Gender-free folk dancing?

[daringdoris]

I'm afraid I'm going to post and run as I have to dash to work now, but this has just come up on my fb feed:

www.efdss.org/about-us/what-we-do/news/10461-gender-free-calling-why-does-it-matter

Haven't read it properly (I will as soon as I can during the day!) to see what points it's making or whether I agree with them, but thought I'd share.

There isn't much/any? gender woo in my job/life/community. This is the first time I've seen this in a folky context (although I know how prevalent it is in the arts).

@daringdoris

I folk dance a lot and have been exposed to gender free calling for a few years now and have seen lots of men and women dancing in both roles. I even have a badge that says 'I dance both roles' so people know I am happy to dance with them either way round. I like it and think it is a good development and nothing to do with transgender ideology.

I do think this is great. Maybe it's just the word gender which has this affect on me

Haha I think it was. Most of us, including you, are not offended by this. :)

I do think this is great. Maybe it's just the word gender which has this affect on me

Yes, maybe a better way to describe it would be good

Ha darlingdoris and singingtomyseeds, we almost certainly know each other by sight in real life! The ceilidh world isn't exactly huge.

Probably, we need a secret sign