Prance Man-Date

The Prancers:

We are an uber-queer, non-profit, volunteer-run, pro-positivity, pro-processing, pro-prancing, pro-pun and pro-hyphen organizing group. (Meet the Prancers here).

Prance Prance Revolution:

Constantly striving for maximum fun and danceability, we would like to create an inclusive, accessible and affordable party in order to add to opportunities for queer booty-shaking in this city.

We believe in and are committed to transparency and accountability.  Therefore, we will post our weekly meeting minutes on our blog, (ok guys, this will totally happen soon. little disorganized right now.) provide details about the financial activity of our parties, and disclose the full range of responsibilities related to organizing our parties.  In addition, we encourage anyone to question and engage us in discussions about our actions, decisions, choices, or why we think rhinos would make good prancers.  We are eager for respectful and meaningful dialogue about queer events in our community(ies).

We are aiming to organize from an anti-oppression framework, meaning we try to recognize and challenge the ways that different forms of oppression play out in the world and in our communities, and are actively trying to question and dismantle our own various privileges as they relate to this. This means asking ourselves questions like: Who is most visible at our events and at the organizing table? Who is underrepresented or not being represented at all? Who are we excluding and how can we address that? How are we representing ‘queer’ at our events? and so on…

This is an ongoing process however and we acknowledge that the limited identities and positionalities of our group members means that we may overlook some often-neglected/marginalized perspectives, but we are keen on working towards understanding and trying to include them into our organizing.  We hope to address this in part by continuing to educate ourselves and by doing outreach within various queer communities.  And again, we encourage feedback and dialogue about this.

The Safety Prance:

We are committed to creating a safe(r) space that is welcoming, respectful and inclusive for all.  In other words, belligerent, offensive or any other behaviour that threatens the safety or well-being of other prancers will not be tolerated and such individuals will be asked to take their fun-blocking selves home.  In addition, because we care (and, not to mention, are legally responsible) for the well-being of over-intoxicated individuals, we may ask such individuals to leave the party safely as well.

We also want to stress consent as a crucial part of having a fun and safe prance party. Asking for consent is important, particularly when mixed with alcohol, but it can also be damn hot and fun. So go ahead, ask that cutie if you can be their private prancer.

In the end, we just want everyone to have fun and be safe at the same time — do the safety prance!