Unclear asterisks in "Women*" and "Frauen*"

[daveliepmann]

Unclear asterisks in "Women*" and "Frauen*"

[vsmart]

@daveliepmann The background is, in German queer-feminist circles, this Frauen* is commonly used as a sort of abbreviation to say : 'women are welcome, but you're also welcome if you don't subscribe to this men/women gender binary, and you're also welcome if you're not a cis woman'.

I think our main goal in using Frauen* is to make it super clear that we're open to cis and trans women (+ nb people) , I don't know if it helps us do this. I think plainly stating 'women & non-binary people' works because we acknowledge that trans women are just women, no special asterisk or "identifies as" or something needed. I'm +1 for 'women & non-binary people' without *.

[daveliepmann]

OK, let's remove the asterisk in the English, and discuss removing it in the German at a meeting after the fall workshop. We'll have to do this in these places:

• posters
• flyers
• maybe the website?

Thanks.