HandyCon is committed to providing a safe and enjoyable gaming environment for everyone who attends. Please behave respectfully to all other attendees, ensuring all can feel safe and enjoy themselves regardless of age, race, religion / belief, biological sex, gender identity, sexuality, disability, pregnancy / parenthood, or appearance.

The Organisers reserve the right to identify any attire, act or item as prejudiced and/or discriminatory and exclude the object and/or the owner or actor from the Event. The Organisers similarly reserve the right to refuse entry to a prospective Attendee who presents or has presented a risk of attire, acts and/or items which would negatively impact upon the Event’s status as a discrimination-free zone.

Physical and verbal harassment will not be tolerated and the organisers reserve the right to take appropriate action including warning the offender or expulsion from the convention with no refund, and in some cases informing the police.

Some examples of harassment include, but are not limited to:

• Offensive verbal comments
• Explicit sexual images or references
• Deliberate intimidation
• Unwanted attention or following of persons
• Unwanted recording or photography
• Sustained disruption of games or activities
• Inappropriate physical contact
• Unwelcome attention, including sexual remarks, jokes or taunting, leering, staring or suggestive gestures
• Inappropriate or insensitive remarks about gender or gender identity
• Repeated misgendering or failure to respect someone’s preferred pronouns
• Needlessly or repeatedly drawing attention to someone’s physical characteristics

To report harassment: Please report any issues of harassment to a member of the HandyCon team.