WHAT WE BELIEVE
Our Goal
Stichting Fite Qlub focuses on people from BIPOC LGBTQIAP+ communities and aims to create spaces where members can connect, heal, educate, and exchange through a wide range of different methods: from panel discussions to play parties.
Fite Qlub continues to emphasize approaching bodies, sexuality, and their expression from an intersectional perspective, with the goal of revealing how deeply entrenched hegemonic conditions are in our intimate lives and our relationship to our bodies, and how this narrative can be shifted toward safer, more flourishing cultures of sexual, physical, and relational expression. Our goal is to change the white cisgender binary heteronormative narrative in (Dutch) society, because it limits our existence. We want to show people that there is more than one dominant story.
We create a platform for new narratives and stories for and by BIPOC LGBTQIAP+ people. We strengthen our community and inspire others by creating freedom of choice in our sexuality and gender identity. We break with oppressive systems by creating decolonial stories through sharing our ancestral narratives. Our aim is to create a different, hybrid world where we can all exist alongside one another, where we celebrate and acknowledge our differences.
Over the past four years, we have organized various activities, including the launch of QueerCity and the series “Breaking the Borders” and “Creating a New Narrative.” With these activities, we have sought to provide more structure to the community, enabling work on resilience, empowerment, emancipation, and the building of a strong social network. From experience, it became clear that there is a growing need within the (BIPOC) LGBTQIAP+ community for more community, structure, and sustainability in order to truly create impact, both within and outside the BIPOC LGBTIAP+ community.
For this reason, the Fite Qlub Foundation aims to serve as a home base for the (BIPOC) LGBTQIAP+ community—on the one hand to combat various forms of oppression and discrimination (both within and outside the LGBTQIAP+ community), and on the other hand to provide community, networks, and education to strengthen resilience against everyday racism and discrimination.
