Week Tegen Seksuele Straatintimidatie: Cruise Verhalen: Intimacy, Resistance & Consent

• Inloop: 19:30

• Start: 20:00-21:00

• De Doelen, Rotterdam

• Room: Studio 8

• Free to attend | Register here

As part of the Week Tegen Seksuele Straatintimdatie, MenAsWell invites you to an honest, open conversation about sexual safety in public spaces, with a focus on cruising—the practice of seeking out anonymous sexual encounters in public or semi-public places. Cruising is often dismissed, criminalized, or fetishized, yet it remains a vibrant cultural practice within queer communities that challenges norms around sexuality, visibility, and space.

This dialogue session will be hosted by Michael O’Dea, Programme Coordinator at MenAsWell, in conversation with artist and researcher Barnaby Savage, creator of Cruise Verhalen—a growing audio archive of memories, encounters, and reflections on cruising as both an act of intimacy and resistance.

Together, we’ll explore key questions:

• How do we foster sexual safety in cruising spaces?

• What are the risks of criminalizing cruising for the LGBTQ+ community?

• How can we reimagine public space as a place for care, connection, and consent?

Cruise Verhalen invites us to listen closely—to moments of risk, desire, recognition, and resilience. It challenges us to reflect on how sexual culture unfolds outside of sanctioned spaces, and what it means to preserve that history.

Whether you're part of the cruising community, curious to learn more, or passionate about public safety and queer visibility—this is a space to listen, reflect, and engage

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