[LGBTsanctuary] Questions

[Joanie]

Hi Sissel and Sally. Here's the situation around the Trans work.  It
started as a consortium of groups - maybe three groups - with a
coordinating team (Arika, Kel, Lorne, Joanie)  - which we've been calling
"LGBT Sanctuary".  It is sort of becoming a team of it's own since the work
is fast-paced with close-hold information.  We put together an email
address so people could find us, but now are having second thoughts about
the name because publishing anything that can be found on the website with
the word "sanctuary" may cause UUAA to be targeted and monitored by dark
forces. So...we have to work through those issues. Until we have a more
ambiguous name, we don't want to have it published (in the Social Justice
flyer or on the website).

One of the reasons for the Sanctuary Town Hall on Saturday is to
communicate with interested people face-to-face without publishing
anything. We'll talk about security issues there, and solicit ideas on how
we can share information and get people who want to participate tied in
safely.  Just as an example, the IAC group (which has the name
"immigration" but not "sanctuary") is going to keep their name, but they
have instituted a policy that at least two people need to vouch for a
newcomer before they are given the information about how to attend IAC
meetings.  Bob Hospadaruk is taking the lead on the vetting process. AND
they have taken their meetings off the UUAA calendar.

So...two ideas spring to mind for the Trans work.  First, if people
approach anyone at the Social Justice Council or Vision Support Committee,
both can direct them onward to the general LGBTsanctuary at uuaa.org email,
and then we'll take it from there to vet them. (That keeps individuals'
names out of it until we know who we're dealing with.)  And it would be
good to have information about this work at the Social Justice Council
table.  Our little coordinating team can meet and figure out what makes
sense for that.  Would that work?

To answer your other questions: this is definitely a Social Justice
effort.  And Lorne can weigh in with more information, but I hear that
Kaleidoscope is re-awakening it's Social Justice side under his leadership,
while it remains primarily a Social/Identity/Spiritual group.  (Lorne, is
this right?)

Is this helpful, Sally and Sissel?
Cheers - Joanie


On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM <sally at pctraining.net> wrote:

> Hi Lorne,
>
> This is Sally Preston, co-chair of the Social Justice Council, along with
> Sissel Bridges. From the email you sent to Sissel, I see that a new group
> has formed. Is this a social justice group? Or social identity group? We
> will be redoing the Social Justice brochure in the next few weeks and need
> to know if this LGBTSanctuary group should be included? Who did you work
> with at the church to get your own email address? I am attaching a copy of
> the current brochure so you can get an idea of which groups are included.
> Do you know if Kaleidoscope now considers itself as a social identity
> group?
>
>
>
> Thanks for keeping us posted.
>
> Sally Preston
>
>
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