About the community
The Queer Care Community is an intimate online space, where we share, create and care with other like-minded, earth-loving queers.
It is our own cozy little corner of the internet, where we come together for weekly live Queer Care Sessions, our Slow Book Club and Craft/Queer themed Workshops with our community.
It is an accessible & safe(r) online alternative space for us to be together - outside of social media - from the comfort of our own homes.
Every Friday morning we come together for an hour long session on Zoom, from 11 AM - 12PM (CEST)
There are two memberships available: Seasonal Community or Care Community.
More info on each can be found below.
Winter is coming
After three wonderful seasons together, it’s now time to close this year with a Winter season full of care. This upcoming season we will focus on taking extra care of our physical bodies with a special Herbal Care Workshop, craft one of our favorite recipes together and sit in community reflecting on the year behind and the year ahead.
Note: registration for the upcoming Winter season opens up for one week only, starting Friday the 28th of November.
We start our first season’s intro session on Friday the 5th of December.
Want to be notified when we open?
Neuroqueer care & support groups
We will soon be offering guided peer to peer support sessions
for neurodivergent queers <3
To receive more information & starting dates,
subscribe to the waitlist below.
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Neuroqueer care
The neuroqueer care & support groups are bi-weekly session, where we discuss our experiences, pitfalls and interests around a monthly theme. The sessions are guided peer to peer support
Queer Care Sessions
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During the Queer Care Sessions we collectively make room to care for ourselves & each other on/off camera: read that book you’ve been meaning to read for so long, go for a walk, create, cook, sing, dance or just witness your community in care.
The care sessions are “silent” sessions where we work on something for ourselves and witness each other do the same. In the chat there is room to check in and share with the community. -
There are two care sessions held every month. The care sessions take place every other Friday on Zoom, between 11AM and 12PM (cest). Replays are available on the community page.
Workshops & Skill-shares
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Workshops & sessions this Winter
This season we we will craft one of our favorite immune supporting recipes together, host an herbal care skill-share session and dive deeper into the topic of “queer care” together through a guided workshop session.More about the workshops
Queer & craft workshops are hosted monthly and look like:Seasonal craft workshops: where we take a moment to celebrate and create with the season, hosted by Toyah or a guest artist.
Queer themed workshops: Are an open exploration/conversation on important topics such as; community care, neurodivergence, disability justice, trans care, BIPOC experiences, earth justice and more.
Community led workshop:
Every season a community members has the space to host their own skill sharing workshops or session with the community.
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Workshops are hosted live on Zoom once a month, on Friday’s between 11AM and 12PM (cest). Replays are available on the community page.
The Slow Book Club
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The Slow Book Club is a seasonal book club, where we discuss our favorite and important writings on queer care & earth justice.
Every season will be accompanied by one book, which we will discuss over the course of three months.
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There will be one live book club session held monthly on Zoom, on Friday’s between 11AM and 12PM (cest). Replay’s are available through the community page.
Online Community Channels
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A Discord community channel is made available for every community member that joins & will stay available after they leave.
This channel is a private space where you can connect with each other outside of the live sessions through video calls and text. Community members host body doubling sessions here or just hang out together on/off camera for fun.Garden of Queerdom also has a separate Whatsapp community group that everyone can join.
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The Discord channel and Whatsapp Group are always open and available to every member, forever!
Pricing & payment
The Seasonal Community membership is offered through sliding scale pricing: €17,50 (community care price) €25 (regular price) and €32,50 (solidarity price) monthly. There are financial hardship memberships available for those who cannot afford the lowest end of the price scale.
The membership fees are paid monthly. After each month the membership automatically renews or can be cancelled before the end of the billing period.
For more information on pricing and transparency on the time, energy and care that is put into this online community, scroll to the “price transparency” section below.
Payment options
You can pay your monthly subscription through all major creditcards.
If you don’t own a creditcard:
Bunq bank (among others) offers a pre-paid online “credit” card that you can use to pay by IDEAL with your bank account, PayPal or Apple Wallet - the online Bunq card can be used to make payments just like a regular credit card, but without the credit.
ASN Bank also offers a debit based “credit card”.
If you need help with setting up your payment, contact us at:
gardenofqueerdom@gmail.com
FAQs
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No, this space welcomes all sexualities/genders/beings. It is however a “queer centered” space, meaning that it centers the experiences of queer people through the topics and discussions we engage in.
Anybody that is an ally and respects this space is welcome to join and learn/participate. -
Yes, very much so. Both Toyah (adhd) and Mandy (audhd) are neurodivergent - as well as a large part of our community members - we have a lot experience navigating the neurodivergent experience.
This space is also designed to honor the needs of people who are chronically ill and/or have (other) physical or mental disabilities.
We do our very best to make this space as neurodivergent friendly and accessible as possible - but every person is different - so what might work for us, does not work for you. We are always open to feedback in this area. -
Nope! It’s totally up to you which sessions you join or don’t join.
The workshops and book club are part of a seasonal series, but designed to also be enjoyed on their own.
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The Seasonal membership offers a three month series of sessions (workshops, book club, care sessions) which opens up every new season and runs for three months.
The Care membership offers only the bi-weekly Queer Care Sessions from the Seasonal membership and can be joined at any time & cancelled monthly.
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Yes! The replays from each session can be found through the separate “replay” page in the membership area.
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No! It is totally up to you in which way you participate in the sessions and workshops. You can be on- or offscreen, type in the chat or just be with us.
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You can pay your monthly subscription through all major creditcards.
If you don’t own a creditcard:
Bunq Bank (among others) offers a pre-paid online “credit” card that you can use to link to your bank account through IDEAL, PayPal or Apple Wallet - Online “credit” card such as Bunq can be used to make payments just like a regular credit card, but without the credit.ASN also offers a debit/credit card without a loan.
Visit the link below:
https://www.bunq.com/nl-nl/personal-account/banking-features/credit-card
If you need help organising your payment, please contact us through email. -
There are financial hardship passes available for both memberships. Please contact us through email for the possibilities.
If you have any other questions or concerns, please reach out to us through email: gardenofqueerdom@gmail.com
About your host
My name is Toyah (she/her) - I am a neurodivergent/queer artist, community organisor, earth crafter & the founder of Garden of Queerdom. I will be your host throughout the seasons.
I aim to make this space as accessible as possible and have a non-hierarchal way of facilitating/teaching. This community is held and built by all of us together & In this space there is room to grow, experiment and show up exactly as we are: imperfect, messy and beautiful.
I would love to have you here with us.
Love,
Toyah
Care community
The Care Community membership offers the possibility to join only the Queer Care Sessions from the seasonal membership and can be joined at all times. Queer Care Sessions are an easily accessible and low key way to connect with the community and yourself twice a month. The sessions are held every other Friday of the month.
Care Community members also get access to the online community platform on Discord and to the private community WhatsApp group.
Queer Care Sessions
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During the Queer Care Sessions we collectively make room to care for ourselves & each other on/off camera: read that book you’ve been meaning to read for so long, go for a walk, create, cook, sing, dance or just witness your community in care.
The care sessions are “silent” sessions where we work on something for ourselves and witness each other do the same. In the chat there is room to check in and share with the community. -
There are two care sessions held every month. The care sessions take place every other Friday, between 11AM and 12PM (cest). Replays are available on the community page.
Online Community Channels
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A Discord community channel is made available for every community member that joins & will stay available after they leave.
This channel is a private space where you can connect with each other outside of the live sessions: to dive deeper into specific topics, find people to meet up with or share a request on the community care board.Garden of Queerdom also has a separate Whatsapp community group that members can join.
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The Discord channel and Whatsapp Group are always open and available to every member, forever!
Pricing
The Care Community membership is offered through sliding scale pricing: €7,50 (community care price) €10 (regular price) and €12,50 (solidarity price) monthly. There are financial hardship memberships available for those who cannot afford the lowest end of the price scale.
The membership fees are paid monthly. After each month, the membership can be cancelled or is automatically renewed for another month.
For more information on pricing and transparency on the time, energy and care that is put into this online community, scroll to the “price transparency” section below.
Payment options
You can pay your monthly subscription through all major credit cards.
If you don’t own a credit card:
Bunq bank (among others) offers a pre-paid online “credit” card that you can use to pay by IDEAL with your bank account, PayPal or Apple Wallet - the online Bunq card can be used to make payments just like a regular credit card, but without the credit.
ASN Bank also offers a debit based “credit card”.
If you need help with setting up your payment, contact us at:
gardenofqueerdom@gmail.com
Price & labor transparency
It has always been our goal to make Garden of Queerdom as accessible as possible to our community. We never want money to stand in the way of much needed community and queer care, and would never send people away for this reason.
Both of us have dealt with multiple periods of burnout, financial hardship and mental health issues, and we therefor recognize the hardship and desperate need for care and community that so many of us have.
However, it is also important for us to recognize that we, as two queer and neurodivergent artists, should also receive a fair wage for our labor. A lot of time, care and energy is poured into this community and without the proper care for ourselves and our livelihood, we can not uphold the work that we do in a sustainable way.
We want to be as transparent as possible about how our time is spent and the pricing that has come from that. We feel that this creates more room for other queer entrepreneurs and creatives to also receive a fair wage for their labor, therefor creating more financial safety for all of us.
Below you will find a rough overview of the minimum amount of hours that are spent by one person, every month on managing the Queer Care Community alone.