Schwule Sau Hannover

In the location's words:

About:

Die Schwule Sau is a project in Hanover's Nordstadt district in which queer people and groups organize intoxicating parties and elaborately staged bar evenings for themselves and the community. The program also includes concerts, theater performances, lectures, cake dinners and much more.

The Schwule Sau has been around since 1991 and was founded to create a self-determined space in which lesbian and gay culture could be created with fun. Initially the longest occupied building in Hanover, today the premises have long been legalized.

For whom?

The Schwule Sau is a space for everyone. Everyone should feel comfortable here! Whether gay, lesbian, bi, inter, queer, straight, man, trans, woman, whatever, in between or asexual. You are very welcome!

The Sau can be used by you to realize your ideas for an evening, a party or a bar. The Schwule Sau should not only be consumed, but should bring commitment and the chance to appropriate a place and create a space to make an evening an unforgettable moment.

By whom?

The Schwule Sau is supported by anders queer e.V.,but the joint responsibility and organization is borne by the plenum, which brings together everyone who is interested in helping to shape the Sau.

The Schwule Sau is non-commercial, so no one gets rich. The financial profit from the box office, checkroom and drinks sales is used for rent, fees, shopping, decoration, renovation and the insatiable beautification process - as it should be.

The Sau is run by volunteers and is therefore not open around the clock. Even though the people behind the bar now get paid at some parties, the Sau only works because enough people look after the place on a voluntary basis and develop new ideas to make everything even more beautiful.

That's why no racist, homophobic, transphobic or sexist slogans or similar behavior are tolerated. This applies to us in the Sau and everywhere else.

Accessibility:

Unfortunately, the Sau is not barrier-free. Only the hall in the basement is wheelchair accessible. The toilets and bar area are on the second floor and can only be reached via a winding staircase approx. 1.10 m wide.