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

[Darafei Praliaskouski]

Local State of the Map conference should be available for any country,
otherwise you are excluding geographical regions from the thing. If locals
manage to organize SotM Afghanistan somehow they should not have the
impossible task of changing local situation on top of already challenging
quest of conference organization.

The international one should chose the best available venue from the
applied ones, the exact details to be determined on case by case basis.

Being on a conference in USA where I've seen the shootings blocks away from
my hotel was very stressful and felt terribly unsafe, I'm from the country
where it is illegal for anyone but government to have firearms.

чц, 7 кас 2021, 22:32 карыстальнік Amanda McCann <
amanda.mccann at osmfoundation.org> напісаў:

> Hello OSM friends,
>
> So here's an idea... I've previously complained when an organisation holds
> an event in a place where it's “illegal to be gay” and claim that the event
> is a “safe space”. Since I'm on the OSMF Board, I would be wrong for me to
> continue to complain about other organisations and not try to suggest such
> a policy for the OSMF.
>
> The OSMF grants a trademark licence (for the “State of the Map” trademark
> which the OSMF legally owns) to regional event conferences, and legally,
> the OSMF runs the annual State of the Map conference.
>
> There are several different wordings of this policy possible. My initial
> idea of a policy is: “you can't have a SotM for [REGION] in a venue if
> same-sex sexual activity is illegal (& that's being enforced) there, *and*
> there is a place in [REGION] where that is legal (or illegal & not
> enforced)”. This covers bi/pan/queer/etc people.
>
> I can't easily think of a simple rule for trans/gender identity issues
> that's as clear cut for the very basic level (e.g. many countries have
> required gender segregated toilets for a long time and the laws requiring
> ”birth sex” are new and uncommon, legal gender recognition might not be so
> relevant for a visitor, etc) so I'll stick to this for now. I am OK with
> “State of the Map [COUNTRY]” happening in a country where it's illegal
> everywhere. My goal is to prevent anyone having a *legal downgrade* with
> “State of the Map”.
>
> Many in OSM have spent a long time improving things for minoritized
> groups, and maybe this is just another step in that process. I am only
> mentioning “illegal to be gay” because it's a simple, clear standard. I
> think it could be benefitial to include other standards too (e.g. I believe
> some countries forbid women from driving). I am focussing on LGBTQ+ issues
> because that affects me personally, and I know a lot about it. I encourage
> other minoritized people to speak up if they want.
>
> So what do yous, the wider OSM(F) community think about the OSMF adopting
> this policy (or something like it, or not adopting anything new policy)?
>
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