# Creating Safe Spaces for Gender Non-Conforming People

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-safe-spaces-for-gender-non-conforming-people/52173>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [28 أكتوبر 2016، 7:10م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-safe-spaces-for-gender-non-conforming-people/52173 "2016-10-28T19:10:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [29 أكتوبر 2016، 7:36م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-safe-spaces-for-gender-non-conforming-people/52173/5 "2016-10-29T19:36:54Z")

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> [@UltimateMoniker](#):
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> 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 and not making assumptions.

> [@UltimateMoniker](#):
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> You could always add a general “Trigger Warning” as a thread template.

> [@jomaxro](#):
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> Couldn’t this be done with a Custom User Field?

Thank you for these ideas!

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