The STEM Village is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people from across the world, and we do not tolerate discrimination against our community. Throughout our website, events and materials, we use the term LGBTQ+ to be fully inclusive. We recognised that our community is always evolving and the use of the + symbol is meant to be expansive and represent the rich ever-changing diversity of our community. This also allows us to acknowledge the intersectional nature of our community, and that none of us comprise a single identity. Through this policy, we also recognise that our community comprises individuals with different experiences  of privilege, and that we live under structures that oppress and harm some of us and others benefit from.