Safe Space Alliance
The Safe Space Alliance is a LGBTQI+ led non-profit organisation that aims to help people identify, navigate, and create safe spaces for the LGBTQI+ community worldwide.
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| Purpose | To help people identify, navigate, and create safe spaces for the LGBTQI+ community worldwide. |
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| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
Director | Shannon Novak |
| Website | www |
History
The Safe Space Alliance began in 2019 as a project developed by artist and activist Shannon Novak at The Suter Art Gallery in Nelson, New Zealand.[1] It involved the installation of a full circle rainbow on the windows of the gallery to help people identify the gallery as a safe space for the LGBTQI+ community.[2] The idea then spread to the surrounding community in Nelson including Nelson City Council who became a safe space, then funded a light art project that projected the Safe Space Alliance logo onto buildings around Nelson.[3] Novak then formalised the Safe Space Alliance into a nonprofit organisation that extended its scope to other cities in New Zealand with the help of Auckland’s Britomart Group.[4] The Safe Space Alliance then became an international organisation.[5] Novak sees the Safe Space Alliance as an artwork creating social change for the LGBTQI+ community worldwide.[6]
Definition
The Safe Space Alliance defines a safe space as a space that welcomes and supports the LGBTQI+ community.[7]
Space types
The Safe Space Alliance welcomes spaces regardless of size, location, and category/industry.[8][9][10] The Safe Space Alliance identifies three types of safe space:
- Physical: a space with a street address.
- Mobile: a space that moves around (e.g. a taxi).
- Digital: a digital and/or online space.
Registering a space
The public may apply to have a space registered as a safe space through the Safe Space Alliance website.
See also
List of LGBT rights organizations
References
- ↑ "LGBQTI+ project at Suter shows it's not all rainbows in Nelson's queer community". Stuff. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ "Safe Spaces concept takes off for the LGBTQI+ community". Stuff. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ "Rainbow light art projections shine light on safe spaces". Our Nelson. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ "Britomart People: Shannon Novak". Britomart. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ "Safe Space Alliance growing from an experiment to a global network". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ↑ "Colours of the rainbow in New Plymouth museum promote positive change". Stuff. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ "Frequently asked questions". Safe Space Alliance. 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ "SunLive - Celebrating our rainbow community - The Bay's News First". www.sunlive.co.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ↑ "New Plymouth Airport a safe space for LGBTQI+ community". Stuff. 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ↑ "How Can We Make Sure LGBTQ+ Spaces Don't Disappear After COVID-19?". Global Citizen. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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