A person with short hair wearing glasses and a blue collared shirt standing in front of a colorful sign with a coffee cup illustration. The image includes various digital icons and text promoting neurodiversity, nonbinary identity, and an LGBTQ+ theme. Text reads 'Led by Neuro- Queer Mx. Phoenix,' and 'Nonbinary AuADHD Queer,' with a rainbow-colored tongue icon, a black cat, and a colorful 20-sided die.
About Zero Masking Mentors

About Zero Masking Mentors

The Missing Middle Ground of Community Care.

📖 About Mx. Phoenix & Starting ZMM

For 39 years, I, Mx. Phoenix, navigated a world not designed for my AuADHD brain or my Nonbinary identity.

In July 2024, Chase and I moved to KC, searching for a "Third Place" that was sensory-friendly and explicitly Queer-accepting.

We realized the "middle ground" didn't exist: we were too functional for crisis care, but excluded from loud, neurotypical spaces.

If we couldn't find a sanctuary, we had to build one. I decided to stop masking and start leading.

Nirvana Coffee and Games became our first home—their dimmed lights and Pride flag gave ZMM the spark to launch.

Today, ZMM is a thriving sanctuary for those of us who have spent a lifetime hiding our true selves.

"ZMM is a thriving, beautiful community of introverted, Neuro-Queer Geeks who inspire me every single day."
— Mx. Phoenix

✨ The Bigger Dream

Our proof-of-concept worked: the Neuro-Queer community needs low-barrier spaces. Now, we are building the ZMM Sanctuary Hub—KC’s first permanent, 100% sensory-friendly home for geeks like us.

🚀 How to Help

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Step Up to the Board

Recruiting Founding Board Members: community leaders and grant writers.

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Keep Showing Up

Attendance provides the data we need to prove this Sanctuary is a necessity.

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Win a Free Ticket to ANY future event! $1 donation = 1 entry. Ends April 30th.

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We build the system. You provide the fuel.

Let's build our sanctuary.