OutSmartNYC

OutSmartNYC is a collective organizing to prevent and end sexual violence in bars, nightclubs, and restaurants.

If you have inquiries about OutsmartNYC please email us at [email protected] OutSmartNYC is a collective of nightlife staff, patrons, providers, educators, and activists who are organizing to prevent and end sexual violence in nightlife spaces. Our mission is to prevent sexual violence and encourage healthy relationships in the nightlife industry through training, advocacy, community organizin

g and referrals to supportive services. There are many ways to get involved in the work we do! We provide free sexual violence prevention trainings for NYC nightlife venues. We host periodic collective meetings where you can learn more about how to create safer nightlife spaces and we provide informative resources and updates via our newsletter. You can learn more about of all these on our website at https://www.outsmartnyc.org/. Feel free to reach out with any additional questions via email at [email protected]

06/02/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month is a celebration of q***r joy, resilience, self-expression, and community, but it’s also a reminder that creating safer spaces for LGBTQ+ people is a collective responsibility.

At Outsmart NYC, we work year-round to help build safer nightlife and community spaces through prevention education, bystander intervention, advocacy, and survivor-centered support. We’re honored to celebrate Pride by showing up for our community and helping create spaces where everyone can gather, connect, and express themselves safely.

This June, we’re proud to be part of:

✨ Logjammin’ VI – June 6
✨ Brooklyn Pride Parade – June 13
✨ Respect The Night – June 16
✨ Punk Island – June 27
✨ Manhattan Pride March – June 28

More details to come and additional details available on our events calendar accessible via our website (link in bio).

We’re especially excited for Respect The Night, an interactive Pride event focused on creating safer q***r nightlife spaces. Join us for conversations on bystander intervention, harm reduction, collective care, and practical skills we can all use to help keep our communities safe, plus food, music, activities, and opportunities to connect with fellow community members.

Pride is about celebrating who we are, showing up for one another, and building communities where everyone can thrive. Through education, advocacy, and community care, we’re committed to helping make nightlife safer and more welcoming for all.

We hope to see you this month. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈💜

RespectTheNight

05/20/2026

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📣🏳️‍🌈NEW DATE: Register Now for Respect the Night 🌙✨

Join us this Pride for an interactive evening focused on building safer q***r nightlife spaces. Together, we’ll explore bystander intervention, harm reduction, and collective care while connecting with community.

The evening will include a panel featuring nightlife workers, organizers, and anti-violence advocates, followed by interactive activities to build practical skills, and space to connect over food, music, and fun! .bk

🗓 Tuesday, June 16, 2026
⏰ 5:30–9:30 PM
📍 Q***r Nightlife Community Center, 100 Hinsdale St, Brooklyn
🔗 Register at on.nyc.gov/PrideRTN or click the link in our bio

05/14/2026

Huge thank you to and for inviting OutSmart NYC to present our Safer Spaces In Music & Nightlife workshop 💜

OutSmart NYC team members and led conversations around consent culture, community care, conflict de-escalation, harm prevention, and creating safer nightlife spaces for artists, staff, and attendees alike.

One of the most exciting outcomes from the workshop was beginning work on a contract addendum that helps make codes of consent and accountability clearer between artists, bookers, venue owners, managers, and promoters throughout the booking process. More details on that coming soon 👀

Check out the recap carousel above for some highlights from the workshop, community discussion, and collaborative visioning toward a safer nightlife culture.

If a venue or collective you know could use a training click the link in our bio to find out how you can sign up or email us at [email protected] ✨

05/08/2026

The OutSmart NYC crew had such a fab time linking up for coffee in the city with Elizabeth from and having a chat about the work they do and safer nights out ☕️ Huge love to this amazing collective doing important work to make nightlife safer in San Francisco. If you’re West Coast based, definitely give them a follow and tap in to learn more about the incredible services they offer 🌉✨

05/04/2026

Enjoy this recap from our time at the Denim Day rally at Borough Hall last week, closing out Sexual Assault Awareness Month 💙

We were honored to stand in solidarity, uplift survivors, and witness such powerful performances and a fab denim fashion show! 👖 Moments like this remind us why we do the work.

At Outsmart NYC, our mission is rooted in creating safer nightlife spaces, promoting consent culture, and supporting one another, values that are reflected in SAAM and Denim Day.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and made it meaningful.

04/17/2026

Today, we stood together on the steps of City Hall alongside our partners in the Sexual Assault Initiative (SAI) to advocate for stronger, more accessible support for survivors across NYC.

This coalition represents a powerful network of organizations working every day to prevent violence, support healing, and close critical gaps in services, especially in under-resourced communities.

We’re grateful to EVERYONE who showed up, spoke out, and stood with survivors and providers in calling for the resources needed to sustain and expand this work.

Because every survivor deserves care, access, and a system that shows up for them, fully.

04/09/2026

We had such an incredible time facilitating Safer Nights, Stronger Communities with .bk 💜

It was powerful to be in a room full of people who care deeply about building safer, more consent-forward nightlife spaces.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, shared, and poured into this experience with us. This is exactly what SAAM (Sexual Assault Awareness Month) is about ✨

We’ve got more events coming up throughout the month. Tap the link in our bio to check out our events calendar for all the details, and don’t miss what’s next.

In the meantime, enjoy this photo recap 📸

04/07/2026

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Hello party people,

If there was ever a class that needed your attention, THIS IS THAT CLASS!

On April 8th, QNCC is hosting Safer Nights, Stronger Communities: Sexual Violence Prevention in Underground Spaces. Developed in collaboration with OutSmartNYC, this workshop will train nightlife workers to build safer, consent-forward nightlife spaces.

This one is for the underground and above-ground party promoters, club owners, event producers, wellness monitors, floor managers, bartenders, security staffers, EMTs, door girlies, installation artists—and of course, dance music lovers and regular-ass party-goers. Basically, all those of you who love and cherish our little world.

As members of the night-time economy, it’s our job to create temporary spaces for experimentation, play, and alternative ways of being. For some it’s a decompression valve, for others it’s a means of survival. The goal of Safer Nights is to provide the right tools to keep our venues safe for everyone to really live their fantasy.

Participants will consider safety throughout all stages of the party process: implementing consent-forward practices in preparations and communications, how to identify and intervene in sexual violence and practice de-escalation during an event, and, if harm happens, how to respond to disclosures in a trauma-informed way.

This training is free and open to the public; please be sure to reserve your free ticket (link in bio) to help us understand what capacity to prepare for.

See you there, in
QNCC

04/04/2026

April 26 | 3–8PM | The Stonewall Inn ()

OutSmart NYC x Crystal Guardian
Join us for a very special pop-up event with sounds by

✨ Mix, mingle & move with two orgs shaping safer, smarter nightlife
✨ Learn how we’re ending sexual violence in party spaces (OutSmart NYC)
✨ Protect your passion & your hearing with custom-fit earplugs ( )

Come through, connect, and take care of yourself while you vibe out with us. 🎧💜

03/08/2026

This message resonates deeply with our work.

At Outsmart NYC, we partner with nightlife spaces, staff, and communities to help prevent harassment and sexual violence before it happens through bystander intervention training, harm-reduction education, and proactive safety strategies on the dancefloor.

Everyone deserves to move through nightlife feeling respected, autonomous, and safe. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate and stand with women across the full spectrum of womanhood including cis, trans, and gender-expansive people who experience misogyny and gender-based harm in these spaces.

Safer dancefloors are possible and they start with all of us. ♥️

.rave.girls

Filmed this last weekend, but it feels especially relevant today on International Women’s Day.

nyc rave girls was created to center women’s experiences on the dancefloor—and unfortunately intrusive interactions like this are incredibly common. I don’t know a single woman who hasn’t experienced some version of this while simply existing and trying to enjoy a night out.

It shouldn’t be a rarity for women to feel safe enough to dance, get lost in the music, and be left alone. And it shouldn’t be on us to manage men’s behavior either.

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