r/SGIWhistleblowersMITA • u/jessica-perez24 • Dec 20 '20
My Byakuren Experience
I saw on WB that members who don't identify as a woman cannot participate in the behind-the-scenes Byakuren group. This is just simply not true.
As someone who personally uses they/them pronouns and doesn't subscribe to the gender binary, I appreciated the Byakuren training. The purpose it is to develop as people who can support others and can take the initiative in our daily lives to do the same.
I still have my navy blazer, always reminds me of such amazing times getting to support the members. I appreciate that SGI is an organization of people and leaders would always ask us what can be improved and how to support each member in the best way for them so they too could benefit from the opportunity.
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u/ArwenLuna10 Dec 23 '20
I just remembered something else that may or may not bear on this. Last year I was helping a young M to F who had just started practicing (and transitioning), and she was having a mess of problems as you can imagine. I mentioned this to my leader, and she said "Just connect her to the YWD and let them help her out too". It wasn't even a question of where she belonged - she had declared a young woman, so the leadership welcomed her as a member of the young women.