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Women-Trans-Femme Only Nights Begin at Bike Shop

<p>&&num;8220&semi;WTF Nights&&num;8221&semi; is what the Davis Bike Collective is calling their bimonthly event during which men are not welcome in the shop&period; The shop has close ties with the University of California-Davis&comma; a notoriously liberal college&period; The shops managers say that they started WTF nights in order to give women and trans people of Davis and the surrounding area time and a place to discover and enjoy bicycle repair without the presence of men&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>No statement of theirs suggested that there were complaints about men disturbing female or trans customers or interfering with their ability to use the shop&period; The Davis Bike Collective&&num;8217&semi;s website simply states that women&comma; transgender people&comma; and &&num;8220&semi;genderqueer&&num;8221&semi; people are marginalized in the bicycle community&period; This bike shop is attempting to &&num;8220&semi;empower&&num;8221&semi; these groups by excluding anyone that is not a member&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>A spokesperson for Davis Bike Collective clarified that men are not actually banned from the premises of that shop during WTF hours&comma; but rather&comma; extremely unwelcome&period; If a man enters during those times&comma; a shop employee will ask them if they feel that they are a part of the Women-Trans-Femme group&comma; and if they answer no&comma; they will be told that this is not a space they are invited into&comma; not ordered to leave&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>It&&num;8217&semi;s unlikely that a man would choose to remain in the shop after being made to feel unwelcome and discriminated against due to his gender&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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