This article examines safe space as a site of community practice. I focus specifically on safe space as it is used among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) of color community arts organizers. I argue that although safe space operates as a site of refuge against oppression, its implementation can also serve as a barrier for community arts workers who seek to engage with mainstream arts institutions. This limitation encourages community practitioners to recognize safe space as one kind of intervention that is most effectively used in tandem with other tools of community practice.

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