THE FOOD

Bring your food. However much you can, whatever you can. A pot of something, a bag of chips, a tupperware of rice, one cake, four samosas, the thing you always make. No minimum, no showing off, no pressure to turn up with a full spread.

Bring a card with it too or make one at the table when you get there. Write (in English) the name you call your food on it, everything that's in it, and whether it's halal, vegan, kosher, vegetarian, gluten free, whatever applies. Then add whatever else you want us to know: who taught you, where it's from, how spicy it actually is. Cards and pens are there.

We're making three base plates so there is definitely enough for everyone: one vegan, one halal, one spicy. Three separate pots, three separate serving spoons, nothing crossing over. We're not doing that thing.

Tap water all day, free. Soft drinks are either on us or for sale, depending on what the venue allows. Alcohol is fine here, bring what you drink and want to share.

THE OPEN STAGE

While this is a primarily English spoken event, the open stage is yours in any language you want. Five to ten minutes each, depending on how many of you sign up. A poem, a song, a rant, the thing you wrote at 3am and never showed anyone. Sign up at the door or in the form.

Or don't. Watching is a full activity.

THE PLAYLIST

We send you a Deezer link before the day, you drop in three songs. The cookout should sound like us.

Deezer and not Spotify. We're not doing that either.

If you know, you know. If you don't: https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-spotify

THE SWAPS

Clothes: bring one thing, take one thing. There's a mirror.

Books and zines: same deal, one table over.

small items and plants: same deal, two tables over.

There will also be a gift table for the things we just want to give to whomever it should belong to.

THE ZINE TABLE

Paper, glue, scissors, magazines, pens,.., what you bring. Make a page. Anything you want on it: a recipe, a drawing, a collage, a rant, a photo, a list, one sentence.

We collect all the pages at the end of the day and turn them into one zine. Everyone who was there gets a copy (PDF) and we put it out into the world, so our day exists after the day.

THE WISH WALL

One question, one big sheet: what do queer POC in Leuven actually need?

We're keeping the answers. We're not asking for nothing.

THE QUIET CORNER

No music. Somewhere to sit. For when it's a lot.

HOUSE RULES

You'll know who the awareness team are, they'll be visible. If something happens you go to them, and they can actually do something about it.

Photos: there's a color code. If you don't want to be in pictures, you won't be, and nothing goes online without a check first.

You're in our space, so you're on our rules.

Leuven Pride's house rules apply all day and you agree to them by walking in. These four are the ones we need most, specifically for our cookout.