LGBTQIA+ Asian Bouldering Community Social
Hosted by Asian Climbing Crew and Queer Climbers London

Date: Sunday 3rd November 2024
Time: Lock-in from 6:00 to 9:30pm
Tickets: £10.5 (including free shoe hire)
Location: Rise Climbing, Unit 6, Caxton Works, Hoy St, London E16 1ZA, United Kingdom

The Event

This is a grassroots event by Queer Asians for Queer Asians.

There will be bouldering, games, Asian music, and a potluck.  At the core of this event is community.

Who are QCL and ACC?

Queer Climbers London (QCL) create empowering spaces where LGBTQIA+ folk can be their true selves, learn new skills, and participate in a social sport. We exist to challenge the lack of representation, create a welcoming environment, and make the UK climbing community more accessible for LGBTQIA+ folk. We welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+.

Asian Climbing Crew (ACC) is a London community group which seeks to increase diversity, inclusion and access to climbing by creating a space for Asians to climb together, have fun and build connections and community. We welcome everyone who identifies as Asian (across the continent) or from an Asian diaspora.

Who is the event for?

The event is specifically for those at the intersection of both the Asian (from across the continent and diaspora) and LGBTQIA+ communities. Individuals who are from both these communities are especially underrepresented in sport and in climbing. So, we are super excited to be creating this space for Queer Asians to climb together, have fun, build community and make friends. 

The lock-in will start at 6pm, after which there will be no members of the general public in the gym and this will be a dedicated Queer Asian space!

Please note that there will be several members of gym staff who will not be LGBTQIA+ Asians. 

You must be 18 years or older to attend.

Potluck

What’s more Asian than the love of food and sharing food! In that spirit, we are having a community potluck dinner. You are welcome to bring food for yourself, or if you fancy food to share with others. We can’t wait to see what yummy foods you bring!

If you are bringing food to share:

• Please bring it in a container ready for serving

• We have limited reheating facilities, so please email conor@rise-climbing.com ahead of the event if you wish to bring food which requires reheating. There are limited spots - first come first served. If you wish to bring your own induction hob or rice cooker, please also let us know in advance.

• Please bring a list of all the ingredients in your dish, and underline potential allergens. We will tape this to your serving dish.

• Allergens which should be underline are: celery, cereals containing gluten (such as wheat, rye, barley, and oats), crustaceans (such as prawns, crabs and lobsters), eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs (such as mussels and oysters), mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites (if the sulphur dioxide and sulphites are at a concentration of more than ten parts per million) and tree nuts (such as almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, pistachios and macadamia nuts)

Please bring a bowl and cutlery for yourself.

The potluck table will open all evening, but we will sit down for community dinner at 7:30pm. There will be chairs and a few tables, but there will not be loads of seating space so many of us will be sitting on the floor. We welcome you to bring cushions and blankets to make sitting on the floor more comfortable.

If you have any Asian card games or board games, please feel free to bring these along for after dinner games!

If you are not able to participate in the potluck for any reasons (such as severe allergies), you can purchase dinner from Rise, who have the following on offer:

• Cheese Toasties

• Noodle pots (inc. Shin (vegan), Udon, Kimchi (vegan) & Koka Chicken noodles)

• Fresh pastries (including vegan options)

Music

We will playing music from the community. Your booking confirmation email will include a link to the Spotify playlist. You are invited to add your favourite Asian and/or Queer music.

Photo Policy

We want all LGBTQIA+ Asians to feel comfortable, safe and welcome at this event, including those who may not wish to be photographed. As such, at this event we have a ‘don’t take your own photos’ policy.  Attendees are asked to not take any photos themselves.  We will have a designated photographer for the event who will take photos only upon request.