Gender Euphoria Safe Space Policy

We come to Gender Euphoria Day to celebrate people all over the trans, genderqueer, and gender-variant spectra, as well as our partners, family and allies.

Everyone attending has the right...

to feel safe being who they are.
to feel supported, to voice their thoughts, feelings, ideas, and opinions without the fear of being put down or disrespected.
to label themself or not as they choose. And to change labels.
to feel wonderful, intelligent and beautiful when they are here
for support and to learn and socialize.

Everyone attending has the responsibility...

to check their privilege, whatever form it may take
to refrain from saying hurtful things to or about other members
to listen to what others have to say and not put them down, even in humor.
to understand that we come from different, and often difficult, places
to allow other people to label themselves as they choose.
to not “out” someone to other people.

You have the right and responsibility...

to point out anytime you feel these rights are being violated or these responsibilites are being neglected so we can deal with it.

Privacy

Please remember that those who are here may not have come out to their friends or family. Coming out is a personal and private decision ~ Provide support, but let people make the choice to come out to others.

Oops/Ouch

We sometimes say and do hurtful things without realizing it. If you feel hurt by someone’s words or actions, you have the right and responsibility to let them know that they hurt you (Ouch). Similarly, if you have hurt someone, even unintentionally, you have the responsibility to own up to the mistake (Oops).

Assume Good Intentions

Assume that everyone here is acting out of what they believe to be in yours and their best interest.

Inclusive of Everyone

Everyone who here has the right to feel welcomed and supported. We welcome people and their ideas.

Anti Oppression

Along with Prance , we are aiming to organize from an anti-oppression framework, meaning we try to recognize and challenge the ways that different forms of oppression play out in the world and in our communities, and are actively trying to question and dismantle our own various privileges as they relate to this. This means asking ourselves questions like: Who is most visible at our event and at the organizing table? Who is underrepresented or not being represented at all? Who are we excluding and how can we address that? How are we representing ‘queer’ at our event? and so on…

This is an ongoing process however and we acknowledge that the limited identities and positionalities of our group members means that we may overlook some often-neglected/marginalized perspectives, but we are keen on working towards understanding and trying to include them into our organizing. We hope to address this in part by continuing to educate ourselves and by doing outreach within the trans community. And again, we encourage feedback and dialogue about this.

(Thanks to translife.net and Prance for much of this content)

Gender Euphoria 2010