Input Session

29.11.2025 17.30 - 18.30

Safe Spaces in Danger

Saturday is a theme day focusing on the situation of clubs, festivals and cultural institutions in Georgia (Tbilisi). Panel 3: Clubs & Festivals as remaining havens for Queer Communities

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Culture Politics & Administration

Queer Nightlife in repressive countries

Moderated discussion with follow-up questions, e.g.:
- How are club spaces, political freedom, and queer life interconnected?
- What does it mean when the state defines culture as a threat?
- How can narratives like “drugs = danger = clubs” be broken?
- What concrete protection mechanisms exist (legal, spatial, media-based)?
- How can the German or European scene act in concrete solidarity?