Queerope

Queerope, 2020s–, is a German event in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

Era: 2020s

Karada House's queer rope conference for LGBTQIA+ people and womên, focused mostly on shibari, kinbaku and Japanese-inspired bondage. The official archive documents annual Virtual Queerope editions from 2020 and annual five-day in-person Queerope Berlin editions from 2023. The February 11-16 2026 virtual edition published online workshops, performances, demonstrations and discussions, while Queerope Berlin 2026 is an in-person conference at KARA / Karada House on September 2-6 with 37 facilitated spaces / workshops. Published 2026 line-ups include Caritia, Ceci Ferox, Mouse, Murasaki Haruan, Naoko, Renée de Sans and Sophia Rose among facilitators; the Berlin edition also lists Juliette & Olive, Lief Bound, Icarus / Icky and Nana Quinn. VoxBody's curriculum bio independently names Blue as having presented at Karada House's Queerope.

People associated with Queerope: Erato Bänana, BondageOtter, Caritia, Ceci Ferox, Lief Bound, Icarus / Icky, Murasaki Haruan, Renée de Sans, Mouse, Naoko, Mosaic Cat (Maomao), Blue, Amnesia Jane, Viking, Sophia Rose, Bondagious, Thumper, Nana Quinn, Juliette, Olive, Soguita, Gombé.