Four things mainstream club nights can learn from queer events

Utopia at Dalston Superstore (Image: Julia Boehm)

Mainstream club nights will never be able to recreate the electricity or community of queer spaces. But they can offer their punters a better, safer, more connected experience, writes Emily Horton, founder of inclusive communication consultancy More Diverse Voices and DJ (rizz0 – Instagram/ Soundcloud).

Here, Emily lists four ways that mainstream club nights can learn from queer events.

I love clubs. In my early 20s I would go out in Brixton, Peckham, Camden and Old Street to get lost in marathon mixes, glittering disco balls and crowds of swaying humans. 

Yet, there was always something unsettling that I couldn’t place my finger on.

The #MeToo movement was a wake up call. I realised that in many of the spaces I adored,

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