In our last organizational meeting, we again discussed who should actually be addressed with LoFo-Queerspace.
So far, from our understanding, everyone who is not cis or partly cis and who finds themselves in the idea of Lost & Found has been cordially invited to come along and help shape and use the space. For us this also included inter and detrans people.
However, we know that often these groups have either not been thought of in the organizing process or there are insecurities on the side of inter and detrans people regarding they are actually welcomed. Thus we came to the conclusion, that is important for us to address inter and detrans people explicitly and not just considered in an umbrella term, as those concerns and uncertainties seem familiar for us. We all have our experiences in endo cis dominant FLINTA spaces or at trans regulars’ tables organized by binary & medically transitioning women/men, from which we can understand arising concerns.
We want LoFo Queerspace to be a place for all outkasts of a cis-normative society, so for us it is important to adress inter and detrans explicitly from now on.
Note: FLINTA is a german abbreviation for women, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans and agender. It is often used as a label for exclusive (often endo cis) feminist spaces, trying (or not trying) to be inclusive for multiple non-cis genders – you may have come across it already.
