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Glittergasm Events, LLC is an event company based in Philadelphia for the LGBTQ+ Community. 

Our two reoccurring events are our play parties, Rainbowgasm and Glowgasm (formerly Glittergasm). The events are the same, but the demographics they serve are different. For details, click the "What is Glowgasm?" and "What is Rainbowgasm?" boxes below.

Additionally, Glittergasm Events also hosts other community events as well on occasion. The demographics for these events will always be stated, and "public" events welcome guests who are not members as well. 

Please note that for accessibility reasons, ALL our events (indoors & outdoors) have a fragrance-free policy. For further details, please read the "Why is there a fragrance-free/fragrance awareness policy?" FAQ question below. 

Glittergasm Events, LLC is run by Rachael Rose (she/they) and Rebecca Jay (they/them).

Rachael is an artist and a Certified Sex & Relationship Coach and Educator. Rebecca Jay is a writer and therapist who loves creating community-oriented events. You can find them working from home with their cats. Order their book here.

We have multiple venues for our events in the Philadelphia, PA region. For safety reasons, we often do not share the venues until a ticket has been purchased. For those who have purchased a ticket, the address is listed on your email confirmation.

Our events work well at smaller venues and house parties. If you'd like to bring Glittergasm Events to your area, please reach out to hello@glittergasmevents.com discuss how to make that happen! 

Being a Glittergasm Events member means that you've filled out our vetting form and are eligible to attend events. Membership is completely free and only members will have access to event details and links to purchase tickets. 

Once you join Glittergasm Events and fill out our vetting form, you'll be provided a link to join our private Facebook Group, to join our mailing list, or both. You must be part of the facebook group or the mailing list to receive the link to purchase tickets. We encourage folks to join our Facebook Group and be a part of the vibrant Glittergasm Events community. 

All attendees of Glittergasm Events must go through the vetting process. Once you've completed this process you're considered a Glittergasm Events "Member." There is no cost to be a member, it simply means you have been vetted.

OUR VETTING PROCESS:

1) Fill out our vetting form, which can be found here. To ensure you are vetted efficiently, please make sure to answer all questions thoroughly and accurately follow instructions on our form.

2) We will review all vetting applications in a batch before our next upcoming event.

3) If there are no follow-ups required, we will then add approved members to our mailing list, and they will receive a "Welcome to Glittergasm Events" email. At the bottom of this email, and all of our emails, is a list of upcoming events and a link to our Discord Server. We STRONGLY recommend all members join our Discord for community and to plan play. 

4) For those requiring follow-ups, we will reach out. The reasons for follow up emails, generally, are errors in the application, needing someone to expand on their answers regarding to consent, and to verify someone is who they say they are.

We will make 2 attempts to reach you at the email you applied from, roughly 2 weeks apart. The faster people respond, the more quickly they will be vetted. If we do not receive a response to either email, we will consider you denied, but you may reapply in the future. You will not receive any further follow up emails after the second attempt to reach you. 

If you have further questions regarding vetting, you can email us at hello@glittergasmevents.com.

• During vetting we may ask for other data, however, we are primarily looking to confirm:
1) That all members are over 18 years old. 
2) That our attendees self-identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community (this absolutely includes folks who are questioning or unsure of their orientation/gender). 
3) That all members have a thorough understanding of consent

• Things we do not look for:
We do not police gender or determine if people are "queer enough" to attend. If you feel this is the right space for you, you are welcome. 

Glittergasm Events is run by two people who both have multiple other responsibilities and jobs. In order to balance these responsibilities, we go through all the vetting form applications for membership in batches depending on when we have upcoming events, and do not review vetting forms on a rolling basis. 

The amount of time it takes to hear back depends on our upcoming events. We go through all applications prior to announcing our next private event, which means if we're on a hiatus and have not been hosting events, it may take some time to get a response.

If we have an upcoming event, expect vetting to take about two weeks, but we strongly recommend applying a month before an event you'd like to attend. We do our best to make sure everyone gets a chance to buy tickets before they sell out, but if you think you might like to attend our events in the future, we encourage you to fill out the vetting form now so you get ticket access when tickets become available.

We stop reviewing incoming vetting forms SEVEN DAYS before our next event, or when tickets sell out. If you fill out the vetting form less than one week before an event, you likely will not receive any information until the following event.  

Please give two weeks before emailing regarding vetting. Emails received before that time frame may not receive a response. We are unable to respond to most emails sent within 48 hours of an event, and will reply the following week. 

No. Once you're a member, unless you're notified otherwise or request your information be removed, you are still a Glittergasm Events member. In specific situations we may reach out to ask you to fill out the vetting form again, generally because we require updated information. 

If you have received a Welcome to Glittergasm Events email, receive ticket links via email, or have access to our private social media (our Facebook Group or Discord), you are already a member and are vetted.

You will receive our "Welcome to Glittergasm Events" email. At the bottom of this email, and our all emails, is a link to upcoming events and a link to join our Discord server.

We recommend all members join our Discord server, however, it is optional, however, you must either receive our emails OR be a member of our Discord to access tickets as those are the only two ways to access ticket links. 

We tend to get a rush of new member requests prior to upcoming events, and often in an effort to make tickets available as quickly as possible, new members sometimes receive emails with our ticket links before they receive the "Welcome to Glittergasm Events" email. If you have received the ticket link from us, either via access to the Discord server or from our mailing list, it means you've been approved as a member.

Please give two weeks before emailing regarding vetting. Emails received before that time frame may not receive a response.

We want to verify that you are a real-life human. In lieu of other social media, or if you have very new social media accounts we may ask for access to another account to verify you're real. 

Once you receive your "Welcome to Glittergasm" email, you're welcome to remove us from your followers. 

If you are uncomfortable allowing our @GlittergasmEvents account follow you on Instagram or any other requested platform, please email us at safety@glittergasmevents.com, and we can follow you from one of your co-hosts family-friendly personal accounts temporarily. 

Our members have the option to get access to event details and ticket links in two different ways— through our Facebook Group or our mailing list.

Depending on what you selected when filling out the vetting form, you indicated if you wanted just one of those options or both. 

FACEBOOK GROUP:
If you want to be in the Facebook group (which we recommend)—you must also join that group manually (you will not be automatically added). You can join our group here. 

It will ask for a password, which you were provided at the end of filling out your vetting form. If you've forgotten the password, write that you've filled out the vetting form in the form field when you join the group instead.

MAILING LIST:
To ensure that only folks who have filled out the vetting form are able to attend events, we add new members to the mailing list manually (meaning you're not automatically added to the mailing list). We add names to this list in batches, so depending on when you sign up it may take a bit for you to receive your first email from us. 

We ALWAYS add new people more rapidly prior to events to give everyone a chance to get tickets. If you think there's been an error and you never received any emails from us, please reach out and let us know. 

NOTE: Everyone who attends an event, even if someone has purchased a ticket on your behalf, MUST also fill out our vetting form—at least 7 days before the event—or they will not be allowed entry.

We're working on setting up a way for people to be able to check their member status for themselves, but in the meantime: 

If you received a "Welcome to Glittergasm Events" email, receive ticket links via email, and/or have been accepted to our Facebook Group or Discord server—you are already vetted. You can access ticket links via the email or the GG Events Facebook group.

If you're still unsure, email us at hello@glittergasmevents.com and we'll check for you.

Yes, absolutely!!! Our events cater to different demographics (see the "What is Glowgasm" and "What is Rainbowgasm" tabs for details), however as long as someone is a good fit for an event, we'd love to had them.

However, ALL attendees of our private events must be vetted. If you bring a friend they also must fill out the vetting form to be allowed entry, even if you are purchasing their ticket. Please send your guest(s) this link to follow our sign up process, which allows them to attend and will give them access to information about all future events. 

For events that state they are "public," you do not need to be vetted to attend. 

We recommend filling out our Vetting Form as soon as possible, however, we stop vetting new members SEVEN days before upcoming events. That said, most of our events sell out, and there is no guarantee that any tickets will be available, and if tickets sell out we may stop vetting new members until just before the next event is announced.

If you fill out the vetting form less than one week before an event, you will likely not receive any information until the following event. We go through all the vetting form applications for membership in batches depending on when we have upcoming events, and do not review vetting forms on a rolling basis.

We try to go through all applications prior to announcing our next private event, which means if we're on a hiatus and have not been hosting events, it may take some time to get a response. 

A gentle reminder: Please be patient with us. Glittergasm Events is run by two disabled, neurodivergent individuals with full-time jobs and full-time lives. Sometimes you may receive a response quicker than expected, and other times it may take a bit longer, especially when we're receiving a large number of vetting requests. 

Most of our events are potlucks. It helps us provide food while keeping event costs low and accessible for the community, and we deeply appreciate it when folks bring something to contribute—however, it's not required! The only thing you need to bring is you!

If you do bring food, please bring a list of ingredients to put next to your dish so folks can more easily avoid any foods they may have allergies or sensitivities too! 

All of our private events are 18+, and we only use your ID to ensure everyone is of age. 

We recognize that many of our attendees have names and genders on their ID that don't match their experience, and that information will never be shared or used outside of confirming your age.

We use a ratings system both to give information about what you an expect at our events, and also to designate what's allowed where during our play parties so that folks can engage in/or even view only the activities they want to.