Disability EmpowHer Network’s mission is to empower disabled women and girls. We recognize the need for and impact of inclusive programming and affirming spaces for all of an individual’s identities. We welcome all women and girls, cis and trans, to get involved with us as well as nonbinary people who believe that the spaces and programming we provide are affirming and inclusive of who they are. 

 

Identity may shift for anyone over time through experiences and stages of life. We work to create safe and open spaces for people to explore their identities, including (but not limited to) their gender identity/expression. We do this by taking into account structural and social barriers and continuously working to be inclusive in all that we do while rejecting gender-based discrimination.

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We are committed to making every space we create accessible and inclusive. We focus on using inclusive language throughout our organization and hold everyone involved accountable to this expectation. We provide opportunities for conversations around gender identity and expression, and we support everyone in their explorations of both. In developing this position, we created a workgroup of trans and gender diverse people, as well as allies, and centered the experiences of trans and gender diverse participants in our programs to guide the writing process.