Finding Community: Pathways Out of Loneliness

Finding Community: Pathways Out of Loneliness

##### May 14 2026 - July 23 2026

with Marco Obermüller
6 x Thursday
on 14./05 – 28./05 – 11./06 – 25./06 – 09./07 and 23./07.
free event with Registration
English
for LGBTQIA+

In our group work, spaces emerge in which belonging and exchange can be experienced directly. Personal topics are explored together and experiences are shared, making new ways out of isolation tangible. Facilitated exercises, shifts of perspective, and shared reflection foster connectedness, strengthen social effectiveness, and create strategies for sustainable relationships that extend beyond individual sessions.

Loneliness can arise when people have few opportunities to experience genuine connection with others. This is where the group comes in, creating spaces in which a sense of belonging can be actively experienced. By working together on personal topics, a social space of resonance emerges that replaces isolation with relationship and contact. Through the structured sharing of experiences, loneliness becomes visible, discussable, and therefore open to change. Through facilitated interaction, shifts in perspective, small experiments in experiencing contact, and shared reflection, participants develop new forms of connectedness and strategies for social effectiveness. The group functions not only as a source of support, but also as a learning environment for shaping relationships. In this way, resilient connections are formed that extend beyond the individual meeting and help to sustainably reduce loneliness.

Belonging versus loneliness: everybody can feel lonely sometimes
As human beings we have a natural longing for social connection and support by others. Due to individual and structural discrimination queer people have an ever higher risk to suffer from chronic loneliness.
In cooperation with the Landesstelle für Gleichbehandlung – (Berlin State Office for the Equality of Treatment – against Discrimination) we are village | queer matters has set itself the goal to offer some programming on the issue of loneliness in the queer community.


We have also created a survey to find out more about your experiences of loneliness. With your help, we can create a better program that meets your needs and with which we can create more togetherness!

This group consists of a maximum of 15 participants with registration.

Language: This series will be held in English. This series is open to everyone. Your English should be fluent enough to follow an event in English.
Cost: free event with registration
Important: you must commit to all 6 sessions.
Dates: 14./05 – 28./05 – 11./06 – 25./06 – 09./07 and 23./07.