Kamirose
The Safe Zone Project:
Mission Statement: The aim of the Safe Zone project is to help maintain and promote safe environments for people of all sexualities to enjoy themselves within the Gaian terms of service without fear of harassment, exclusion, or alienation.
The participating threads are asked to denote their status as a Safe Zone by placing one of the official stickers given in post three of this thread on their first page as indicated. You are also asked to do whatever you deem necessary to maintain a safe haven for people to be themselves whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, trangender, or questioning without fear of being ostracized. Further details will be posted as this project develops.
Kaldorei
I haven't seen anything like this implemented on the forums, and it may add to the "roleplaying experience" so it may be worth a try. At my school, we have what are called "SafeZones", which are businesses and/or organizations who wish to maintain a tolerant and safe atmosphere where people can be themselves, regardless of their sexuality or gender identity, without fear of discrimination. Essentially, an establishment that maintains itself as a "SafeZone" places a special sticker on their front door or window saying so. Since there seem to be so many minishops as well as role-playing bars/pubs/businesses within the Gaia Commerce forum, I figured we could make a SafeZone sticker of our own. The business would undergo a short application process, then attach the SafeZone banner (which also happens to link to our guild) to their first page, and in return we post their business within a list of SafeZone sponsors for their advertisement purposes. This way, we get our name out there while advertising their businesses and promoting an aware and respectful environment all at the same time.
The above quote, I believe, completely describes Kaldorei's intentions. I'm glad to say that we have finally decided to act upon his idea, having created a sticker for the thread owners and guild captains to use. We hope to get many new members as well as create many healthy environments in Gaia where people don't have to be afraid to freely talk about their sexuality/gender identity.
Please note:
You do not have to be a member of the guild to be a SafeZone! Anyone can apply and will most likely be accepted.
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The above is quoted directly from the original SafeZone Thread. I decided to make this publicity thread so that more people can see it, hear of it, and sign up for it.Warning!
Any posts that say anything along the lines of 'gays suck and should burn in hell' will be deleted. This project is to promote acceptance and provide environments in which members of the LGBT community can feel accepted and not worry about harassment. I will not tolerate any such harassment in the thread.
Also:
I am perfectly aware that there are two Gaian Gay-Straight Alliances. I would just like to acknoledge that fact. BakaTulip owns the other one, which can be found here.
