GIRL GANG!
Girl Gang is a group set within Leeds and Sheffield that brings together girls and non-binary people together to celebrate each other and create a community.
It was a really refreshing way of networking and getting to know people who I wouldn't usually come in contact with. There were people there who worked for the NHS within the Mental Health departments, graduates, early business entrepreneurs and other fellow creatives.
"Girls and Non-binary people" were among the invite sign on the way up to the event and Facebook page.
Although I don't consider myself non-binary I was still accepted in as a male. I did not have to say my preference of gender, but I thought it was interesting that I technically did not get an open invitation. Perhaps a little restrictive and narrow-minded... but I understand their reasoning, which I am guessing is due to wanting to create a safe environment for group members.
However, it did make me wonder if they knew how I identified, would they have accepted me?
That day I was rocking a pink jacket so perhaps they presumed I was non-binary by expressing my fashion choices of colour as "feminine", which allowed me a pass into the group, which is something I also found interesting.
Before going to the event I did worry whether I would be accepted in as a male, so I chose decided to consciously wear pink in an effort to feel more accepted.
This concept of
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