One person who I know will be at the event is a gay man. I imagine him watching the performance and deciding that there is no place for him and his partner in this community.

I was recently asked if my ECD community could perform some dances at an event. I’m really torn about asking the organizers if they want to do this. (I’m pretty sure they do.) I don’t want the world to see…

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It saddens me that an activity that has so much to offer to our wider culture, at a time that we need it desperately, is being hijacked by those with a leftist political agenda

I have been contra dancing for 35 years. Today, I am an organizer of a dance community in the Midwest. Over the years I’ve very much enjoyed the diverse, open, accepting culture of the contra dance community. In my experience,…

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Gendering is an issue. An equally important issue is the touching of another dancer without permission.

I play fiddle for dances so also have an observer’s seat for the dancing. Gendering is an issue. An equally important issue is the touching of another dancer without permission. Examples would be placing a hand on the back or…

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I also got sent home once because I came straight from work and was wearing pants instead of a skirt. Those days are past, thank goodness.

I am pursuing being a positional contra caller. It will make me a better caller, if I can figure out how to do it well, and I think it will make our dancers better, too. Our contra group is open…

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Gender free terms lower people’s expectations about the person coming toward them in line, allowing them to just enjoy rather than attempt control

I prefer gender free role terms because I find myself freer to dance either role, because as a female presenting person the regular comments about why I’m in the ‘wrong’ place (when I’m not) or comments about how I’m a…

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