Re: [Gendergap] Diversity training for functionaries. In London?

2015-01-17 Thread WereSpielChequers
It would be very easy for us to host a two hour session in London on a weekday evening at the UK offices. I am fairly sure we could get a bunch of admins and others to attend, aside from some of the London regulars who have agreed in principle, a geonotice would likely attract more. I have no

Re: [Gendergap] Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-17 Thread Risker
On 17 January 2015 at 14:06, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: We would never even consider calling people who have two feet cispedal or people who have blood pressure in the normal range cistensive. Well, yes

Re: [Gendergap] Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-17 Thread Gordon Joly
We would never even consider calling people who have two feet cispedal or people who have blood pressure in the normal range cistensive. Well, yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis%E2%80%93trans_isomerism In organic chemistry, cis/trans isomerism (also known as geometric

Re: [Gendergap] Iraqi human rights lawyer Samira Salih al-Nuaimi tortured and executed because Facebook; where is her Wikipedia article?

2015-01-17 Thread WereSpielChequers
That was a death of article. I suspect there are articles that cover ISIS killing people, if they had only killed one person it might well be titled death of. Since they seem keen to torture enslave or murder anyone who doesn't share their brand of Sunni Islam it would stretch our notability

Re: [Gendergap] Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-17 Thread LB
It's tempting, but I'm not ready to make that leap yet for my purpose. I really want it for women only, which isn't quite the same as not men. I'm leaning toward Anne's those who self-identify as women. It was my first instinct, and that's usually the way to go. Lightbreather On Fri, Jan 16,

Re: [Gendergap] Iraqi human rights lawyer Samira Salih al-Nuaimi tortured and executed because Facebook; where is her Wikipedia article?

2015-01-17 Thread Carol Moore dc
On 12/23/2014 6:52 AM, WereSpielChequers wrote: That was a death of article. I suspect there are articles that cover ISIS killing people, if they had only killed one person it might well be titled death of. Since they seem keen to torture enslave or murder anyone who doesn't share their brand

Re: [Gendergap] Opinion pieces on cisgender...Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-17 Thread Carol Moore dc
Since I started a minor brouhaha on cisgender, I figured I should provide some examples of women (and feminists) who dislike the phrase. Frankly, I never have gotten a handle on what gender means and never use the phrase gender at all except in gender gap, only because sex gap obviously is