Sexual health justice for women and genderqueers.
Safer Sex Berlin is a grassroots FLINTA*-led organization working to improve access to sexual healthcare for women and genderqueer people in Germany.
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A System That Fails Us
Sexual healthcare in Germany is failing women and genderqueer people. Basic services like STI screening and counselling are inaccessible, shaming is normalized, and systemic barriers persist at every level, disproportionately impacting the most marginalized. This isn’t just oversight, it’s policy – justified by flawed science and patriarchal narratives about gender and sexuality. The result is worse health, greater inequality, and preventable harm for individuals and society.
It’s time for change.
Our Vision
We dream of an approach to sexual health that actively centers genderqueer people and women, focusing on pleasure, self-determination, agency, and consent as a way not only of reducing harm, but promoting well-being.
We dream of a world where access to sexual health resources is straightforward, affirming, anonymous, and affordable for all people.
We dream of a world where intersecting inequalities no longer determine whose bodies, sexualities, and health are valued and protected.
We dream of a world free of pervasive shaming around female, trans*, intersex, and nonbinary sexual practices, a world where the stories told about female and genderqueer sexuality are more expansive and unconstrained.
We dream of a world where sexual freedom is affirmed as a human right, a world where all people are empowered to pursue sexual pleasure on their own terms.
We dream of a world where sexual and reproductive health is understood as inseparable from bodily autonomy, empowerment, and the fight to end gender-based violence, a world where sex is not a stage for reproducing domination and submission along gendered lines, but a space of mutual exploration, agency, and joy for all.
OUR WORK
Bringing our vision for FLINTA* sexual healthcare to life means expanding resources, dismantling barriers to care, and transforming the systems and narratives that produce inequality in the first place. Our work combines community programming with advocacy, outreach, research, and narrative change – all grounded in lived experience. We expose the enormous gap between what’s available in theory and what people can actually access in practice. But we also question what’s available in the first place, challenging the discriminatory structures and flawed assumptions that shape sexual healthcare, policy, and research.
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Hosting roundtable discussions and other events to create space to talk about sexual health and pleasure. Let’s get together and dish on everything we might not share with our partners, friends, or doctors – from consent to chemsex, STIs to gender-based violence. We facilitate open, non-judgmental conversations about female and genderqueer sexualities. Bring your questions, concerns, fears, and fantasies!
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Organizing inclusive and stigma-free testing events especially targeted to women and genderqueer people. STIs are a reality of human sexuality; getting tested for them should be easy, affordable, and affirming! Our pop-up testing events are all about reducing stigma and eliminating barriers, helping women and genderqueer people get tests with little hassle and at low cost. Risk assessments and counselling available to those who want it; no-questions-asked service provision to those who prefer anonymity.
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Raising awareness about the barriers faced by female and genderqueer people in accessing equitable care. We’re participating in public health conferences, joining panels, and hosting workshops to educate key stakeholders and the public about the lack of services available to us. By showing up in spaces where healthcare and policy decisions are shaped, we’re making sure FLINTA* voices are heard and building public support to drive systemic change.
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Collecting insights and data through real-life stories and community-led surveys to better understand the barriers FLINTA* people face when accessing sexual healthcare. The data we collect informs our advocacy efforts and helps us make a stronger case for change. It also helps us challenge the sexist science that drives current policy.
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Debunking the myths that justify the unequal distribution of resources – from the idea that FLINTA* people are virginal saints to the claim that accessing tests is not really that hard. We’re challenging the logic behind the system and changing scripts about female and genderqueer sexualities. It’s time to reclaim the narrative and set the record straight through real-life stories, surveys, in-person events, and online forums: we are having sex, and we need access to doctors, tests, and sex positive sex education to help us stay safe.
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Centralizing information to enable people to access available resources. Our website serves as an information hub to help women and genderqueer people manage their sexual health. Whether you have questions about safer sex practices, STI testing, or finding supportive clinics, we work hard to provide as clear and up-to-date information as we can.
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Educating doctors on how to better meet the sexual health needs of women and genderqueer people. We’re creating educational materials and programs to equip gynecologists, urologists, and GPs with the knowledge they need to provide better, more affirming care.
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Pushing the government to increase funding for FLINTA* sexual health, improve access to preventative care like STI testing and PrEP, and provide more inclusive, multilingual resources. Our aim is to fundamentally transform the statutory health system, which focuses narrowly on disease prevention and allocates resources based on perceived risk, providing fewer services to those of us labeled “low risk.” Instead, we advocate for a model rooted in WHO’s definition of sexual health, which prioritizes pleasure, autonomy, and equal access to care. By rallying public support and mobilizing collective power, we’re lobbying for systemic change at the highest levels.
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Forming partnerships across Berlin to tackle sexual health inequities, collaborating with grassroots initiatives, harm reduction organizations, and state health authorities. Together, we aim to ensure no one—especially marginalized populations—gets left behind.
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We’re a 100% grassroots, bottom-up initiative: every euro counts, every euro is appreciated.
A special note to our cis male allies: imagine what it would be like if you had to fight for every single STI test, literally argue with doctors and clinicians to give you one. Imagine asking for an STI test and facing explicit shaming or outright denial that the sex you’re having is even happening. Imagine that if on the off chance you were successful in getting a test, you’d be asked to shell out 100+ euros each time. That’s the situation your FLINTA* friends are facing.
appreciate your support!
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