we call ours "women, trans, femmes" or WTF.

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:51 PM, rachael spiewak <rachael@sopobikes.org> wrote:
We tried "Trans ANd Girls, Yeah!" or TANGY!  It was funny among the few of us participating.
If the bike co-op world pulls off finding a good word that's positive, non-othering, and inclusive about describing everyone but gender straight bio-dudes, I will be very impressed.  : )

-rachael


On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Stuart O Anderson <soa@ri.cmu.edu> wrote:
We have Women's Trans-portation night, but some people have found it confusing.

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Mark Rehder <mark@drumbent.com> wrote:
> "Wenches with Wrenches" seems popular, though perhaps not inclusive for
> trans people.
>
> Mark
> re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op
> http://re-cycles.ca
>
> On 23-Sep-08, at 9:58 PM, Alex Rosenblatt wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Alex here from Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles in Ithaca, NY. We're currently
>> reorganizing and overhauling shop logistics and we're looking for a catchy
>> name for our "women's night." We want to stray away from that name because
>> the night is not exclusively women but instead a place where women and
>> transpeople are the active shop leaders. Any names catchy or appropriate
>> names that you use or come to mind?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>
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