Southern Angels will not tolerate discrimination or sexual harassment. This document provides examples of unacceptable conduct at meetings. The text is taken directly from the Model Code of Conduct for the Australian Startup Community, authored by Blackbird Ventures, Startmate, Airtree, Squarepeg, Rampersand and Frame Shift Consulting LLC.

Discrimination

• Disparaging remarks about marginalised racial or ethnic groups
• Racial or ethnic slurs
• Misogynist comments
• Homophobic or transphobic comments or slurs
• Deliberate misgendering (e.g., using different pronouns than requested)
• Deliberate use of names people have asked others not to use
• Negative comments about body size or shape
• Discriminating against pregnant people or mothers
• Discriminatory comments against members of marginalised religions as a group
• Negative comments or discriminating based on age or family role

Sexual Harassment

• Sexual or sexually suggestive comments, jokes, insults, metaphors, pranks or gestures.
• Discussing the sexual attractiveness or exploits of yourself or others, even if intended to be a compliment
• Unsolicited comments on someone's body to them or to others, even if intended to be a compliment
• Unsolicited comments on someone's self-presentation (dress, shoes, makeup, hair) that are sexually suggestive
• Detailed discussion of sexual preferences or activities (i.e., mentioning the gender or existence of your partner(s) is fine, discussing sexual preferences in hair color or body shape or type of sexual activity is not)
• Displaying sexual images where others can see them, including your personal computing devices if others might be able see their screen
• Viewing or discussing sexually explicit or arousing content