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Ravelength #2

  This time we will focus on GHB/GBL, a drug that is causing stir among the communities of queer ravers due to being easy to misuse, that can lead to overdose - often called “collapsing”. Despite being knit-tight with sex and parties, G is an addictive depressant that remains shrouded in myths and confusion. “G” has been around for very long, starting as a medicine and having caught the party scene's attention for its social and sexual lubricant, being called “liquid ecstasy” and far more powerful than alcohol.   Why did it generate so much controversy in the past years around the queer party scene? What are the alarming signs of G addiction and what kind of resources do we have to tackle it?    To explore these questions, for this session we invited Wanda Gaimes, party organizer and awareness worker from queer feminist sex party Lecken (Berlin), Filipe Couto Gomes (psychiatrist, Lisbon) working with addiction and mental health, focused on queer people, sex-workers and migrants, and Bernardo Rahe (psychiatrist, São Paulo), working in LGBTQ mental health and substance use and Mariana Cunha (pharmacist, Lisbon), working in harm reduction and drug checking with Kosmicare and Ravelength. The talk will be moderated by Pedro Marum.

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Ravelength #1

Online Harm Reduction and Queerfeminist Care in times of COVID-19 Join the first event of Ravelength, a new online platform for harm reduction and Queerfeminist Care in times of COVID-19. We will host an online conversation on Thursday 21th of May at 7p.m., where we will talk more about the project, speak about changes in substance distribution and consumption in the current situation with Kira, introduce our peer-to peer Support Channel Group and host an artistic intervention.

Program: -Talk by Kira Pascalle (Crew, Scotland) presenting results from the study “COVID-19 and drug market” on substance availability and use during the current pandemic -Presentation of Ravelength project - who are we? What do we want to do? How are we planning to do it? -Public online program streaming -Ravelength’s guidelines and harm reduction in isolation -Support Channel Group - peer-to-peer support during emotional crisis and moments of distress -Q&A Thursday 21st of May, 7 p.m. (Berlin time GMT+2)

design by Coletivo Lenha @coletivo_lenha

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We were invited by Disruption Network Lab to talk about queercare and harm reduction, and to present Ravelength. You can watch the talk here

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Support Channel

Support Channel is now open!

The goal of our Support Channel is to offer queer-to-queer support for and with people connected to queer and nightlife contexts.

We aim to create a space for having a one-to-one conversation where experiences can be shared, best practices explored and emotional support made readily available in current times of social distancing or isolation. We come from a standpoint of non-judgement and open listening, being aware that engaging in these conversations with friends and family can be available to some but not to all of those in the community. At the same time, talking to someone who is not directly involved on an emotional level with the situation at hand can provide a wider comfort zone for bringing these up.

You can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK4KZ-XMzPVH6YQbtGyLzdastnESwKWFGPEkojHo9MWNoYBA/viewform

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Ravelength #1

You can now watch our first talk, focused on drug market and consumption changes caused by COVID-19 and presentation of Ravelength. 

We invited Kira Pascalle from Crew: mind altering to present results from the study “COVID-19 and drug market” on substance availability and use during the current pandemic.

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Check tomorrow's Disruption Network Lab's talk, joined by Pedro Marum (XenoEntities Network, mina, suspension), Mariana Cunha (Kosmicare), Mariana Vieira (Emotional CPR, Lecken, Rabbit Hole) and Rafi (TS Raver) to talk about harm reduction and self-organized structures of care among queer communities, focusing in the aftermath of COVID-19. We will present our joint project Ravelength that will go online this month. 

For more details about the project and talk:https://www.disruptionlab.org/fridays

Tune in tomorrow, Friday at 5pm Berlin time/4pm Lisbon time, and reach out through the chatbox if you got any suggestions, concerns, or questions.

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Ravelength is an upcoming collaborative to generate accessible tools for harm reduction, relief, and empowerment within the queerfeminist electronic music scene and raver communities. By organizing online discussions, workshops, and support groups in collaboration with artists, healthcare professionals, and local community organizers, we call for a culture of solidarity and mutual aid.