First, thank you to everyone who came to what we hope will be the first of many Sanity Gatherings. Seventeen women from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Washington DC gathered in the private room of a cozy historic roadhouse. We were welcomed by the staff, even when it became clear who we were and what a bunch of rebellious thought criminals we were.
We were thrown out eventually, but only because the patient staff needed to clean the room. We then lingered on the porch and chatted in the brisk fall evening for a bit.
We had drinks, ate food, told everyone how we came to being gender critical, sex-realist, terf-y…whatever you want to call it. My favorites were the women who had no particular reason to be there except that denying biology is stupid. We talked about all the stuff sex-realists talk about, but we also talked about our lives, creative projects, jobs, children, parents, partners, pets and hobbies…all without having to hold our tongues lest the woo rear its irritating and ugly head.
I was hoping we’d get ten people. We got more than that, and I heard from quite a few more that they would like to attend such an event.
There was a strong interest in making the Bethlehem event a regular thing, and it looks like that will happen on the first Saturday of every month. We also want to do pop up Sanity Gatherings around the state, including closer to Philadelphia.
A note on the image: The roadhouse is allegedly haunted, and the above sign may have been part of the Halloween decor or not. We talked and joked about it without anyone wondering how many genders ghosts have.
Woo hoo! I'm so glad the event was a success!
Cannot thank you enough for getting this together. Already looking forward to the next one. ☺️💕