The absence of a specific rule or guideline is not grounds to excuse, justify, or persist harmful behavior. If you are told that something you are doing is harmful, take a step back. We will continue to shape the rules to help maintain a safe and reasonably comfortable environment.

Our Pledge

We as members pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

• Due to the nature of the topics, you must be 18+ to join. By answering the vetting questions and attempting to join you are agreeing that you're over 18 and over the age of majority in your jurisdiction.
  • Lying about your age will result in a ban.
• No ethnic, racial, gender, psychological, sexual, ableist slurs or slurs of any kind.
• Usernames, nicknames and profile pictures must be SFW and non-offensive.
• Keep language to English as it’s what can be moderated.
• Dog-whistles and skirting around the rules will not be tolerated.

Privacy

Being part of this group requires mutual trust. Authentic, expressive discussions make groups great, but may also be sensitive and private. Personal information shared in the group must stay in the group.

Dating & Flirting

This is not a space for dating. Supportive comments and compliments on people’s progress are okay, but flirting or sexual advances are not.

No identity policing

Everyone’s identity and experience is valid and should be respected by community members.

• Do not gatekeep, fakeclaim, or push medicalist rhetoric.
• Do not impose labels or push "eggclaiming" behavior.
• Do not police self-labels or insist that they are inherently discriminatory or harmful.
  • Offering label suggestions and guidance and discussing the social nuances involved is allowed.
• All diagnostic statuses, including self-diagnosis, are confidential. Do not insist on disclosure. Educated self-diagnosis is to be respected.
• We are a demographic, not a diagnosis. Restricting the Intersex label to only include anatomical variations betrays those who experience alienation, marginalization, and unique self-concept due to their body's development and will not be permitted.

Crisis Situations

Our space is unfortunately not equipped to handle personal crisis, so discussions on extremely triggering topics such as CW ||Suicidal Intention/Crisis or Non-Suicidal Self Injury Intent/Threats|| are not allowed. If you are in crisis please reach out to a help line or local resource.

Direct Message (DM) Roles

Direct Message roles on our members including "Closed DMs" and "Ask to DM" must be respected. Any contact that originates on GAC and is taken privately cannot be used to harass, solicit, or otherwise disturb the other party. Actions in private that originated from GAC can lead to moderation action on you as a member of our space.

Mutual Aid

GAC supports direct action and mutual aid for our community members. To ensure safety of our members we ask that if you're in need of support directly or are signal boosting for another cause that you contact the moderation team first before posting these sorts of requests. Any posts that have not been cleared with the moderation team will be taken down. People can be notified of these posts through our @Signal Boost Notifications role.

Partnerships & Promotions

GAC is open to partnering with related organizations that we can vouch for as explicitly supporting intersectional genital autonomy. Again we ask that you contact the moderation team first to organize any promotions or partnerships.

Content Warnings (CW/TW) & Spoilers

• When talking about sensitive topics you must use content warnings and spoilers
• Given the nature of the space there’s no need to CW brief mentions of violated genital autonomy, as the entire space would be spoilered otherwise.
• Examples of topics that require content warnings: ||Sexual assault, Death, Drugs, Self Harm, Queerphobia, etc.|| Continued in the Acceptable Topics Guide...
• Discord Server Content Warning Tools
  • When posting links containing content or trigger warning topics on you must use < > around the link to prevent it from embedding.
    • E.g. <Example link>
  • You can use two pipe symbols (|) around text to spoiler them with a trigger warning preceding them.
    • E.g. CW Trigger mention ||Message with triggering topic.||
  • You can also type '/spoiler' before a message to spoiler the entire thing.
  • For images, you can tick a box when posting from a PC or edit the image title to start with 'SPOILER_'.

Acceptable Topics Guide

This list is by no means complete. If you're uncertain about these or any other topic, please ask in a #mod-ticket.

Okay Topics

Topics allowed unspoilered in non content warning channels:

• Brief mentions of violated genital autonomy

Spoilered Outside Content Warning(CW) Channels

These topics must be spoilered. Keep mentions brief without detail if outside content warning channels.

• Flashing images
• Sudden loud noises or jump scares
• ||Alcohol and other 'soft' drugs||
• ||Food||
• ||Firearms||

Allowed Only in Content Warning(CW) Channels

These topics can be shared in more detail in content warning channels while spoilered.

• ||Bestiality, Pedophilia||
• ||Sexual Assault||
• ||Child Abuse||
• ||Political Venting||
• ||Hard Drugs||
• ||Eating Disorders||
• ||Religion||
• ||Ableism, Transphobia, Racism, Queerphobia, Perisexism, Classism, Sexism, etc.||

Brief Mentions Only

Topics that are only okay to mention briefly without details while spoilered in content warning channels.

• ||Suicide, Suicidal Ideation||
• ||Bestiality, Pedophilia||
• ||Weight||

Non-acceptable Topics

Topics that are not acceptable throughout GAC.

• ||Suicidal Intention/Crisis||

• ||Using alt right dog whistles such as pepe the frog emojis.||

  • ||Discussion of others using these is okay behind spoilers.||

• ||Non-Suicidal Self Injury Intent/Threats||

  • ||Discussion of others using these is okay behind spoilers.||

  NSFW Rules

• Porn is not allowed anywhere in any GAC space.

• Keep NSFW content in NSFW channels. Mature topics are allowed elsewhere given the nature of the server, but only in discussion, not in embedded or uploaded media. Medical diagrams are allowed.

• NSFW Media shared in NSFW channels must be spoilered. This makes discussions in NSFW channels more accessible as users can opt-in to seeing NSFW media.

• Media shared in NSFW channels that depicts states of arousal must be accompanied by reasoning such as medical or progress.

• No downloading, linking or sharing media without explicit permission from the person in the media.

• Absolutely no body shaming, keep to body positivity or neutrality.

• Absolutely no posting of any media of minors including child circumcision or intersex surgery or progress of yourself before you were 18.

NSFW Guidelines

"As it says in the rules above, talk about genitals is permitted in the SFW channels, but discussion should be kept appropriate. In this context "appropriate" means that discussion should be kept as non-sexual and medically relevant as possible.

Here are a few good practices:

Don't talk about your genitals. Instead, talk about a neutral, non embodied abstract set. NSFW territory: My is so sensitive on the , how can I make sure it stays that way on hormones? Safe for urologists: How can a person beginning hormone therapy ensure that sensitivity on the region of the is preserved?

Don't talk about sexual acts. Instead, talk about physical states. Make mods sad: I was ing my way through of hot last night. When they had their inside/around my it hurt so bad, what do I do? Makes mods proud: What should someone do if they're experiencing severe pain when something is inside/around their ?

Go to NSFW chat channels. Yes, we know it's not available for everyone, but there is a separation for a reason."

Peer Support Group

The peer support group is currently running on Tuesdays at 18:00 UTC-8(PT).

The group itinerary typically follows as:

• Introductions which include name, pronouns, and an icebreaker question.
• Open support topics.
• Happy topic such as wins for each person in the group, and check-outs.
• A less formal 'After Party' chat for socialization and community.
  • Anyone can join the After Party regardless if they've attended the formal group.

Voice Channel Guidelines

Voice Peer Support Guidelines

All of the server rules apply as well as additional guidelines:

• Please respect each other's time and space.

  • Make sure someone is done speaking before you start your next thought.
    • In larger groups a hand raising system will be used, and facilitators will tally the order of topics or speakers.
  • Be mindful of having background noise or echo and mute yourself when you’re not talking.
  • Do not stream or screenshare unrelated content.

• Personal information shared in the voice group must stay specifically in the voice group.

  • This information must not be shared in text channels without explicit consent from the sharer.
  • Only vetted members of the group are allowed to be involved in voice discussion or on camera.
  • A private space is required. Please wear headphones if anyone may overhear.

• Shared video must be safe for work.

• No alcohol or other drug use on camera.

After Party Guidelines

All of the server rules apply as well as additional guidelines:

• With explicit consent involved you can share video showing NSFW topics such as sharing device examples.
  • It is not a space for sexual advances or virtual sex.
• Alcohol and other drug paraphernalia are allowed as long as explicit consent is received from all parties.

If someone's making you uncomfortable or breaking any of the above rules don't hesitate to message an admin or moderator, open a mod mail ticket in #mod-tickets or notify us with @Staff on Discord.

We're a volunteer-run organization, so please be patient with the vetting process and other tickets. On average, it takes about one day for a moderator to respond to your vetting questions.

Important: Do not send direct messages to moderators or admins asking to be verified more quickly. Doing so will not expedite the process and may negatively impact our assessment of your suitability for the server.

Credits

Credits to the Intersex & Beyond Discord server for our identity policing guidelines. Credits to the Salmacian Central Discord server for our NSFW Guideline examples.

Some of our Code of Conduct and in particular our enforcement responsibilities and guidelines are based on the Contributor Covenant. Credits to the Contributor Covenant: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/