Beloved Ecotopians,
In the last years (and probably before), the Biketour has often been a space dominated by heterosexual cis men. Hetero cis men were often over-represented both in the preparation group and among the participants. People have expressed repeatedly over the years that the Biketour is not a very FLINTA/LGBTQIA-friendly space, and people have felt uncomfortable or excluded.
After this problem was particularly present on the last Biketour, different ideas have come up to break this pattern. Some concrete ideas that have been brought up are to exclude hetero cis-men or all cis men from certain activities, the first weeks of the tour or the entire tour, and/or to have a FLINTA-only preparation group or get external support from feminist collectives during the preparation.
We want to discuss these ideas tomorrow from 09:30–11:30 and from 13:00–15:00 (CET). We invite everyone and FLINTA/LGBTQIA people in particular to participate in the discussion and forming of ideas. You can participate online through this link: https://meet.jit.si/EcotopiaToTheMoonAndBack20twenty2. You can follow the live minutes here: https://pad.rankenste.in/p/wintermeeting2022. If the particular time slots don't suit you, please let us know and we can try to move them.
Explanation of the terms: FLINTA stands for female, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans, agender (→ everyone who is not a cis-man) LGBTQIA stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual (→ everyone who is not heterosexual) cis stands for cisgender. cis is the opposite of trans. A cis person presents as or identifies with the gender that they were assigned at birth and thus profits from cisgender privilege.
Hi.
I've been reading your reflections, ideas and thoughts.
Firstly, I point I'm talking from my heterosexual-cis-male perspective.
I am not a fan or supporter of the idea of creating exclusive groups. I prefer, instead, working on inclusivity and diversity with broad inclusive and mixed groups.
However, if other people organizing the biketour are convinced about this only-FINTA start, I'm willing to give it a try. I also understand that can help to call more FLINT people and to understand better about the needs and dynamics for this collective.
Although, I don't think it makes sense that people who are not going to participate on that tour (heterosexual male, basically), do the organizing of that part. Or at least it doesn't make sense to me that I form part of the organization of that. Therefore, I'm thinking how these two things: FLINT Tour and after-regular tour, could be organized separately.
Anyway, I'm writing a bit in a hurry. I'll give it some other thoughts and continue reflecting about it on the following days.
Cheers and thank you for doing the meeting.
Abel.
On 18/2/22 13:15, Ecotopia Biketour 2022 wrote:
Beloved Ecotopians,
In the last years (and probably before), the Biketour has often been a space dominated by heterosexual cis men. Hetero cis men were often over-represented both in the preparation group and among the participants. People have expressed repeatedly over the years that the Biketour is not a very FLINTA/LGBTQIA-friendly space, and people have felt uncomfortable or excluded.
After this problem was particularly present on the last Biketour, different ideas have come up to break this pattern. Some concrete ideas that have been brought up are to exclude hetero cis-men or all cis men from certain activities, the first weeks of the tour or the entire tour, and/or to have a FLINTA-only preparation group or get external support from feminist collectives during the preparation.
We want to discuss these ideas tomorrow from 09:30–11:30 and from 13:00–15:00 (CET). We invite everyone and FLINTA/LGBTQIA people in particular to participate in the discussion and forming of ideas. You can participate online through this link: https://meet.jit.si/EcotopiaToTheMoonAndBack20twenty2. You can follow the live minutes here: https://pad.rankenste.in/p/wintermeeting2022. If the particular time slots don't suit you, please let us know and we can try to move them.
Explanation of the terms: FLINTA stands for female, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans, agender (→ everyone who is not a cis-man) LGBTQIA stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual (→ everyone who is not heterosexual) cis stands for cisgender. cis is the opposite of trans. A cis person presents as or identifies with the gender that they were assigned at birth and thus profits from cisgender privilege.
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