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SUMMARY:Centre closed
DESCRIPTION:The London LGBTQ+ Community Centre is closed for a private event from 2-4pm. \nWe’ll reopen to the public at 4pm.
URL:https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/centre-closed-3-2/2025-11-27/
LOCATION:London LGBTQ+ Community Centre\, 60-62 Hopton Street\, Thames Path\, Bankside\, London\, England\, SE1 9JH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Peer Support for Navigating Eating Disorders and/or Body Dysmorphia
DESCRIPTION:Online peer support group for people of marginalised genders navigating eating disorders and/or body dysmorphia.\n\n\nOnline peer support group for people of marginalised genders navigating eating disorders and/or body dysmorphia. \nA peer-led support meeting intended to inclusively and safely provide space for people navigating eating disorders and/or body dysmorphia to explore thoughts\, feelings\, difficulties and healing. \nThe session will include a check-in/out\, a relaxation/grounding exercise and facilitated open space to talk with others who can relate\, listen\, and support one another. \nNo formal diagnosis needed and all bodies are welcome. The group is is intended to operate from an intersectional perspective that includes interrogation of anti-fat bias/fatphobia\, makes space for discussion often excluded in clinical/psychiatric settings including impacts of societal systems on our experiences. \nThere will be a short break of up to 10 minutes during the session. \nDisclaimer: \nThis is a peer-led support group and not formal/psychological therapy. Whilst we will work together to not share explicitly triggering content\, you may find some of what is spoken about difficult\, and it is important that you have coping strategies in place. \nWe will always check out at the end of the session\, and further signposting/resources can be shared. \nHowever\, the workshop’s facilitator is unable to provide any other support outside of this space. \nPlease be aware that when joining the session you will be expected to honour these specific group boundaries: \nConfidentiality – don’t share what others have said outside of the group \nNo numbers – we don’t refer to numbers such as calories/weight/BMI etc within the group as it can be triggering \nNo negative use of the word “fat” – we do not engage with fatphobic language \nIf you have any questions or concerns please get in touch. A feedback form will be provided at the end of each session so that the meetings can develop in ways that serve the community. \nAbout the facilitator: \nAisha Kacie/AK (they/them) is a disabled QTBIPoC practitioner in the field of Community Work\, The Arts\, Holistic Practices & Mutual Aid. They are currently studying Health and Social Sciences and have an ongoing Movement & Live Performance portfolio. With several years of personal recovery\, AK has a passionate interest in working therapeutically in the community and the lived experience to inform this pursuit. Their work and volunteering currently flows between Somatics\, Acupressure\, Arts and Group Facilitation\, Safeguarding\, Organising\, Writing and Research.  \nAccessibility: \nZoom event where closed captions can be enabled and some chat participation(note that there will be one facilitator). \nNo breakout rooms available due to facilitator numbers. \nPlease contact hello@londonlgbtqcentre.org if you have further accessibility requirements. \nDonate to the CentreWe rely on donations to ensure that the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre can keep its doors open for years to come. \nTo donate or become a Friend of the Centre\, visit our website.
URL:https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/peer-support-for-navigating-eating-disorders-and-or-body-dysmorphia-6/
LOCATION:England
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SUMMARY:Queer Spellcasting: Poetry as Vigil
DESCRIPTION:In Poetry as Vigil\, we will explore how our words and writing can hold loving space for queer ancestors who need it\n\n\nIn ‘Poetry as Vigil’ we will explore how our words and writing can hold loving space for queer ancestors who need it – you may know them personally or not. The workshop will unfold in 3 parts: \nWe will start with invoking an ancestral guide\, who can act as a higher power to support us and bridge our vigil. This guide can be a blood or a queer ancestor\, an ancestor of lineage who inspires you or an elemental. \nIn part 2\, we will hold solidarity\, loving presence and acknowledgement through writing to a personal ancestor who may have died in troubled ways\, or who simply needs support. You can devote your poem to them\, write them a letter\, or make your words into offerings. Your ancestral guide will always sit in between you and the ancestor you hold vigil for\, in order to offer you protection and grounding. \nIn part 3\, we will explore collective spellcasting by going in the circle and creating a communal poem-offering to the dead\, with phrases from what we have written\, our breath and whispers. \nWe will use divination and tarot to inspire our journey and help us connect beyond the realms. There will also be a soil altar which we will charge with our offerings and bring back to the body of the earth\, so the ancestors can receive this sustenance through the mycelium. \nThis series is inspired by my work and research into ancestral healing practices\, queer temporality and ritual as a futuring technology. \nNo prior experience needed – this will be a welcoming space of co-creation with soft invitations and guidance to be adjusted to your needs and intuitive desires. Everything is invitational\, focused on autonomy and consent\, and you are deeply encouraged to make the journey yours. There will also be a small space in the room where you can go anytime if you need some time by yourself\, or if the communal space feels overstimulating. \nAbout the facilitator \nByuka Makodru aka Fortune Tailed Beast (they/them) is a migrant performance artist and witch\, playing at the intersections of poetry\, dance\, film and tattooing. Their work explores folk futurism and practices of queer-animist world-building through community rituals\, speculative fiction\, embodied ecologies and ancestral healing. \nByuka is the curator and main facilitator of Lunarrr Playgroundz – a platform exploring ritual practices for the queer community. Queer Spellcasting is an ongoing research as part of their tattooing project Scribe of Earth Skins\, where they blend ritual\, language and symbol making. \nTheir work has been shown at the Royal Albert Hall\, Iklektik\, Camden’s People Theatre\, the National Gallery\, Barbican\, Guildhall\, Ugly Duck and Mimosa House. They have been featured in the series\, Witch\, on BBC Sounds. \nAccessibility \nThere will be a break halfway through\, and people are invited to break whenever they need. People do not need to stand\, we will be seating at tables. \nThere will be a communal circle at the beginning and at the end – first to share your name and something about you\, secondly to share words or sentences from what you have written\, so we can create a communal spell. \nNeither of these are mandatory and people are invited to be non-verbal if they need\, or participate in the circle by sharing a sound. People can bring stim toys and whatever support they need for the session. \nThe Centre’s accessibility statement is here. \nCovid safety at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre \nTo keep our community safe\, we ask that all visitors do not visit the centre if they are feeling any Covid-19 symptoms including headache\, fever\, sore throat\, consistent cough and chills. \nYou can wear a mask if you feel more comfortable. We also have masks and hand sanitiser available at the Centre. \nFor current information on Covid please visit the NHS website. \nDonate to the Centre \nWe rely on donations to ensure that the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre can keep its doors open for years to come. \nTo donate or become a Friend of the Centre\, visit our website.
URL:https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/queer-spellcasting-poetry-as-vigil/
LOCATION:London LGBTQ+ Community Centre\, 60-62 Hopton Street\, Thames Path\, Bankside\, London\, England\, SE1 9JH\, United Kingdom
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