🌱✊️ Our resistance – Solidarity in times of crisis: Networking weekend for trans, inter and non-binary activists
Anti-trans and racist hate are on the rise in Germany – particularly affecting multiply marginalized TIN individuals. Whether it’s everyday discrimination or right-wing attacks on Prides: we want to fight back together and build bridges between urban and rural communities. To do this, we aim to bring together activists from Brandenburg and Berlin on the last weekend of September 2025 and create a shared space for exchange, mutual support, and developing concrete strategies.
🌱 Who is invited?
Trans, inter and non-binary activists from Berlin and Brandenburg.
If you are active in associations, collectives, initiatives, or are self-organized and working for the rights of trans, inter, and non-binary people – and are part of the Community, we are looking forward to your participation.
If you’re unsure whether this includes you, feel free to send us an email!
What to expect:
💜 A somatic/body-based workshop
💡 DIY Barcamp – sharing knowledge & creating together
🫂 Space for networking, collective thinking, feeling and resisting
🍲 Cooking together and spending time in nature
😊 Game night & rest & recharge
🌱 Where?
Arruda is a self-organized collective and seminar house focused on anti-discrimination, anti-racism, empowerment, and queer feminism. You can stay in simple shared rooms or in your own tent. There are common spaces and a large garden. Approx. 1 hour drive from Berlin.
🌱 Costs
We will cover the accommodation and meal costs for 20 people. A further 10 people can participate for a contribution of €40-70. Meals will be vegetarian/vegan.
🌱 Language
The event will be held in spoken German. We can offer whisper translation into English and Turkish.
If you need translation into another language or German Sign Language (DGS), please let us know.
🌱 Accessability
The location is partially wheelchair accessible (ground-level, but with limitations in some areas – please contact us for more info and/or check the Arruda website).
Please come tested and without cold symptoms, you’re welcome to wear a medical mask indoors. We will also have air filters on site.
🌱 Registration
Please send us a brief email to growingstronger@transinterqueer.org with some information about you, your interests and your needs for the networking weekend by 18 September 2025 (deadline extended):
* your name,
* where and how you work or are involved,
* why you want to attend,
* whether you’re coming from Brandenburg or Berlin,
* whether you can pay for accommodation yourself,
* any specific needs or wishes (e.g. travel, accompaniment, accessibility),
* Allergies, dietary restrictions – do you eat vegan or vegetarian?
* Do you need translation?
* Any further questions?
🌱 To get to know each other shortly before the event, we will meet on Zoom at 6 p.m. on 21 September to briefly introduce ourselves and answer any initial questions. We can’t wait to see you there!
For the latest news, check out TrIQ’s Instagram channel or Telegram channel: https://t.me/+IyfMvaFuN5w4OTVi
The event is a space for shared learning, exchange and long-term solidarity. If you would like to be part of it, please feel free to contact us – we look forward to hearing from you!
Funded by Transgender Europe and Central Asia (TGEU) and European Union.