QW2023/Nodes

What is a local node in QW2023 and how to organize it?

A local node is an event organized autonomously by a group of people in coordination with the QW2023 organizing team during the days of Queering Wikipedia 2023, optionally extending to before and after.

Its purpose follows the same as the main QW2023 conference: to advance outreach, engage and connect the Wikimedia Queer community, but with local/regional and/or thematic focus. A city or regional focus is preferred over a national or ethnic focus; thematic nodes are an option if integrated into the program.

Local node events can take place in any region of the world, as trans-locality is desired, representation is less important.

Organizing a local node event together with your local community should help support people who are new to Wikimedia LGBT+ and promote community building in a safe(er) space. It could also offer an alternative to people who cannot join international in-person events, especially if physical, financial or legal mobility is an issue.

If you're looking for information and recommendations on how to ensure a successful event for everyone involved, be sure to check out the node guidelines page. It offers practical tips and guidelines to help you prepare effectively before the event and manage it smoothly on the day.

Checklist to organize a local node event

Checklist to organize a local node event

Are you enthusiastic and committed to organizing a local node event? Here’s a list of things to keep in mind: Don’t do it all on your own! Do it with us and others. Reach out to us and connect your fellow Wikimedians, LGBTQ+ activists, maybe Wikimedia chapter or user group you know. Start discussions, create a group (3 is already a team) to work together on helping you to organize the event. Consider how to frame the event Is it an informal watch party where only popcorn and internet access is needed? Is it a bigger group that might want to secure translation/presentation service? What could be your goals? What is the size and type of audience you desire? How will your event connect with the main event and/or other local node events? Define the logistics aspects of the event Where will it take place? When, and for how long? How many people do you expect to show up? What will they need to join and contribute? What would be the content of the event? Would you contribute to QW2023 online? Define and reach out to the people you will need to run the event Do you need people with specific skills? Speakers or facilitators? Helpers for the logistics aspects? Security and/or safety team? We encourage you to look for these people within your local community and support people looking to gather some experience in facilitation, event organization, etc. Local partnering and/or renting? We strongly encourage you to find a local partner to help you with the logistics of the event — depending on the context, you can reach out to a local university, library or organization for space, but we also might be able to help you pay for rented space. Communication about the event To add your node to the list, contact us and optionally create a sub-page on Meta, if you need a page to add the schedule, participants list, etc. Reach out to your local LGBTQ+ Wikimedian friends and wider communities on their favorite channels and general LGBTQ+ channels, to let people know that the event will be happening. If you want to exchange with people who are interested in Queering Wikipedia or local node events organizers, feel free to use the Wikimedia LGBT+ channels. If you have specific questions for the Queering Wikipedia organizing team, feel free to write at QW2023WmLGBT.org and we can organize a coordination call with you.

List of local node events

When your local node event is ready to announce, please create a new section below.

You can copy/paste the template below.

TEMPLATE: [event type] in [city, region, country], [date], [time]

Introduce the event with something like:

The group XXX is happy to invite you to the Queering Wikipedia 2023 local Node event...

• When: [date and time here]
• Where: [city and country here]
• Languages: [natively used, interpretation provided or improvised]
• Accessibility: [wheelchair access, what are covid measures or related]
• More information: [link to separate page, how to register interest...]

Describe here the scope of the event: Is it an onboarding, networking, research or social event? A parallel event to a specific online program segment? Will it involve local presentation, training, workshops?

What is the main contact point for the event (needs not to be a person, but an email address), and how to reach out and/or ask for more information.

Meetup in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 17th May 2023

This meetup is to inform and inspire each other with LGBT+/Diversity issues in technology. It will also be a watch party for Queering Wikipedia 2023 with conversations between participants. In total 20 participants can fit (5 confirmed) to be participating.

• When: 17th May 2023, 17hs UTC
• Where: : Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Languages: English and Dutch
• Accessibility: Wheelchair Access
• More information: This event is open to all.

Meetup in Ahmedabad, India, 6th May 2023

This meetup is to further the work being done in collaboration with Ahmedabad Global Shapers in India to close content gaps about queer people on Wikipedia from India. It will also be a watch party for Queering Wikipedia 2023 with a series of conversations between participants.

In total 15 participants (virtually and physically) attended the meetup.

• When:6th June 2023, 12hs UTC
• Where: : Ahmedabad, India
• Languages: English
• More information: This event is open to all.

Meetup in Accra, Ghana, 12th May 2023

This meetup is to further the work being done in collaboration with LGBT+ Rights Ghana to close content gaps about queer people on Wikipedia from Ghana. It will also be a watch party for Queering Wikipedia 2023 with a series of conversations between participants.

• When: 12th May 2023, 12hs UTC
• Where: Accra, Ghana
• Languages: English
• Accessibility: Wheelchair Access
• More information: This event is limited to LGBT+ Ghanaians and their Allies in the Wikipedia community who are willing to contribute to the sum of all knowledge. Registration details will be shared soon.

Online Discussion Panel in Bogotá, Colombia, 12th May 2023, 11hs UTC-5

Wikimedia Colombia together with Plurales UR (center of intervention and academic extension) are happy to invite you to the online conversation regarding Trans activism and visibility on the internet, with guests from El Archivo Trans in Argentina, the Vice Presidency of the Republic of Colombia and the LGBT Wikiproject.

• When: 12th May 2023, 11hs UTC-5
• Where: Bogotá, Colombia
• Languages: Spanish
• More information: https://urosario.edu.co/eventos/nuestra-u/activismos-y-visibilidad-trans-en-internet

Panel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13th May 2023, 17hs UTC-3

The group Wikimedia Argentina is happy to invite you to the Queering Wikipedia 2023 local event "Construcción de memoria LGBTT+ y Wikipedia".

• When: 13th May 2023, 17hs UTC-3
• Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Languages: Spanish
• Accessibility: wheelchair access
• More information: In this panel we will identify content gaps in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons regarding argentinian LGBTT+ community, along with two local LGBTT+ activists. If you are interested in participating, please contact comunidadwikimedia.org.ar for further details.

Meetup in Zagreb, Croatia, 12-14th May 2023, 14-20h UTC+2

Croatian GLAM and HrW initiative, with support of Multimedia Institute, are happy to invite you to the local MeetUP in sync with Queering Wikipedia 2023. https://web.facebook.com/events/567305172173041

• When: 12-14th May 2023, 14-20h UTC+2
• Where: net.culture club MaMa, Zagreb, Croatia
• Languages: Croatian, English, partly Spanish
• Accessibility: wheelchair access
• More information: This is an informal Meetup for LGBTIQ+ community and Wikimedians in the lounge and screening setting. We will watch program, support with interpretation and translation, discuss content, participation and methodological gaps in Wikimedia regarding LGBTIQ+ community. We will offer introduction and Skill Sharing in Wikidata, but also open for improvised peer2peer learning on Wikimedia and open content. If you are interested in participating, please contact GLAMmi2.hr for further details.

Meetup in Lagos and Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria on 17th May 2023

Wiki For Human Rights Nigeria in collaboration with Bisi Alimi Foundation, are happy to invite you to the Nigeria local Meetup in sync with Queering Wikipedia 2023.

• When: 17th May 2023
• Where: Lagos, Uyo
• Languages: English
• Accessibility: wheelchair access
• More information: This is a meetup for members of the LGBTIQ+ community and ally Wikimedians in Nigeria, which will offer an opportunity to identify the contents gap and why it's important the Nigerian community participate. We will also have a watch party to sync with the QW2023 conference. If you are interested in participating, please contact hadassahlove31gmail.com or check here QW2023/Nigeria Node for further details.

Meetup in New York City, US, 17 May 2023

Wikimedia New York City is happy to invite you to a Wikidata session on LGBT-related figures in religion/mythology.

• When: 17 May, 2023, 21:30 - 24:00 UTC
• Where: Brooklyn Public Library
• Languages: English primarily, all languages welcomed
• Accessibility: wheelchair access
• More information: w:Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May 2023

Panel in Berlin, Germany, 16th May 2023, 18:30-20:00h UTC +2

Wikimedia Deutschland, in collaboration with Spinnboden Lesbian Archive, is happy to invite you to the Queering Wikipedia 2023 local event "Despite everything(?) - On the visibility of queer history on the internet".

• When: 16th May 2023, 18:30-20:00h UTC +2
• Where: Wikimedia Deutschland Office
• Languages: German and English (Livestream will offer German and English audio)
• Livestream: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83743367143
• Accessibility: Office has wheelchair access, but no wheelchair accessible toilets
• More information: How visible and accessible is queer history on the internet? Whose history and narratives are only a few clicks away and which searches remain unmatched? The internet offers diverse and creative ways to show queer lived realities and break through boundaries of the analogue world - and at the same time the digital cannot do without the analogue. Queer stories in the digital space move between hope and self-discovery, dominant narratives and stereotypes, hate speech and being seen. Together with people from wikipedia and queer archives we would like to explore the significance of queer history in the digital space and discuss possibilities, setbacks and visions for the future.

Meetup in Pucallpa, Perú, 12th May 2023

Wikimedistas de Perú, in collaboration with the Shipibo LGBTQ Collective, is happy to invite you to the Queering Wikipedia 2023 local event "Aproximaciones colectivas a la marcha del orgullo desde la experiencia universitaria".

• When: 12th May 2023
• Where: Yarinacocha, Pucallpa
• Languages: Spanish
• Accessibility: Wheelchair access
• More information: The event aims to bring together the Peru user group with an indigenous LGBT collective in this Amazonian region. It will be the framework for presenting the results of the research project conducted with students from the Law and Political Science Faculty of San Marcos National University (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Spanish).

Panel and Edit-a-thon in Mexico City, Mexico, 13th May 2023, 11:00 hs UTC-6

Wikimedia México is happy to invite you to the Queering Wikipedia 2023 local event "Editatón Queerieng Wikipedia".

• When: 13th May 2023
• Where: Mexico City, Mexico
• Languages: Spanish
• Accessibility: Wheelchair access
• More information: The local event will begin with a talk with Alex Argüelles and Hacklib, who are LGBT+ activists for free knowledge and will share their experience in relation to access to Queer information, Open LBGT+ Culture, the decentralization of the voices of privileged groups and the empowerment of marginalized communities. Later, it will continue with a day of editing on Wikipedia on topics related to the conference.

Hands on in Bogotá, Colombia, 17th May 2023, 11:00 hs (UTC-5)

Wikimedia Colombia together with Plurales UR (center of intervention and academic extension) are happy to invite you to the Queering Wikipedia 2023 local event "Encuentro LGBTQI+ para sumar juntxs".

• When: [17th May 2023]
• Where: [Bogotá, Colombia]
• Languages: [Spanish]
• Accessibility: [wheelchair access]
• More information: The event brings together persons from different environments to colectivelly find information about LGBTQI+ communities in Colombia. The purpose of the event is to gather a group of 15 people from different social sectors to work for three hours, in the joint construction of a list of names, references and important data on representative information of the LGBTQI+ movement for Wikipedia and also for other projects of the wikimedia ecosystem.

Digital meet-up and editathon, Projekt HBTQI, Sweden

• When: 16th May 2023, 19:00-21:00 (GMT+2)
• Where: Digital meet-up
• Languages: Swedish, English
• More information: Projekt HBTQI, meet-up and edidathon with the Swedish LGBTQI+ wiki project.

Online panel in Montevideo, Uruguay, 26 May 2023, 6:30 PM (UTC-3)

Wikimedistas de Uruguay is happy to invite you to the Queering Wikipedia 2023 local event "Memorias LGBT y pasado reciente en Uruguay".

• When: Friday, May 26th, 6:30 PM (UTC-3)
• Where: Online broadcasting through Wikimedistas de Uruguay Youtube channel
• Languages: Spanish
• More information: Wikimedistas de Uruguay web page or please contact info(@)wikimedistas.uy for further details.

In the context of the Month of Memory and the activity Queering Wikipedia 2023, Wikimedistas Uruguay is pleased to invite you to participate in this activity. The objective will be to discuss the memory of the LGBT community in the last civil-military dictatorship in Uruguay and the democratic transition, and those projects that seek to preserve and make available the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people in that historical period. The aim is to learn about the different strategies that have been used to collect this information and the importance of written/printed materials and oral testimonies, in order to finally reflect on how to take this information to Wikipedia.