Re: [Callers] Boys and Girls

On 09/27/2016 11:35 PM, Jeremy Child via Callers wrote: The convention that I've encountered on the handful of occasions that I've danced with IAGSDC (International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs) clubs in California, Oregon, and Nevada, and at the IAGSDC Convention in San Francisco a couple of years ago, is for the person dancing that particular role to announce "boy!" or "girl!" when doing a gender-identified call. It, and other examples of gay square "fluff", can be found at: <http://www.rosetownramblers.com/Documents/How_To_Fluff.pdf> But going back to your original question about using non-gendered language for MWSD... IAGSDC has an interesting writeup on its use of "boys" and "girls", including some experiments in terms of using alternate nomenclature and physical signifiers that have been done over the years. It's worth a read, and makes some reference to some of the experiments in eliminating gender identifiers in the contra, ECD, and SCD communities. <http://www.iagsdchistory.org/historywiki/index.php?title=Gender_Roles> --Nick