Re: [Diversity-talk] Should OSMF adopt a policy about State of the Map conference in places that are LGBTQ*/etc unsafe?

2021-10-12 Thread Amanda McCann
[to summarize my replies] I think there's a common misunderstanding, so I will clarify: I think it is acceptable for the State of the Map to take place in a venue that is unsafe to LGBTQ+ people *if there is no other alternative because that's what the region is like*. Under my proposal, you

Re: [Diversity-talk] Fwd: Should OSMF adopt a policy about State of the Map conference in places that are LGBTQ*/etc unsafe?

2021-10-12 Thread Amanda McCann
On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:22 +02:00, Jorieke Vyncke wrote: > I do think that the conferences that will suffer most are the regional > conferences like State of the Map Africa, Asia, Middle East. > For example State of the Map Africa could not have happened in Kenya > and Uganda. As in Asia was

Re: [Diversity-talk] Fwd: Should OSMF adopt a policy about State of the Map conference in places that are LGBTQ*/etc unsafe?

2021-10-12 Thread Jorieke Vyncke
Hi Amanda and all, What an incredible difficult question! My first thought is yes of course everyone should be able to attend State of the Map conferences in a safe way. But than I went searching for what countries this would be - https://ilga.org/maps-sexual-orientation-laws - and I have to