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MOUNTAINEERING & OUTDOOR SPORTS

FOR LGBTIQ+ VISIBILITY

OUR ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE PLANS

OUR ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE PLANS

OUR ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE PLANS

OUR ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE PLANS

OUR ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE PLANS

  • Connecting queer outdoor sportspeople so they learn from each other, inspire each other, coordinate their efforts in improving LGBTIQ visibility and creating safe space in outdoor sports
  • Joint community events with Akademie Waldschlösschen, DAV GOC, Kyrgyz Indigo
  • Hiking and climbing events, specifically for queer families, migrants / refugees and asylum seekers, people living with HIV, survivors of violence, people with disabilities, low-income / homeless /marginally housed people
  • Trans- and queer women-only outdoor events
  • Queer youth camps
  • Mentorship for queer youth
  • Queer Mountaineering Academy in Central Asia
  • Queer Outdoor Fest
  • Individual and group scholarships and grants (Apply here)
  • Trainings, workshops and courses
  • Technical assistance, capacity building and leadership development workshops
  • Mental health and burnout-prevention workshops
  • Fundraising for local queer initiatives
  • In-kind support for sport communities in need
  • Co-organisation of Pride events
  • Storytelling
  • Film and video
  • Podcasts
  • Environmental and outdoor arts / performances
  • Outreach to local and international media on the topics of outdoor sports and queer visibility
  • Queer visibility talks and presentations in schools
  • Public talks, presentations in outdoor or queer festivals, conferences and other related events
  • Renaming queerphobic and sexist mountaineering and rock-climbing routes
  • Creating queer-friendly spaces and sensitization of alpine clubs with a focus on Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Alpine queer history project: documenting queer mountaineering and rock-climbing history
  • Monitoring media on the thematic intersection of outdoors sports and queer visibility
  • Mapping of queer outdoor sports communities
  • Documenting and confronting hate speech directed towards the campaign
  • Publications: climbing routes, research results, etc.
  • Partnership with local and international organizations in joint advocacy, research, advocacy actions like challenging discriminatory anti-LGBTIQ laws in Kyrgyzstan, immigration and refugee issues, sexual and reproductive rights/justice
  • Climbing and queering the highest mountains of each continent, including Everest
  • Mountaineering, climbing, long-distance backpacking, skiing & paragliding LGBTIQ+ expeditions

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