct#16
Next Exhibition: Vernissage 11.September 2024
instinct.berlin is an art organization that was initiated by Eric LeRouge in 2015. Twice a year, at Easter and in September, instinct.berlin presents exhibitions by artists whose practice includes a perspective on queer identities.
Authentic Eros Events
trainings – workshops – retreats
The Authentic Eros trainings, workshops and retreats create a safer and more playful framework to reflect on what we experience, feel, think and want in the area of intimacy and sexuality. We will put a kind of magnifying glass over some aspects of interpersonal encounters so that we can learn from our habits and move into new behavioral and relational territory based on our individual needs.
Soul of Skin Training
Soul of Skin Massage Training
SOUL OF SKIN is a holistic massage training in a two-year cycle and consists of eight weekend workshops. The eight weekends/methods can also be booked individually. Professional and experienced practitioners teach a method in each module. SOUL OF SKIN offers the opportunity to discover massage as a form of intimate encounter and at the same time promotes the expansion of skills as a professional practitioner, partner or lover.
Stretch Festival
The festival for GBTQ Men*
Stretch Festival is a weekend festival for gay, bi, trans and queer men* and people who identify anywhere on the spectrum from masculine-fluid to non-binary. Participants can tailor their journey from workshops, talks and experimental explorations to explore a soulful and playful connection to each other and to life itself.
Queer Connect
Experience community. Strengthen diversity.
Queer Connect is a new, intersectional project by we are village that aims to connect and strengthen all queer identities. We create sustainable opportunities for encounters that do not yet exist in this form and support the personal, creative and social development of all participants.
Queer Connect - Digital Community
Build bridges. Creating connections.
Experience “Queer Connect – Digital Community”, a digital platform from we are village that connects queer people worldwide. Through a variety of creative, psychosocial and sociocultural services, we offer support and sustainable community formats for all those who are unable to access existing queer networks due to language, cultural or geographical barriers.
Volunteering
Become a volunteer!
Our project can only be brought to life through joint action.
Are you interested in volunteering to help create an extraordinary place for yourself and others? Then contact us!
Together We Grow
Support our donation campaign on betterplace.org
we are village supports people on the queer spectrum. With your donation, we create safer spaces on site and online where there is room for individual and communal growth. Because everyone needs a community!