Gay Consent.Lab and CHEMKON come together to host a series of inputs by organizers and facilitators of sex-positive spaces and by professionals working with sexualized drug use. Together, we'll explore different perspectives on the dynamics of these spaces, in particular how they relate to questions of pleasure, harm reduction, consent and community. A DJ set by MINQ sets the scene for further discussion and connection-making.

Lineup:

Hosted by:
• Mati Klitgård, Gay Consent.Lab
• Andrea Piest, Chemkon

19:30 Inputs by:
• Nina Lewis, DTF/DUMP
• Fouad Marei
• neo seefried & Mascha Naumann, s-p-a-c-e
• Stu Fenton, chemsex therapist
• Christopher Clay, Chemkon

21:30 Panel discussion

22:00 MINQ (DJ set)

The Gay Consent.Lab is a multi-dimensional platform that offers workshops and events and produces content related to consent, abuse, and sexual assault but also pleasure and connection in the context of gay and queer nightlife scenes in Berlin. Founded in August 2022, the Gay Consent.Lab was originally conceived in response to repeated cases of violent and invasive behavior in Berlin’s gay and queer nightlife scenes. Targeting these highs and lows of gay* hedonism, we explore consent as the basis for more and better sex and for building connections that last when the club lights go out.

BISS e.V. ist ein gemeinnütziges, interdisziplinäres Netzwerk zu den Themen sexualisierter Substanzgebrauch und Chemsex. In Berlin wirken für BISS unsere Vorstandsmitglieder Dr. Martin Viehweger, Andrea Piest, Christopher Clay und Urs Gamsavar schon lange in unterschiedlichen Zusammenhängen zu den Themen Sex und Substanzgebrauch. Selbst fest in der Community verankert, prägen wir die Berliner Clubkultur mit unserer professionellen Arbeit zu diesen Themen mit: Wir machen praktisches Wissen über Safer Sex und das Risikomanagement bei Substanzgebrauch zugänglich und verständlich, beraten Venues, organisieren Workshops für Kollektive, User*innen sowie für Mitarbeitende des Nachtlebens, u.v.m.