RISE & THRIVE: Creating and Maintaining LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces

Rise and Thrive is more than an event—it’s a community forum where LGBTQ+ Houstonians and allies come together to explore what it truly means to create and sustain safe spaces. Whether you're a longtime advocate or just beginning your journey, this evening is designed to uplift, inform, and connect.

• LGBTQ+ individuals of all ages
• Allies, advocates, and community leaders
• Anyone curious about how to foster safer, more affirming environments

This is not a lecture—it's an interactive Community Forum designed to bridge the gap between understanding the need for safe spaces and implementing real solutions across Houston. We're gathering community members, allies, leaders, and institutions to directly address the critical issue of safety for LGBTQ+ individuals.

Our goal is simple: to stop talking about safe spaces and start collaborating to build and maintain them.

• Identifying Gaps: We will ask panelists and the audience to identify the specific "safety deserts"—the marginalized groups (like seniors, youth, or trans people of color) and geographic areas currently lacking affirming resources.
• Actionable Accountability: We will move beyond good intentions to define the tangible actions individuals, businesses, and nonprofits must take to truly protect the community and hold systems accountable.
• Unmet Needs: We will explore the non-obvious, everyday spaces (transportation, digital resources, city services) where safety is lacking and pinpoint the low-cost, high-impact changes needed immediately.

Your questions, your insights, and your experiences are the driving force of this forum.

Come as you are. Leave more connected.

Let’s rise—and thrive—together.

Info: (Refreshments Served till 9 or until we run out, please RSVP for a proper headcount)

Info: Creating and Sustaining LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces in Houston with an Elevated Focus on Digital Safety.

Info: Your chance to direct the conversation! Submit your questions ahead of time in case you are not able to attend. We want to make sure the panel addresses the most critical and pressing needs of the Houston LGBTQ+ community.

What to Submit: Send us the tough, actionable questions you want our leaders, businesses, and nonprofits to answer about safe spaces, gaps in resources, or effective allyship.

How to Submit: Send your question to aW5mbyB8IFJpc2VBYm92ZUMgISBjb20= with the subject line: "Forum Question."

Info: Connect with panelist, businesses, organizations, grab dessert, and get connected

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