Krista,
that's always been my argument about the naming of our women and trans
night. I agree that Women's night should be sufficient, and that trans
women would of course feel welcome. Trans men I've asked say they
would rather come on the regular nights and "guy it up" In the end
though I've always deferred to the women running the program, who
apparently feel the "& trans" is important.
To me it begins to feel like the ever expanding GLBTQXYZPDQ acronym
for every conceivable sexual orientation except for straight which
though it may be appropriate for a queer group I think is less sowhen
it comes to fixing bikes. I also think "everybody but dudes" might
meet with even more resistance from the dudes than we've already
experienced. In this case in my opinion it's best to keep things
simple, not try to be too cute or too PC about it. Just call it
Women's night.
Matt
On Sep 28, 2008, at 1:59 AM, Krista Bowers wrote:
We simply call ours "women's shop night." The transgendered
individuals that come to our shop on these evenings consider
themselves women, so we honor that and do as well. We choose not to
further set them apart as different from the rest of us because they
were previously assigned to a different gender.