HHH – Queer meetups in Hafnarfjörður

Freedom to love. Freedom to be. Freedom to celebrate

HHH (Hinsegin hittingar í Hafnarfirði) has been located in the community centre Hraunið in Víðistaðaskóli from the beginning. The meetings are intended for young people in grades 5-10 who identify as queer, in some way and/or are interested in queer issues. It is modelled after the queer (LGBTQIA+) community centre in Reykjavík, where meet-ups and group activities have exceeded expectations.

“There are four of us, in the experienced community center staff, who work at HHH. When young people bring ideas to us, we do our very best to put them into practice in collaboration with them. For example, the young people who worked in the peer education program this summer got the idea that Hafnarfjörður would again take part in the Pride Parade this August and we at HHH helped them to put that into practice. The parade went wonderfully well and it was nice to see how many townspeople from Hafnarfjörður walked with us,” says Sigmar Ingi Sigurgeirsson, who works with Melkorka Assa Arnarsdóttir, Ragnhildur Ioana Guðmundsdóttir and Dagný Káradóttir at HHH.

HHH is open every Thursday from 7:30-10 pm (19:30-22:00) for students in grades 8-10 and every other Thursday from 5-7 pm (17:00-19:00) for students in grades 5-7. The aim of the meeting, is for young people to feel safe, welcome and given the opportunity to flourish. The work is largely based on peer tutoring and the young people are given the task of, among other things, to raise awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues and capturing the diversity in Hafnarfjörður.

“We encourage all interested in HHH to familiarise themselves with our work, and all those who wish to promote and attend our meetings. We welcome everyone.”

HHH is on Instagram  and  Facebook

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