1Code of Conduct 2=============== 3 4Quick Version 5------------- 6 7The hikari community is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for 8everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual 9orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We 10do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. 11 12This code of conduct applies to all hikari sponsored spaces, including our blog, 13mailing lists, and wiki, as well as any other spaces that hikari hosts, both 14online and off. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be sanctioned or 15expelled from these spaces at the discretion of the hikari Anti-Abuse Team. 16 17Some hikari-sponsored spaces may have additional rules in place, which will be 18made clearly available to participants. Participants are responsible for knowing 19and abiding by these rules. 20 21Definitions 22----------- 23 24Harassment includes: 25 26* Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual 27 orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical 28 appearance, body size, race, or religion 29* Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, 30 including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment. 31* Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names 32* Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where they’re 33 not appropriate 34* Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like 35 “*hug*” or “*backrub*”) without consent or after a request to stop. 36* Threats of violence 37* Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person 38 to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm 39* Deliberate intimidation 40* Stalking or following 41* Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for 42 harassment purposes 43* Sustained disruption of discussion 44* Unwelcome sexual attention 45* Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming 46 inappropriate levels of intimacy with others 47* Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease 48* Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent 49 except as necessary to protect other hikari members or other vulnerable people 50 from intentional abuse 51* Publication of non-harassing private communication 52 53The hikari community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over 54privileged people’s comfort. The hikari Anti-Abuse Team will not act on 55complaints regarding: 56 57* ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’ 58 (because these things don’t exist) 59* Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,” 60 or “I’m not discussing this with you.” 61* Refusal to explain or debate social justice concepts 62* Communicating in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial 63* Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or 64 assumptions 65 66Reporting 67--------- 68 69If you are being harassed by a member of the hikari community, notice that 70someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a 71community moderator and/or administrator. If the person who is harassing you is 72on the team, they will recuse themselves from handling your incident. We will 73respond as promptly as we can. 74 75This code of conduct applies to hikari sponsored spaces, but if you are being 76harassed by a member of the hikari community outside our spaces, we still want 77to know about it. We will take all good-faith reports of harassment by hikari 78community members, especially bloggers, seriously. This includes harassment 79outside our spaces and harassment that took place at any point in time.The abuse 80team reserves the right to exclude people from the hikari community based on 81their past behavior, including behavior outside hikari spaces and behavior 82towards people who are not in the hikari community. 83 84In order to protect volunteers from abuse and burnout, we reserve the right to 85reject any report we believe to have been made in bad faith. The hikari 86Anti-Abuse Team is not here to explain power differentials or other basic social 87justice concepts to you. Reports intended to silence legitimate criticism may be 88deleted without response. 89 90We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting victims 91of abuse. At our discretion, we may publicly name a person about whom we’ve 92received harassment complaints, or privately warn third parties about them, if 93we believe that doing so will increase the safety of hikari members or the 94general public. We will not name harassment victims without their affirmative 95consent. Consequences 96 97Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply 98immediately. 99 100If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the hikari Anti-Abuse Team may 101take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from all 102hikari spaces and identification of the participant as a harasser to other 103hikari members or the general public. 104