Help us move Other Nature!

You’ve heard us say it: bigger doesn't always mean better! But when it comes to sexshops, we are definitely size queens! With larger premises, we hope we can create the beautiful, accessible community space we’ve always dreamed of, hosting more workshops, readings, exhibitions, book groups, tours, sextoy show and tells, kinky crochet afternoons, and (almost) everything your queer, sexposi hearts desire.

We want to use this opportunity to build our shop from the ground up, centering the needs of our communities and our collective - and you can be part of it. Kind of like a queerfeminist sexshop Choose Your Own Adventure… but with dildos as dankeschöns?

Although our business is doing pretty well, we’re not in the position to build the sexshop of (y)our dreams. Which is why we’re reaching out to you. If you want to know more about our financial situation, read our Dildonomics text here.
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Wir haben es schon oft gesagt: Größer bedeutet nicht immer besser. Aber wenn es um Sexshops geht, wir sind unverschämte Size Queens! Mit größeren Räumlichkeiten hoffen wir, den schönen, barrierefreien Gemeinschaftsraum zu schaffen, von dem wir immer geträumt haben. Um mehr Workshops, Lesungen, Ausstellungen, Lesekreise, Touren, Sextoy-Kaffeeklatsch, kinky Häkelnachmittage und (fast) alles, was das queere, Sexposi Herz begehrt, zu veranstalten.

Wir wollen diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um unseren Laden von Grund auf neu aufzubauen und die Bedürfnisse unserer Communities und unseres Kollektivs in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen - und ihr könnt ein direkter Teil davon sein. Ein bisschen wie ein Choose Your Own Adventure: Queerfeministischer Sexshop... aber mit Dildos als Dankeschöns?

Obwohl unser Geschäft ziemlich gut läuft, sind wir nicht in der Lage, den Sexshop unseres und eurer Träume zu bauen. Deshalb wenden wir uns an Euch. Wenn ihr mehr über unsere finanzielle Situation wissen wollt, lest unseren Dildonomics-Text hier:

We’ve been dreaming of a larger, wheelchair accessible space for as long as we’ve existed. Now that our team has grown considerably, and we are in a more financially secure position, we’ve decided to dare the leap.

If you know Other Nature, you’ll know that our shop is for everyone! No matter your sexuality or gender, we’re there to give you great advice with a queerfeminist twist.

Our queer-feminist, capitalism-critical politics mean that, although we cater to everybody, we aim to center the pleasure and sexualities of queer, trans, and/or disabled people, sex workers, BIPoCs and other marginalized groups. We believe in redistribution of wealth and resources.
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Seit es uns gibt, träumen wir schon von einem größeren, barrierearmen Raum. Jetzt, wo unser Team erheblich gewachsen ist und wir finanziell besser dastehen, haben wir beschlossen, den Sprung zu wagen.

Wenn Du Other Nature kennst, weißt Du, dass unser Laden für alle da ist! Unabhängig von deiner Sexualität oder deinem Geschlecht sind wir da, um dich aus einer queerfeministischen Perspektive zu beraten.

Unsere queer-feministischen, kapitalismuskritischen Politics bedeuten, dass wir zwar alle Menschen ansprechen, aber die Lust und Sexualität von queeren, trans und/oder be_hinderten Menschen, Sexarbeiter_innen, BIPoCs, und anderen marginalisierten Gruppen in den Mittelpunkt stellen wollen. Wir stehen für Umverteilung von Reichtum und Ressourcen.

Supporting us means…

• Making awesome, queer-feminist, intersectional sex education even more accessible!

• Supporting an entirely queer, majority-trans/non-binary and -BIPoC workers’ collective

• Supporting a leftist feminist project at a time where right-wing, racist, anti-feminist, anti-queer ideologies are gaining traction, both locally and globally

• Being part of the process of redesigning and rebuilding Other Nature!

• Getting cute and sexy gifts in return for your donation

Uns zu unterstützen bedeutet…

• Großartige, queer-feministische, intersektionale Sex Education noch zugänglicher zu machen!

• Ein queeres, mehrheitlich trans/nicht-binäres und BIPoC-Arbeiter_innenkollektiv zu unterstützen

• Unterstützung eines linken feministischen Projekts in einer Zeit, in der rechte, rassistische, antifeministische und anti-queere Ideologien sowohl lokal als auch global an Reichweite gewinnen

• Teil des Prozesses der Neugestaltung und Umbau Other Natures zu sein!

Süße und sexy Geschenke als Dankeschöns für deine Spende erhalten

We have estimated a minimal total cost of 30,000 Euros and a maximum of 43,000€. Yes, that is a shit tonne of money!

Why, though? Couldn’t we do it all ourselves for a third of the costs?

We found the new place at very short notice and had literally two months to plan our move, including renovations, while running our shop during the busiest month of the year!!
Also, yes, as you can tell by our wonky shop, we LOVE doing things ourselves - but would need at least 4-6 months to do all the work that is now being done by the profeshs in the space of a few weeks.

So, what’s all that cash even for?

It includes renovation costs (including labour and materials), furnishings and fittings, our extra labour time, double rent, income lost due to closure, and other small costs incurred like van rental, insurance, and getting new locks fitted!

We’ve even had to put some of our ideas on hold due to lack of funds :( Including shelving for the book room and for our storage space, and fitting a wheelchair accessible toilet.

Let’s break it down.

Here are some of our confirmed costs so far:

2k
material costs of the renovation (incl. new flooring and paint)

10k
Labour costs for laying new flooring, ripping out existing tiles, removing cladding of former cool room, and plastering uneven walls

10k
material and woodwork for custom made shelving units by the Schokowerkstatt, a FLINTA run carpentry collective.

2k
double rent paid in September

Over 3k
So far for over hours worked since the beginning of August (we predict we will end up doing double this)

So that’s 27k we’ve already committed.

We project another 5-10k for fixtures and fittings, income lost due to closure, and other small sneaky costs that tend to pile up.

Yup, moving a feminist sexshop is more expensive than you think…