I am trying to make an event at work. A Ladies Movie Night. I want to make it clear that we are a gender neutral event. so is that the right word? Or should I use another word to express we accept all "ladies"

I'm sorry, I'm very confused. "Ladies" is explicitly not gender neutral. It specifies a certain gender. Maybe you're looking for a different word than gender neutral, if you're accepting all "ladies" (not quite sure what that entails...)

Why not just "movie night"?

Sorry I am confusing. It is for a game shop. And we try to do something specifically for the ladies that come to play in the shop.

I just did not want someone in our shop feel as if they can not come because they are worried we wont accept them if they identify as a lady.

Does that make sense? I dont know. :/

I imagine you can just have it be "Ladies Night: Everyone Welcome!" or something, then?

Maybe just add "All kinds of ladies accepted" or something?

Are you referring to transgender people? If so, say transgender and make a note of mentioning that cis, transgender, and anyone else that identifies with being a "lady" are free to join. Scared of using the term like a person too scared to say Voldemort doesn't do anything but alienate the minorities even more.

Thank you so much!! Yes I am referring to Transgender people. To be honest, the terms are new. And I am just trying to accept everyone. I am not scared to use the tern Transgender. I just wanted to get the term correct...

I just was unsure as to if there is a term to represent all. But I believe I will use what you said.

Thank you! I tried to put it in a place I thought it belonged. :D

I think what said would work well, or just "LGBT friendly" maybe.

Yes thank you!! :*

Wow.

Just make it "move night" if you're that worried about gender neutrality.

i work for the feminist society at my uni so i come across this a lot! the best thing we've found to do so far is write "all self identifying women welcome" because then you're not implying that YOU get to decide who is and isn't a woman :~)

If you want it to be a "ladies night" then just say that. If you want to let people know that it's an LGBT friendly event maybe put up a rainbow flag? There's no need to go into a long, "We accept everyone regardless of blah blah blah."

Are you doing a movie night that's featuring movies mainly starring women? You could call it a "leading ladies movie night" instead. To make it clear, put screenshots of the starlets on the poster; or a list of featured movies which also mention who the "leading lady" is.

ex. "LEADING LADIES" MOVIE NIGHT 7 pm | 123 building, campus line up: "The Iron Lady" featuring Meryl Streep "Black Swan" featuring Natalie Portman "Kill Bill vol.1" featuring Uma Thurman "The Deep" featuring Jacqueline Bisset

free popcorn everyone welcome

I think is right on with stating you're LGBT+ friendly. It's general enough to include those who might be left out by just "ladies night" but not so specific that anyone feels singled out. I go to a school that has an all-women undergraduate program which accepts transwomen and the language can be really complicated--the same thing you're talking about on a different scale. I have to disagree with the idea that specifying isn't needed...I think any explicitly gendered event might feel exclusionary to some even if it isn't meant to be.

P.S....It's really nice to see someone considering these issues and remembering to include ALL women :3 So yay for you.