Queer dancers, especially youth, deserve safe and supportive dancing spaces.

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Equity In Dance stands for dance artists & educators that identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. We prioritize removing the gender binary from dance and facilitate conversations about Queerness in dance. 

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What we advocate for: 

- Removing the (emphasis and reliance on the) gender binary from dance spaces, specifically ballet. 

- Ensuring that transgender and non binary dance students feel safe to be out at dance. 

- Removing gendered language in dance spaces.

- Representing and celebrating Queer stories and artists within dance. 

- Transforming the dance world's understanding of how dance and gender intersect. 

- Removing homophobia and transphobia from all dance settings. 

- Providing safe spaces for all people to use the bathroom and change their clothes. 

- Adjusting syllabus', as well as the way dance educators approach & teach them, to be more gender expansive.