Hello Queerleaders, friends, and allies!

We recently hosted Housing for LGBTQIA+ Lives🌈, the second in our three-part series on Queering Urbanism. This panel, empowered by Urbis, delved into the importance of home to queer people, how a home can have many different meanings and the gaps in policy and data that impact all of us.

Key discussion points included:

• That queer people have distinct housing needs
• The importance of data and the lack of relevant data to inform housing policy
• The idea of adequate housing, homes, and the link to human rights
• The link between health and housing, our systems and queer values, renting and flexibility
• Queer centric architecture – when queers have the opportunity to design their own home location, community and visibility are key drivers

It was an engaging panel discussion with diverse perspectives! Lots of reflecting on how we as individuals and a collective can do more for queer society.

A heartfelt thank you to our panelists:

• Katherine Buden (she/her) – Principal, Teremok
• Jacob Thomas (they/them) – LGBTQIA+ Writer & Health Researcher
• Amy Bracks (she/her) – Principal, Ioa Studio
• Ben Rowe (he/him) – Project Director, Riverlee & Co-Founder, QIP (moderator)

Resources:

• Examining the intersectionality of housing needs for the LGBTIQA+ community

Special thanks to our primary sponsor Urbis for creating a safe space for queer people and allies to gather, hold bold discussions, and create change.

We look forward to continuing the conversation for our next event in the series, Queering Urbanism on Cities and Public Spaces. Please get in touch if your organisation would like to get involved with content or sponsorship.