<div dir="ltr"> I really want to know more about what makes this space more "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px">feminist, woman-centered, and trans- and queer-inclusive" then any other space specifically. </span><div>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I know that most hacker spaces would love to be more inclusive in those ways, but most of us know first hand that just declaring something an inclusive or safe space doesn't make it one. I'd be curious to know how specifically they are going about organizing around the idea of gender and sexuality inclusiveness.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px">--Andrew</span></div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:12 AM, John Love <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@curiousjohn.com" target="_blank">john@curiousjohn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">As a queer hacker desiring more queer/fem/trans/POC friendly spaces this excites me! Thanks for sharing! :)</div>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Rabbit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rabbitface@gmail.com" target="_blank">rabbitface@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Awesome!<div><br></div><div>I would love to brainstorm about how to make Sudo Room as welcoming as possible to queer/trans/fem/etc people.</div>
<div>I'm genderqueer and if anyone has questions about how to be kind to genderqueer and trans people I would really love to have a friendly conversation about it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Relatedly, there's a women/trans/non-male group at Noisebridge</div><div><a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Anarchafeminist_Hackerhive" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Anarchafeminist_Hackerhive</a><br>
</div><div><a href="http://bookmaniac.org/feminist-hackerhive-meetups/" target="_blank">http://bookmaniac.org/feminist-hackerhive-meetups/</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Also BTW there's a free programming boot camp for trans people in SF:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="http://transcodesf.org/en/" target="_blank">http://transcodesf.org/en/</a><span><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-- Rabbit</div><div class="gmail_extra">who prefers "them/they" pronouns</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">P.S. Also of course there are many kinds of inclusivity to strive for in addition to this</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Romy Snowyla <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Rad!!<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div>
<div><div><div><br>On May 14, 2013, at 6:12 PM, Matthew Senate <<a href="mailto:mattsenate@gmail.com" target="_blank">mattsenate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Sounds excellent!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:52 PM, William Budington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@inputoutput.io" target="_blank">bill@inputoutput.io</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">This just came across the wire. A fem/queer/trans positive hackerspace<br>
just opened in Seattle called the Seattle Attic! Check it out:<br>
<a href="http://www.seattleattic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.seattleattic.com/</a><br>
<br>
Perhaps we should open up some lines of west-coast communication and<br>
dialogue and invite them to visit our space. Sounds like an awesome<br>
place and somewhere I'd like to check out some day.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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