Wotcha everyone - we had a handful of incidents last event, where one of our players suffered some unfortunate trans-prejudice. From reading their feedback I got the distinct impression that the majority of it was a mistake, but there was one incident where a ref misidentified the player's gender and then tried to laugh it off when they were corrected. I am optimistic that that was embarrassment, not prejudice, but it understandably left the player very upset.

Basically if someone corrects you about their gender then just apologize. I've got people's genders wrong a few times - it's unfortunate but try not to make a big deal about it - just say "I am very sorry" and move on. It's a mistake - make it clear you've made a mistake and no-one needs to be embarrassed. A mistake is only embarrassing if you don't apologize.

If you're not clear on someone's gender - then just make an effort to use genderless pronouns. A fair few crew made a very conscious effort to do that for this player last event and they took the time to say how helpful and welcoming they found it.

And finally - if you see anyone at the event being challenged over their gender when trying to use the toilets - please consider intervening as a member of PD crew. The number of people deliberately using the wrong toilets is non-existent - the number of players incorrectly challenging other players about their choice of toilet is unacceptably high.

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Crew aren't required to go round with PC batons coshing anyone who gets out of line, but I'm a big believer in "frown power" and if crew are feeling confident enough to challenge sexist/racist/trans prejudice then I want you to know I've got your back.

Shit like this only goes out of fashion when people get told that it's long past its sell by date.