*Cuddle Puddle

A safe and welcoming space for GBTQ men* to experience non-sexual touch, promote emotional well-being, and establish clear boundaries.

This is not a free event. Please register and buy your ticket at this link before the event: https://wearevillage.org/shop/cuddle-puddle/w12-2026

A Cuddle Puddle provides a safe and welcoming space for GBTQ men* to experience non-sexual touch, promote emotional well-being, and establish clear boundaries. This contributes positively to overall mental health and a sense of belonging to a community.

You decide what feels right for you – whether you prefer more distance or closeness. Our guided Cuddle Puddles focus on self-discovery and mutual respect, ensuring everyone's well-being and needs are met.

With Max Wenzlaff: As a gay cis man, with a childhood in East Germany in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, I am still discovering what true connection means. I am fascinated by how communication, empathy, physicality, sexuality, and emotional needs can harmonize.

I am convinced that tenderness, touch, and physical contact are incredibly important resources in interaction, both with others and with oneself. In my professional life, I also create interfaces between people and processes.

And Steffi: a gay cis man, a mental health first aider, and involved with Radical Faeries and Intimate Buddies. His life has always been shaped by activism for the LGBTIQ* and HIV communities. Professionally, he has experience in finance and payroll accounting as well as property management and was involved in establishing a queer restaurant scene in Berlin.

He discovered Cuddle Puddles at Waldschlösschen. The blend of consensus, mindfulness, and touching energy inspired him so much that he later offered it himself – since the beginning of 2024, also monthly with Max at the Village.