09/24/2020
Accountability means we acknowledge, apologize, and change our behaviour when we make mistakes. Our co-founders are three artists who identify as women of colour and/or q***r, and we chose a group name that we thought reflected who we are. However, the term “femme” is used specifically by le****ns and bisexual women who present feminine. We’re so sorry for overlooking the importance of this term within the q***r community, and for co-opting this term by removing “femme” from its original definition and history. We’ve changed our name to reflect and specify our purpose: to provide people of marginalized genders (especially Black people, Indigenous people, people of colour, and low-income people) the opportunity to code, design, create, and lead. We are Marginalized Genders Accessing and Generating Evolving Systems. We are MAGES.
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