Engaging with the contexts and histories of the AIDS epidemic, the ongoing COVID pandemic, and bathhouses as sites of queer encounter and healing, "Digital Sanctuaries: Design Your Dream Genderqueer Spa," is an online party, hosted by Queer Spa Network on its GatherTown virtual spa platform.

GatherTown is an online social space in which people can get together, prototype their own virtual environments, and have conversations with other participants in the same room or close by, similar to an in-person event.

This party will include three facilitated spaces: A conversation circle about the history of bathhouses, queer encounter, and queer community care; a room for prototyping visions for future queer spaces of community healing; and a virtual dance party room in Queer Spa Network's fungeon!

The space will include original house music by MythicLuna and a sound piece by Umi Hsu.

Access Information. Please contact xedelsbrunner@gmail.com for any access requests.

This virtual event will take place in the Queer Spa Network GatherTown Spa on Sunday, October 6, 2024 from 3-4:30 p.m.

IMPORTANT: Please note, this program will be held on a platform called Gather.Town that is not accessible on mobile devices. Please plan to attend on a laptop or desktop computer to access all Gather.Town features. You will receive the Gather.Town link after a brief introduction on Zoom.

This event is organized by Queer Spa Network as part of Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024, presented by One Institute.

GatherTown build by Carrie Marie Schneider