Posted on 07/04/2018 3:47:02 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Making the email rounds:
For years, my brother and I have addressed women with the prefix Ms. to be respectful of the fact that they don't want their marital status known to the public.
When he sent an email to the female staff member who oversees the Street Artists Program he received the following email:
quote:
rom: "Trickey, Anne (ART)" To: Bill and Bob Clark Cc: "Mumby, Barbara (ART)" Subject: RE: your recent email to Kathy Hallinan Date: Jan 8, 2018 12:20 PM Adding Barbara Mumby to this conversation.
Street Artist, please note that if you wish to formally address me in an email, please use Mx. which is gender neutral.
Sincerely,
Anne Trickey (pronouns: she/they) Market Manager, Community Investments San Francisco Arts Commission 401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 325 (upstairs on the 3rd floor) San Francisco, CA 94102
Office: 415-252-2213 Field: 415-806-5884
My brother was shocked and confused because he was being respectful to her and he had never heard of the use of Mx. as a prefix before so he sent her the following email:
quote: From: Bill and Bob Clark Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 7:24 AM To: Trickey, Anne (ART) Subject: RE: your recent email to Kathy Hallinan
Anne Trickey,
I understand that you may prefer to be referred to as Mx. rather than Ms. However, like you, I have my preferences.
I prefer that the Arts Commission go by the Brown Act, Municipal and State law before the Arts Commission implements any new Street Artist Program policy that has the effect of amending or amends the ballot measure Proposition L. the Street Artist Ordinance.
I also prefer that the Arts Commission obey the will of the SF voters and implement the ballot measure, Proposition L. the Street Artist Ordinance the way it was intended by the voters of San Francisco.
I would also prefer an apology from the Arts Commission since I was correct about the Community Working Group being a policy body and not a passive meeting body. The Arts Commission was so certain I was wrong and they were correct that they treated me with scorn and disdain for filing a Sunshine complaint to stop the Arts Commission from violating the law.
Finally,I also prefer that in the future you don't lay your non-street artist personal politics at my doorstep.
William J. Clark (preferred noun - Street Artist)
About a week later when Bill found out that the SFAC Executive Committee was going to vote on next year's Street Artists Program's budget and Trickey failed to notify him about the meeting then Bill sent the following email to Trickey:
quote: From: Bill and Bob Clark Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2018 1:59 PM To: Trickey, Anne (ART) Subject: Executive Committee meeting
? Trickey,
Thanks for not notifying me that this item is on tomorrow's Executive Committee meeting agenda.
Mr. William J. Clark
In March, Bill received the following email from Barbara Mumby who is another SF Arts Commission staff member:
quote: From: "Mumby, Barbara (ART)" To: Bill and Bob Clark Cc: "Trickey, Anne (ART)" , "Krell, Rebekah (ART)" , "Patterson, Kate (ART)" Subject: Request to adhere to Protected Class Status Date: Mar 6, 2018 9:22 AM Dear Mr. Clark,
I am writing to you in response to your emails dated January 12 and January 28 addressed to staff member, Anne Trickey, which have been included below for your reference.
-----Original Message----- From: "Trickey, Anne (ART)" Sent: Jan 8, 2018 11:20 AM To: Bill and Bob Clark Cc: "Mumby, Barbara (ART)" Subject: RE: your recent email to Kathy Hallinan
Adding Barbara Mumby to this conversation.
Street Artist, please note that if you wish to formally address me in an email, please use Mx. which is gender neutral.
Sincerely,
Anne Trickey (pronouns: she/they) Market Manager, Community Investments San Francisco Arts Commission 401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 325 (upstairs on the 3rd floor) San Francisco, CA 94102
Office: 415-252-2213 Field: 415-806-5884
(She duplicates my brother's January 12th and 28th, 2018 emails.)
Although Anne Trickey respectfully informed you of Anne’s gender neutral preference of ‘Mx.’ when addressing Anne through email, your responses to this preference are considered to be of an antagonistic and harassing nature. Someone’s gender identity, regardless of one’s personal feelings, is a protected class under law, both at the federal and local levels. An excerpt of the Mayor’s policy, which we reference at each public meeting for the Street Artist program is as follows:
City policies, along with federal, state and local laws, prohibit discrimination against or harassment of City employees based on race, sex and the other categories listed below. Discriminatory or harassing comments about or in the presence of City employees, even comments by third parties, may create a hostile work environment, if severe or pervasive.
City policy prohibits discrimination or harassment of its employees on the basis of: Race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, place of birth, sex, age, religion, creed, disability or medical condition, HIV/AIDS status, sexual orientation, marital or domestic partner status, gender identity, parental status, pregnancy, weight or height or any other characteristic protected by state or federal employment discrimination laws or by the San Francisco Charter or local ordinance.
For your reference, these polices are drawn from: · Cal. Govt. Code §§ 54954.3(a), (c), 54956(a)
· Admin. Code §§ 67.15(a), (b) ,67.16
As you can see, the issue of gender preference is not one of ‘personal politics’ but of federal and state law.
We respectfully request that In the future you use Anne’s preference of ‘Mx.” or simply by name, “Anne Trickey” when addressing Anne. The ongoing failure to do so will be considered to be harassment and could adversely affect your participation in the Street Artist Licensing Program.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Regards,
Barbara Mumby Huerta Director, Community Investments
San Francisco Arts Commission 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325 San Francisco, CA 94102 T: 415-252-2215
Preferred Gender Pronouns: she/her/hers What’s this?
Recently, I became aware of another male street artist who also innocently used the prefix Ms. in an email he sent to Trickey and he received the same threatening response from the SF Arts Commission if he referred to Trickey as Ms. again instead of Mx.
My brother feels like he is the one being harassed by the SF Arts Commission when he did nothing wrong.
All he did was attempt to redress some of his grievances about the way the SF Arts Commission is managing the SF Street Artists Program.
Where's my frikkin' sammich !
Mx? Now they’re just making stuff up. Why would I want to email an ICBM?
Fascists. What do you expect ?
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
What’s the “M” stand for?
These worms are assessed with what’s between their legs....
Time to....#walkaway
Yeah I know, these fag lovers come up with sick sh8t every time..
Notice the movement in the emails from “Please do this...” to “If you don’t do it, you’re violating the law.”
There isn’t a goid reason for people tto continue to live there
These social lefties are turning out to be the most racist, the most discriminatory, intolerant people there are.
How about just addressing them as FU?
Tyrant perverts try to control dialog.
Anne Trickey must be a dude in a wig.
You mean like Max Waters?
Call her “Mistress.”
A bit long. My reply would have just been two words.
“Trickey Mumby” sez Gollum
Mx. Precious.
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