MakeHERspace
The primary goal of MakeHERspace is to turn X-Hain into a comfortable, safe space for women, and other members of the FLINTA community, free from masculine energy and attitudes.
FLINTA means Female, Lesbiam, Intersex, Non-Binary, Trans, and Agender. Another term for this is ABCD: All But Cis Dudes.
Our management includes cis and trans women, and our membership includes and enthusiastically welcomes most flavors of FLINTA, including a large number of trans women. People who have a problem with this are not welcome.
In other words, no TERFs.
MakeHERspace Entry Policy
There is some confusion as to how we identify intersex, non-binary, trans, and agender people.
Because X-Hain is not a queer ONLY space (but always a space where queer people should feel safe), there are men who are very disappointed when the space is not available to them for one whole day, and occasionally try to skirt the FLINTA restriction by ignoring the restriction, or misrepresenting themselves as members of the community.
For that reason, we regrettably have to implement some amount of gatekeeping.
If you look like a cis male that is not representing as trans or non-binary in any way, we will question you on entry. While we understand that you often cannot tell how somebody identifies by their appearance, it’s all we have to go on. If your appearance is ambiguous, your first visits to MakeHERspace might be good times to “wear your colors” and dress up a bit to make it easy for us (and the other visitors) until we know you. “Passing” is not required, trying is.
If your actions and/or appearance are so much like a cis male that it would make women that fear men uncomfortable, or you are otherwise not checking male privilege, we ask that you don’t attend MakeHERspace. You should not have any problems attending X-Hain on any other day.
If you are concerned and aren’t sure if your attitude and/or appearance will cause a problem, we ask that you contact Tina (@softegg:x-hain.de) or Eva ( @paleva:x-hain.de ) in the X-Hain Matrix Chat and talk to us before you come, and we can come to some understanding so that you won’t be made to feel unnecessarily uncomfortable.
We are sorry for any inconvenience. Gatekeeping isn’t fun for us either, but it’s important for us to maintain the integrity of our event so that everybody feels comfortable.