QueerSpace

QueerSpace is a community-driven map of safe and inclusive businesses across Aotearoa New Zealand. Built by and for queer people, it helps you find places where you will be treated with respect and dignity.

How it works

The community rates businesses across five dimensions: Safety, Respect, Knowledge, Environment, and Overall Inclusivity. Every review adds to a living, growing picture of what it is like to walk through the door as a queer person. No business can pay for a better rating. No honest review gets removed because someone complained.

What you can do

- Browse an interactive map of reviewed businesses near you
- Search by category, suburb, rating, or distance
- Read detailed, multi-dimensional reviews from community members
- Write your own reviews, anonymously if you prefer
- Check real-time safety alerts reported by the community
- Find gender-affirming healthcare providers
- Filter for businesses with gender-neutral bathrooms
- Find bars, cafes, and gyms where you can be yourself
- Track your impact with a community reputation score

Privacy by design

QueerSpace was built knowing that a data breach here has real, life-changing consequences. Your GPS coordinates are used only for the live map display and are never stored. Your location is never recorded more precisely than suburb level. There is no advertising, no tracking, and no third-party data sharing. Ever.

Push notifications use neutral language so nothing on your screen reveals anything about you to anyone looking over your shoulder.

Safety information is always free

Core safety ratings, search, alerts, and the healthcare directory will never be behind a paywall. The information that keeps people safe should not cost money.

Built in Aotearoa, for Aotearoa

QueerSpace is not a branch office of an overseas app. It is a New Zealand product, built by a queer founder who understands what it is like to need this information and not have it. Every review helps the next person. Together, they build the evidence for change.

Whether you need a GP who will not make you explain yourself, a cafe where you can hold your partner's hand, or a hairdresser who will not treat you like a curiosity, QueerSpace has community reviews to help you decide.