[WayneS]

Lefebvre said warehouses “are important because for people who may inhabit nonconforming bodies or who are queer or who are in some way an affront to mainstream society — all those people can congregate there, and they can do so in a safe environment."

Then again, maybe not...

[arthurus]

He means a “socially safe” environment. You might get burned up or maybe crushed to death but there is no one there to say sociopolitically unkind things to or about you.

[LydiaLong]

Lefebvre said warehouses “are important because for people who may inhabit nonconforming bodies or who are queer or who are in some way an affront to mainstream society — all those people can congregate there, and they can do so in a safe environment.”
Then again, maybe not...
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So much for safe environments.