New LGBTQ+ Safe Space Stickers Launch Across Havering to Help Everyone Feel Welcome
Lumiere is the first venue in Havering to be a part of Kaleidoscope’s legacy project!
Over the past six months, the local LGBTQ+ community have been meeting as part of the project Scope Out to co-design stickers to place in shop windows across Havering.
Kaleidoscope aimed to make Romford more colourful and inviting by placing welcoming stickers in shop windows, indicating that the LGBTQ+ community are safe here. This is accompanied by a pamphlet for businesses to spot and act on homophobic incidents.
To strengthen the connection within the local LGBTQ+ community, Scope Out consisted of five different activities to enjoy experiences often only found in central London. These were Drag Karaoke led by Chamonix Aspen, Creative Expression, a workshop inviting participants to express their emotions through creativity, focusing on mental well-being, Climbing session at Romford Rock and Boulder, History vision workshop, a creative session exploring LGBTQ+ history and ended with the final Stickers and Pamphlet design workshop.
The design of the stickers was narrowed down to key elements that should be included. The NO Collective took these ideas and presented a finalised design. One important feature was to create variations of the stickers across Havering. Harold Hill, Hornchurch, Rainham, Romford and Upminster all have a unique sticker.
Scope Out hosted a launch party at Lumiere to celebrate the first sticker being placed in the window of Lumiere. As a venue that has supported Kaleidoscope with many different events, including the East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Lumiere is home to Kaleidoscope. Organiser Carrie Kendall said, ‘It felt important to unveil the first sticker here as Lumiere has been incredibly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. These stickers might not mean a lot to someone who isn’t LGBTQ+, but will make a big difference to the local LGBTQ+ community’
If any businesses would like to display a sticker, email kaleidoscoperomford@gmail.com for more information on how to get involved!
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What a load of crap. Sticker in a window heard it all now
we can’t have British flags but shops who are supposed to be diverse can have LGBTQ stickers is havering publicizing it’s shops are Anti LGBTQ and anti British