How We Chat
We use Signal (a free, secure messaging app) for all our community chat spaces – you’ll need to download it to join in!
Our community thrives on face-to-face connections, using online spaces mainly to plan our next adventures and keep in touch. We’ve got several chat spaces running independently, but our mod team stays connected across them all to share info and help each other out. It’s a pretty chill setup that lets each space do its own thing while still staying linked to the bigger picture.
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🧿 Welcome Portal
Introduce yourself & get to know us.
New members: Open to All
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🔔 Events & Announcements
A no-chat space for upcoming functions and important community announcements.
New members: Open to All
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Complete Directory
🗣️ All Topics Chat
For the discussion of all topics, including heavy & difficult subjects which may be triggering
New members: Approval Required [Welcome Portal Verification]
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🗣️ Light Chat
For the discussion of all topics, but please avoid heavy & difficult subjects which may be triggering
New members: Approval Required [Welcome Portal Verification]
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✊🏿 BIPOC Autonomous Chat
For BIPOC folks in Chicago. Any BIPOC person in the community is welcome! White allies: please respect our autonomy and need for our own space.
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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🏛️ Mutual Exchange Agora
Chicagoland fae give-away, sell, trade, and more
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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🌙 Witch Café
All things witchcraft, magic, spiritual, occult, and mystical
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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❌ Back Room XXX [+18 only]
Sex-positive chat space, what’s posted here, stays here. Posts auto-disappear after 3 days. All pics & videos require a CW.
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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🥄 Slurp!
For sharing homemade, short-form videos (90 sec or less) to entertain & delight (think TikTok meets Cosmic Soup). Posts auto-disappear after 3 days.
New members: Approval Required [Welcome Portal Verification]
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📷 Oracle’s Overnight Photo
A no-chat drop zone for faerie party & event photos taken on the pass-around cameras. Consent from all people in a photo is required to share that photo in chat, or on social media.
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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🎵 Singing Circle
Come sing with us! All skill levels welcome. Bring a song to share if you’d like.
New members: Open to All
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✡️ Queer Beach Shabbat
Weekly (during the summer) 5:30pm – Dark @ Hollywood Beach. Open to all, no Jewish ritual or experience necessary. Non-Zionist space. Queer, not exclusive to faerie.
New members: Open to All
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🌊 Hollywood Beach Chat
New members: Open to All
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🎬 Seeing Movies
New members: Approval Required [Welcome Portal Verification]
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🧿 Psychic Friends Network
Faerie care & support
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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💫 Cosmic Soup! Kitchen
Faerie variety show. For those who want to perform, or work backstage.
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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💞 Virtual Heart Circle
Like Heart Circle, but all digital! Please review the 💞 Virtual Heart Circle Guidelines before joining.
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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🎧 FaeSMR (Faerie ASMR)
New members: Approval Required [Welcome Portal Verification]
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🏫 ASL
Learn American Sign Language. Video recaps of past sessions.
New members: Open to All
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💃 Burlesque Minus Cher
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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1️⃣ View Once XXX [+18 only]
Sex-positive chat space, what’s posted here, stays here. Posts auto-disappear after 3 days. All pics & videos must be view-once, and require a CW.
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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⛓ Kinky Workshop Interest
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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🧇 Sunday Brunch & Tea
Organizing sunday brunches, and 🍄 tea service
New members: Approval Required [IRL Verification]
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New Member Guidelines
For the community’s safety, the moderators of some Chi Rad Fae chat rooms require new members to be verified prior to joining:
Welcome Portal Verification
New members must introduce themselves, and pass through the 🧿 Welcome Portal, or be vouched for by an active local fae, before they’re granted access to these rooms.
IRL Verification
New members must have met a moderator in-person, or other active local faerie (who can vouch for them), before they’re granted access to these rooms.
Event Verification
New members must have met one-or-more active local faeries (who can vouch for them) at a local event, before they’re granted access to these rooms.
Open to All
These rooms do not require verification prior to joining.
Room Activity Meter
To help orient new & existing fae, we’ve marked the activity levels for each room. These ratings are a rough approximation, and may not apply at all times.
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Very High
New messages daily, often multiple times a day. Muting notifications recommended.
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High
New messages several days a week. Muting notifications recommended.
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Medium
New messages once a week, or every other week.
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Low
New messages monthly, or every other month.
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Very Low
New messages quarterly, or less.