QUEEROPE 2025 is a 5-day virtual conference for mostly shibari/kinbaku/Japanese-inspired bondage that is exclusively for LGBTQIA+ people and womên.
We welcome all roles (rigger/tops, model/bottoms, switches, etc.), all knowledge levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and all styles to this gathering that aims to bring queer & female-identifying practitioners together to celebrate their love for rope and exchange knowledge and experiences.
Click here to see the full Program
line-up:
Addie Tahl (Canada)
Amaya (Costa Rica)
Benoît Descordes & Noémie Knot_NiDi (France)
Caritia (UK/Germany)
Ceci Ferox (Finland/Germany)
Chiaki (Japan)
Gombé (Japan)
hua hua (UK/China)
Lief Bound & Icky (USA)
Naoko (UK/Hong Kong)
The Switch Assembly: Amnesia Jane, Viking & Kasia (Canada)
Salem X & Axel (USA)
Sophia Rose & René de Sans (UK/Germany)
Yada Kaewburee (Thailand)
Details:
– 5 days of virtual workshops, performances, demonstrations, discussions, etc.
– 1 warm-up session and 4 x 2-hour slots per day
– language: English
– the conference aims to be held from 12pm Berlin (3 am San Francisco / 6 am New York / 8 pm Tokyo / 10 pm Melbourne) to 10.30 pm Berlin (1.30 pm San Francisco / 4.30 pm New York / 5.30 am Tokyo /8.30 am Melbourne) time
– all classes except for the global rope jam will be recorded and will be available for 30 days after the conference for all attendees to watch/re-watch
Costs:
Conference tickets are valid for one person for the entire conference and include access to the recordings of all classes for 30 days after the event. We have different kinds of conference tickets:
Full Pass
Regular ticket: 150 Euros
Supporter ticket: 200 Euros (The 50 Euros added onto your ticket will subsidize our solidarity tickets with 50 Euros. For each sold supporter ticket we will add a solidarity ticket to the pot).
Solidarity ticket: 100 Euros
FAQ:
How do you define “LGBTQIA+” & “womên”?
LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender.
Womên describes people who identify themselves as female in their gender identity. People who fit this category can be part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or not. We created this category specifically to indicate that we also invite cisgender, heterosexual womên.
The word is our own creation and serves as a replacement for the word “womxn” which is now being (ab)used for transmisogynist statements. The ^ in womên represents a marker (similar to the “x” in womxn) that emphasizes that womênhood is an intersectional umbrella term that holds many different people and experiences and is not biologically predetermined.
I am not LGBTQIA+ and not a womên, can I still attend?
No, please respect that this particular event is not for you. There are lots of other events you can attend. But Queerope one is solely for people of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum & womên.
I cannot afford the ticket but would love to join. What do I do?
Send us a message via info@karada-house.de and we’ll see what we can do.
What platform do you use for the virtual conference?
We need to use Zoom as it is the only platform available that is affordable and stable enough for bigger groups. Please make sure you can fulfill the requirements for Zoom from your side to have a satisfactory experience. We will do our best to make the zoom calls safe by engaging all possible security features. You do not have to turn your camera on and you can use any name you like.
The times don’t always work for me / I cannot attend everything I want…
That is why we will make recordings available to you, so you can watch & re-watch them within 30 days.
If I share my computer with a person, is buying one ticket enough?
No. You are not paying for the computer access but for the knowledge that the facilitators and artists are distributing. Please respect that knowledge has worth and should be compensated.
I am all alone at the moment and have no partner. Does it still make sense to participate?
Absolutely. There will be a variety of topics and skills and not all of them require a partner. You can learn a lot even just by listening and watching or trying things on yourself. We will also provide knowledge and possibilities for self-tying & suspension and other solo practices.