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April 20, 2009

Right Rides Expanding into Safe Walks

safewalk-0409.jpgRightRides, a volunteer program that has been offering women, transgender and gender queer individuals free rides home on Saturday nights since 2004, is expanding into the walking business. On Friday nights, the group will provide someone to walk you home between 11 pm and 2 am. More info here. There's also a meeting for interested volunteers tonight at Verb Cafe in W'burg at 7 pm.




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:13 AM | Comments (32)
Categories: Fort Greene, Quality of Life

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what is "gender queer"? and what about gay men? i know for a fact being a gay man walking home in certain hoods im 10x more at risk than some tranny or woman.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 20, 2009 11:16 AM

WTF is "gender queer?" Does this mean I can get a free ride home from Scopello's after I've had 2 bottles of wine and am "vulnerable?"???

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 11:18 AM

wow - i'm not gay but I could potentially save 40 bucks a month in cab fare. is there a gay test one has to pass to be eligible?

Posted by: dirty_hipster at April 20, 2009 11:23 AM

Does this service discriminate based or gender or sexual orientation?

Posted by: asdf at April 20, 2009 11:24 AM

sorry if that sounded mean - I think this is a great program!

Posted by: dirty_hipster at April 20, 2009 11:24 AM

The folks I know who identify as gender queer tend to describe it as being fluid with their gender - don't fully identify as a man or a woman / or alternatively they feel as if they are a woman trapped in a man's body or vice versa. There are no hard and fast rules on the definition though. It tends to mean something different to everyone.

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at April 20, 2009 11:26 AM

www.gay-test.com

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 11:28 AM

I think this is a great program
but sorry why limit it to just women and gay folks?
I know plenty of straight men who have been mugged walking home slightly tipsy from a bar
strength in numbers!!! - I think a punk robber will thin twice if it's a couple of people walking home than one lone dude,woman or tranny
I hope it expands to anyone needing a safe ride or walk home!!!

Posted by: gemini10 at April 20, 2009 11:30 AM

GWM ISO GHM/GAM/GBM. Versatile here.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 11:30 AM

im a 13 year old girl trapped in the body of a 32 year old man. do i qualify then as gender queer? this program is awesome in that it aims at keeping women safe. however excluding anyone who might be unsafe is bad. and honestly the only "transgendered" this program helps are tranny hookers get home safe from working the docks.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 20, 2009 11:31 AM

According to the website..

Safe Walk '09 will operate every Friday night
from 11 PM - 2 AM
in the following neighborhoods :

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Greenpoint, Williamsburg

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 11:33 AM

How about Minorities??? How about long time residents???? Are these retards "Selective"??

Nice nice and nicer!

The What (Boo!)

Someday this war is gonna end...

Posted by: Return of The What at April 20, 2009 11:35 AM

I'll walk you home, What.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 11:36 AM

What is scared...why do you live in the hood then? Asshat.

Posted by: infinitejester at April 20, 2009 11:39 AM

quote:

How about Minorities??? How about long time residents???? Are these retards "Selective"??

lol youre kidding right? these services only sprout up when dainty folks show up in gritty neighborhoods. like, oh my god, Dakota, how will we get home safely drunk at 3 am in bed stuy!?!? oh i know.. the white girl van.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 20, 2009 11:40 AM

"the white girl van." ROTFLMMFAO

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 11:42 AM

I prefer "the drunk bus"

Posted by: infinitejester at April 20, 2009 11:43 AM

I prefer "the short bus"

Posted by: Biff Champion at April 20, 2009 11:44 AM

we had a "drunk bus" in college jester... it was totally called that. i never rode it tho. it seemed kinda stupid. plus when youre already drunk do you really care about getting home safely? i feel like rides would attract predators honestly

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 20, 2009 11:45 AM

Is one prohibited from making sexual advances towards the volunteers??

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 11:46 AM

haha - sounds kinda like the fordham university "ram van"

Posted by: dirty_hipster at April 20, 2009 11:49 AM

Never rode it either but yelling "drunk buuuuusss!!" at the top of my lungs when it drove by always made me cackle.

Posted by: infinitejester at April 20, 2009 11:49 AM

"I'll walk you home, What."

You wont make it Dave trust me...

The What

Someday this war is gonna end...

Posted by: Return of The What at April 20, 2009 11:52 AM

some people are volunteering their own time on weekend nights to give safe rides to people who face an above-average risk of assault? how terrible! these volunteers surely deserve mockery and scorn.

Posted by: z at April 20, 2009 12:04 PM

I was hoping you'd say that. :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 20, 2009 12:05 PM

no see that's the thing. the people this serves are not "at above average risk." they just THINK they are.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 20, 2009 12:08 PM

This program is free, right? I heard about it years ago, and think it's a great idea. It's nice to know that there are people out there willing to do stuff like this; and, to give up your night-out to help some drunk get home for FREE... impressive.

Posted by: broadwayron at April 20, 2009 12:38 PM


Hmmmm....would they escort a black man home to protect him from NYPD?

Posted by: East New York at April 20, 2009 1:17 PM

"some people are volunteering their own time on weekend nights to give safe rides to people who face an above-average risk of assault? how terrible! these volunteers surely deserve mockery and scorn."

They should have their Asses kicked! This only for Asshats not for "other" people....

The What

Someday this war is gonna end...

Posted by: Return of The What at April 20, 2009 1:23 PM

Well this was all so predictable. How about offering me a walk home after reading this thread?

Posted by: Putnamdenizen at April 20, 2009 1:46 PM

So if you're a transgender do you have to show your junk before you get a ride?

Posted by: Xander Crews at April 20, 2009 3:19 PM

East New York, now there's an idea.

Posted by: mopar at April 20, 2009 10:48 PM

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