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IPOP, Pride Business Forum and Prague Pride are excited to offer
Open Forum: Space for Dialogue in a Time of Growing Polarisation for LGBTQ+ people
A space to express yourself. A space to be heard.
November 19th, 2026,
17:00-20:00
Prostor 8, Šmilovského 8, PRAHA
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February 19th, 2027
17:00- 20:00
Looking for venue, BRNO
Are you concerned about the growing polarization of society, public debates on gender and LGBTQ+ issues, or the impact these discussions have on our lives and communities?
We warmly invite you to participate in a facilitated discussion forum - a space created for LGBTQ+ people.
Together, we will explore topics that matter to our communities: from experiences of homophobia and transphobia in daily life, issues of safety and vulnerability, and societal polarization, to subjects that can be difficult to discuss even within our own communities - conversations that may be hardest to have with one another.
While LGBTQ+ communities share many common experiences, they are also incredibly diverse. We hope this space can embrace both aspects.
The Open Forum is a structured, facilitated dialogue focused on issues that affect us all. It is about coming together to support our community - whatever that means for each of us. This may include addressing the tensions, conflicts, or polarization that arise among us.
The goal is not to determine who is right or wrong, but to create a space where diverse experiences, emotions, and perspectives can be voiced and heard.
The Open Forum offers an opportunity to listen to others - and to ourselves - in a different way: with greater openness, humanity, and understanding. Whether you want to share your experiences, listen, or simply be among others, you are welcome.
People of all identities falling under the LGBTQ+ umbrella are welcome. It is a confidential and non-judgmental space.
The Open Forum will be held in Czech and English, with interpretation provided.
How we would like to achieve that?
We'd like the space to be one where people feel safe enough to express what they want. We are very aware that safety is both an individual and collective experience.
With that in mind, we have developed the following ground rules in the spirit of supporting a deeper conversation:
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We’d love the discussion to be as honest and caring as possible.
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Come with the intention to have a respectful learning experience.
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Show respect to everyone in the room in the way you speak and express yourself.
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Share your feelings using I statements (ie "I feel angry…") rather than You statements (ie "You are stupid").
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Use active listening. Try to put yourself in the shoes of the person speaking.
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Take time to breathe, regulate and de-escalate if feelings run high in the group.
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There will be facilitation throughout and also ask for help from the facilitators and other group members if you are struggling.
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No verbal attacks.
Our facilitators' team
Tereza Kadlecová
Aleš Rumpel
Stanya Studentova, Dipl. PW
Tereza is the Executive Director and a Learning Specialist of the Pride Business Forum. She leads workshops and webinars on fostering LGBT+ inclusivity in the workplace and helps companies create respectful environments.
Tereza also drives educational projects for Prague Pride and leads parental preparation courses for rainbow families, drawing on her experience raising two children with her partner.
Her background includes impactful project management and leadership roles, notably with People in Need, where she contributed significantly to the One World in Schools program.
Aleš is an experienced professional from the non-profit sector working at the intersection of LGBTIQ inclusion, community work, and mental health.
He has over twenty years of experience in the non-profit and cultural spheres; among other roles, he served as the director of the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival and co-founded the initiative ucimoLGBT.cz.
He has completed training in process-oriented facilitation as well as narrative coaching and counseling, and holds a master's degree in social work with a specialization in communication and applied psychotherapy.
Stanya originally trained as psychologist at MU Brno. She works with a wide range of human experiences, often those that we see as extreme, disturbing or conflictual, seeking the creativity that is inherent in our difficulties. Her aim with individuals, groups or teams is to help open up the possibility for finding “beauty”, making connections and growing in resilience. She is a founder of IPOP and faculty member of RSPOP UK. She also leads clinical team in Community Mental Health organization and consults in third sector organisations.
Anup Karia,
Dipl. PW
Standa Háša,
Dipl. PW
Anna Ryvolová, Dipl. PW
Anup works internationally as a facilitator, psychotherapist and consultant supporting individuals, groups and organisations. He is interested in the role of awareness in individual and collective change. He is passionate in discovering what lies beyond the boundaries of our everyday lives and limitations, and the need to address asymmetrical systemic social issues that organize the field. He teaches processwork in UK and Czech republic and teaches in diverse settings & consults with organisations around leadership, conflict facilitation and change. He has worked for many years in the fields of trauma, mental health, HIV/AIDS and with refugees and people seeking asylum.
Psychologist, psychotherapist, facilitator. He is a member of the management of IPOP, Department of Management at the University of Economics in Prague, where he deals with organizational development. In his psychotherapeutic practice he works with individuals and couples. He supervises teams in organizations, facilitates groups in various areas, and deals with personal growth. He works as an organization development consultant, dealing with alternative approaches to management, organizational life, power in the organization, leadership, change management.
Anna has worked in the field of adult education and development and psychotherapy for many years. She works as the director of the IPOP (Institute of Process Oriented Work), with which she has been associated since its foundation, and as a therapist and facilitator
at the Po Poli Centre. She has a long-standing focus on facilitating public discussions and open forums regarding needed changes for the future. She is interested in good neighborhoods in the city and likes to support everything that contributes to it.
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