To continue the conversation started by @sujato a couple of months ago, we are beginning to see the importance of establishing features that allow for gender non-conforming people to feel safe on our forum. One of the initial ideas that I had in entering this conversation, is to provide the option …

[Bild] brenna1: is to provide the option for people to list their preferred gender pronouns in their profile Couldn’t this be done with a Custom User Field?

It might help to provide a definition of “safe space” as you understand it. In my experience, this has meant different things to different people. It will just be hard to come up with some ideas without knowing exactly how you mean it. :slight_smile:

I was just thinking, and a bit off topic since this is in the “support” category. But if there were specific sections of your forum that were concerning in terms of content. You could always add a general “Trigger Warning” as a thread template. This way anyone making a thread will automatically hav…

[Bild] UltimateMoniker: It might help to provide a definition of “safe space” as you understand it My definition of ‘safe space’ is an environment that is conscious of gender binaries and the ways in which they are harmful to those who identify outside of them; in essence, being considerate a…

In addition to the custom user field, it might be good to have a public forum policy to avoid the use of unnecessary gendered pronouns as site wide guidance. For example, I find that when I say “him” or “her” it is almost always possible to avoid that by specifying the person’s name (their preferre…

Creating Safe Spaces for Gender Non-Conforming People

Product Support

jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld) 29. Oktober 2016 um 02:21 2

Couldn’t this be done with a Custom User Field?

Thema		Antworten	Aufrufe
Include pronoun field as default Feature	13	867	10. Oktober 2022
Announcing - Gender Pronouns Userfield on Meta Site feedback	0	2495	22. September 2022
Best Practices for Gender-Inclusive Content Moderation Community Building	2	771	28. Oktober 2021
Addressing gender balance in online communities Community Building	26	5295	2. Februar 2018
Self Service Badges? Product Support	15	1890	1. August 2019

Creating Safe Spaces for Gender Non-Conforming People

Verwandte Themen