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Cultural appropriation is when individual cultural, indigenous or religious symbols, elements or practices are adopted by the dominant culture (white people) into mainstream society without any cultural connection to them. The original meaning and knowledge are lost in the process. White people benefit from this (earn money and can use it as a status symbol) while BiPoC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) are still discriminated against in Germany today.

We therefore encourage a respectful approach to cultural elements, especially with regard to colonial continuity. In order to open up this festival to different people, white people can reflect on their (power) position as a dominant society, learn about the origin of the practices and thus find an appreciative approach.

Privilege is an underestimated access to social power due to belonging to a dominant social group. And in general, if you don't have to think about it, it's a privilege.

Intergender: Intergender is a gender. People whose gender identity is between the binary genders, i.e. between male and female, can describe themselves as intergender. Intergender is not the same as inter.

Non-binary: People who identify as non-binary see themselves as neither male nor female. The binary gender system does not apply to them and is rejected. Non-binary people can be trans or cis or inter. They can be female, male, both, neither, many, more, femme or agender or something else entirely. They can be feminine, masculine, queer and political. They can use different, new or old, multiple, alternating or no pronouns. They can have different bodies, transition needs or experiences, or none of the above. As a variation, the term enby [non-binary = nb = enby] is often used as a self-designation.

Trans(gender): Trans (lat. beyond, beyond) is an umbrella term for people who challenge the boundaries of sex and gender and do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. The opposite is cis. Trans people can identify as either binary:r trans man/trans woman or as non-binary, agender, genderqueer, queer, genderfluid, bigender, androgynous or others. Not all trans people choose to have surgery or take hormones, but some do.

Agender: Agender is a term that can literally be translated as "without gender". People either do not feel they belong to any gender, cannot relate to the concept of gender, see themselves as gender-neutral or have an undefinable gender that cannot be assigned to binary or non-binary gender identities.

Women: Women are people who identify as women. Being a woman is not linked to certain characteristics, abilities or a certain appearance.

LGBTQIA* people: English abbreviation for the collective name of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, inter* and asexual people.(source)

Ableism: The term ableism is borrowed from the English word for "ability" and originates from the US disability movement. It describes the evaluation of people with disabilities based on their (attributed) physical and mental abilities. This is associated with a reduction of the person solely to their impairment. The evaluation can be negative through devaluation, or supposedly positive through enhancement. The evaluation is based on the assumption that there is something like an idea of a normal physical and mental state, on the basis of which disability can be evaluated as a deviation.

If people with disabilities are treated unequally or disadvantaged on the basis of this evaluation, this is discrimination. The underscore is used to make it clear in language that people are not disabled, but are made so by external circumstances, buildings and structures.

Classism: Classism refers to discrimination based on social origin and/or social and economic status. Classism is therefore not just about how much money a person has at their disposal, but also about their status and the financial and social circumstances in which they grew up. Classism is directed against people from the poor or working class, e.g. low-income or unemployed and homeless people, but also working-class children. The term was coined largely through the experiences of communities that suffer multiple forms of discrimination. The consequence of classism is often precarization. The high admission prices for events in clubs, bars or at festivals are an example of classism. Participating in club culture has thus become a privilege for many people.

Racism: Racism means the discrimination, devaluation and exclusion of structurally disadvantaged groups or individuals on the basis of actual or ascribed physical or cultural characteristics (e.g. skin color, origin, language, religion). Racism makes it impossible for those affected to participate in society on an equal footing. The racist degradation of →BIPoC can lead to physical and psychological violence against them or even be used as an alleged justification for killings and genocides ("ethnic cleansing").

In addition to these offensively brutal forms of racism, subtle everyday racism (especially in the form of →microaggressions) is the daily reproduction of a racist system. This consists of constant reminders that the person concerned is different and does not "belong". This does not have to be intentional on the part of the discriminating person, but it is nevertheless marginalizing, hurtful, frustrating and provides a breeding ground for more extreme forms of racism. There are many forms of racism. For example, a distinction is made between anti-Black, anti-Muslim, anti-Asian racism, →anti-Semitism and racial discrimination against Rom:nja and Sint:ezzi. Racism is a practice of social exclusion that manifests itself differently in different historical contexts. It hierarchizes, differentiates and devalues people by ascribing to them constructed, mostly negative group-specific characteristics and attributes. Specific forms of racism are "New Racism", "Colorblind Racism", "Cultural Racism" and "Aversive Racism".

racialized persons: Persons who experience discrimination on the basis of racial prejudices and attributions of others - in connection with their (or their relatives') appearance, language or nationality as well as other socio-cultural factors.(Source). These include BIPoC, Jews, Muslims, Sinti:zze and Rom:nja. BIPoC comes from the English: Black, Indigenous, People of Color.(Source)