Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

Just getting back to this thread, lots to catch up on. Jeff and Ron: You both seem like the statisticians here. Is there any data that reflects where in the country the LGBTQ gender-free dances are and where the communities that use gender-free terminology are? Just curious. Ron: When you say that local dances attendance is down is there data about that compared to dances where attendance is not down? Again, looking for information country wide or even geographic area. Thanks Donna Hunt -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Kaufman via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> To: Ron Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> Cc: callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2017 2:26 pm Subject: Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies" On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Ron Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> wrote: Sure, I think that's probably true. But I think the most likely possibility is "most people don't care that much" not "several thousand dancers want it". I'm not disputing this (though I also don't have firsthand evidence of it) I just don't think gender free terms are *causing* the attendance change, as opposed to both attendance changes and gender free naming being caused by an underlying factor. The dances that have been gender free for decades and the dances that have recently one gender free are pretty different. The older dances have a community, culture, and core that formed several decades ago to be LGBT/queer spaces, while the newer gender free dances are mostly mainstream dances in a modern mainstream that is much more queer friendly. Jeff _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net