[hackerspaces] Safe Space Policies? ivy

[Peter Smith]

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On Jan 26, 2014 1:19 PM, "Walter van Holst" <walter at revspace.nl> wrote:

> On 26/01/2014 16:18, Glyn Kennington wrote:
>
> >> Look! I sport a penis! And I feel oppressed by this!
> >
> > Actually, this isn't about me.
>
> I was not presuming as much. More to take a piss at "men's rights" types.
>
> >> The latter is
> >> misogynous and sexist, the former is merely a factual observation of a
> >> somewhat informal sort.
> >
> > The former is a generalization that can be marginalizing to trans people.
>
> I'll have to check that with the trans people I know (but do not meet on
> a daily basis). My understanding is that trans people first and foremost
> want to be accepted as having the gender that they have transitioned into.
>
> Regards,
>
>  Walter
>
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