BLVKHVND is committed to fostering a friendly, safer, and comfortable environment for all, regardless of sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, age, or level of experience.
Members are expected to proactively support the creation of a safer environment within the BLVKHVND server.
Our Goal
The goal of this document is to set the overall tone for our community. This isn't an exhaustive list of things you can and can't do. Rather, take this document in the spirit in which it's intended, and try to be your best self. We want to nurture a culture that is healthy and hospitable to all.
Examples of encouraged behavior by members include:
- Being kind and courteous to others
- Using welcoming and inclusive language
- Acknowledging preferred gender pronouns
- Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
- Collaborating with other community members
- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
- Focusing on what is best for the community
- Approaching and listening to others in good faith and leading with empathy
Examples of unacceptable behavior by members include (but are not limited to):
- Implicitly or explicitly offensive comments related to sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or age
- Unwelcome comments regarding a person's lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment
- Disregarding preferred gender pronouns, or use of 'dead' or rejected names
- Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or messages, including the use of explicit or violent sexual language colloquially
- Unwanted simulated physical contact (e.g. textual descriptions like "hug" or "backrub")
- Threats or incitement of violence of any kind, including encouraging an individual to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm