TERMS OF SERVICE

Last updated January 2025

AGREEMENT TO TERMS

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and VibeForge LLC, doing business as VibeForge ("VibeForge", “we”, “us”, or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the VibeForge website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY. 

Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms of Use at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms of Use, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms of Use to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Terms of Use by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms of Use are posted.

The information provided on the Site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

The Site is not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws, you may not use this Site. You may not use the Site in a way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

The Site is intended for users who are at least 13 years of age. All users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Site. If you are a minor, you must have your parent or guardian read and agree to these Terms of Use prior to you using the Site.

ADULT CONTENT

Do Not Post content displaying genitals or focusing in on fully exposed buttocks. We also restrict some images of female breasts if they include the nipple, but our intent is to allow images that are shared for medical or health purposes. We also allow photos of women actively engaged in breastfeeding or showing breasts with post-mastectomy scarring. We also allow photographs of paintings, sculptures and other art that depicts nude figures.

Do Not Post images of sexual activity. Restrictions on the display of sexual activity also apply to illustrated and digitally created content unless the content is posted for educational, humorous or satirical purposes. Explicit images of sexual intercourse are prohibited.

Do Not Describe sexual acts in vivid detail. Descriptions of such acts that go into vivid detail may be removed.

You agree that if at any time you violate these rules, your content can be removed and/or account suspended for 7 days. If the content posted violates state or federal law, we will immediately terminate your account and if required by law, we will report your content and provide information to Law Enforcement Agencies.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States, international copyright laws, and international conventions. The Content and the Marks are provided on the Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

Provided that you are eligible to use the Site, you are granted a limited license to access and use the Site and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Site, the Content and the Marks.

USER REPRESENTATIONS

By using the Site, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of Use; (4) you are not under the age of 13; (5) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use the Site; (6) you will not access the Site through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise; (7) you will not use the Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (8) your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof).

USER REGISTRATION

You may be required to register with the Site. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the Site, you agree not to:

1. Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.


2. Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.


3. Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Site and/or the Content contained therein.


4. Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site.


5. Use any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.


6. Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.


7. Use the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.


8. Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Site.


9. Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Site.


10. Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.


11. Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.


12. Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.


13. Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.


14. Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”).


15. Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks or services connected to the Site.


16. Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Site to you.


17. Attempt to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent or restrict access to the Site, or any portion of the Site.


18. Copy or adapt the Site’s software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.


19. Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site.


20. Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Site, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software.


21. Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Site.


22. Make any unauthorized use of the Site, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.


23. Use the Site as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Site and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.

USER GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS

The Site may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the Site, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Site and through third-party websites. As such, any Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you create or make available any Contributions, you thereby represent and warrant that:

1.  The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party.


2. You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize us, the Site, and other users of the Site to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms of Use.


3. You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms of Use.


4. Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.


5. Your Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation.


6. Your Contributions are not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us).


7. Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.


8. Your Contributions do not advocate the violent overthrow of any government or incite, encourage, or threaten physical harm against another.


9. Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.


10. Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.


11. Your Contributions do not contain any material that solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner.


12. Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child pornography, or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors;


13. Your Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or physical handicap.


14. Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of these Terms of Service, or any applicable law or regulation.

Any use of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms of Use and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Site.

CONTRIBUTION LICENSE

By posting your Contributions to any part of the Site or making Contributions accessible to the Site by linking your account from the Site to any of your social networking accounts, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, re-title, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.

This license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you provide. You waive all moral rights in your Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.

We do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area on the Site. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to the Site and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions.

We have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations on the Site; and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your Contributions.

GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWS

We may provide you areas on the Site to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply with the following criteria: (1) you should have firsthand experience with the person/entity being reviewed; (2) your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist, offensive, or hate language; (3) your reviews should not contain discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; (4) your reviews should not contain references to illegal activity; (5) you should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews; (6) you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct; (7) you may not post any false or misleading statements; and (8) you may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.

We may accept, reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have absolutely no obligation to screen reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers reviews objectionable or inaccurate. Reviews are not endorsed by us, and do not necessarily represent our opinions or the views of any of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume liability for any review or for any claims, liabilities, or losses resulting from any review. By posting a review, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, assignable, and sublicensable right and license to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by any means, display, perform, and/or distribute all content relating to reviews.

MOBILE APPLICATION LICENSE

Use License

If you access the Site via a mobile application, then we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and use the mobile application on wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access and use the mobile application on such devices strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use. You shall not: (1) decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, or decrypt the application; (2) make any modification, adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the application; (3) violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection with your access or use of the application; (4) remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notice (including any notice of copyright or trademark) posted by us or the licensors of the application; (5) use the application for any revenue generating endeavor, commercial enterprise, or other purpose for which it is not designed or intended; (6) make the application available over a network or other environment permitting access or use by multiple devices or users at the same time; (7) use the application for creating a product, service, or software that is, directly or indirectly, competitive with or in any way a substitute for the application; (8) use the application to send automated queries to any website or to send any unsolicited commercial e-mail; or (9) use any proprietary information or any of our interfaces or our other intellectual property in the design, development, manufacture, licensing, or distribution of any applications, accessories, or devices for use with the application.

Apple and Android Devices

The following terms apply when you use a mobile application obtained from either the Apple Store or Google Play (each an “App Distributor”) to access the Site: (1) the license granted to you for our mobile application is limited to a non-transferable license to use the application on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS or Android operating systems, as applicable, and in accordance with the usage rules set forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of service; (2) we are responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application as specified in the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use or as otherwise required under applicable law, and you acknowledge that each App Distributor has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application; (3) in the event of any failure of the mobile application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the applicable App Distributor, and the App Distributor, in accordance with its terms and policies, may refund the purchase price, if any, paid for the mobile application, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App Distributor will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the mobile application; (4) you represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. government as a “terrorist supporting” country and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties; (5) you must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the mobile application, e.g., if you have a VoIP application, then you must not be in violation of their wireless data service agreement when using the mobile application; and (6) you acknowledge and agree that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and conditions in this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use, and that each App Distributor will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and conditions in this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

SOCIAL MEDIA

As part of the functionality of the Site, you may link your account with online accounts you have with third-party service providers (each such account, a “Third-Party Account”) by either: (1) providing your Third-Party Account login information through the Site; or (2) allowing us to access your Third-Party Account, as is permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third-Party Account. You represent and warrant that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to us and/or grant us access to your Third-Party Account, without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account, and without obligating us to pay any fees or making us subject to any usage limitations imposed by the third-party service provider of the Third-Party Account. By granting us access to any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that (1) we may access, make available, and store (if applicable) any content that you have provided to and stored in your Third-Party Account (the “Social Network Content”) so that it is available on and through the Site via your account, including without limitation any friend lists and (2) we may submit to and receive from your Third-Party Account additional information to the extent you are notified when you link your account with the Third-Party Account. Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts may be available on and through your account on the Site. Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or our access to such Third Party Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, then Social Network Content may no longer be available on and through the Site. You will have the ability to disable the connection between your account on the Site and your Third-Party Accounts at any time. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. We make no effort to review any Social Network Content for any purpose, including but not limited to, for accuracy, legality, or non-infringement, and we are not responsible for any Social Network Content. You acknowledge and agree that we may access your email address book associated with a Third-Party Account and your contacts list stored on your mobile device or tablet computer solely for purposes of identifying and informing you of those contacts who have also registered to use the Site. You can deactivate the connection between the Site and your Third-Party Account by contacting us using the contact information below or through your account settings (if applicable). We will attempt to delete any information stored on our servers that was obtained through such Third-Party Account, except the username and profile picture that become associated with your account.

SUBMISSIONS

You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding the Site ("Submissions") provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become our sole property. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby waive all moral rights to any such Submissions, and you hereby warrant that any such Submissions are original with you or that you have the right to submit such Submissions. You agree there shall be no recourse against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your Submissions.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE AND CONTENT

The Site may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content"). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Terms of Use no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications you use or install from the Site. Any purchases you make through Third-Party Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party. You agree and acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us harmless from any harm caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally, you shall hold us harmless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.

ADVERTISERS

We allow advertisers to display their advertisements and other information in certain areas of the Site, such as sidebar advertisements or banner advertisements. If you are an advertiser, you shall take full responsibility for any advertisements you place on the Site and any services provided on the Site or products sold through those advertisements. Further, as an advertiser, you warrant and represent that you possess all rights and authority to place advertisements on the Site, including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, publicity rights, and contractual rights. We simply provide the space to place such advertisements, and we have no other relationship with advertisers.

SITE MANAGEMENT

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Site for violations of these Terms of Use; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Use, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Site.

PRIVACY POLICY

We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy: https://vibeforge.co/static/terms By using the Site, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use. Please be advised the Site is hosted in the United States. If you access the Site from any other region of the world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in the United States, then through your continued use of the Site, you are transferring your data to the United States, and you agree to have your data transferred to and processed in the United States. Further, we do not knowingly accept, request, or solicit information from children or knowingly market to children. Therefore, in accordance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, if we receive actual knowledge that anyone under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information from the Site as quickly as is reasonably practical.

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Site infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us using the contact information provided below (a “Notification”). A copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the Notification. Please be advised that pursuant to applicable law you may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus, if you are not sure that material located on or linked to by the Site infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.

TERM AND TERMINATION

These Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SITE OR DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.

If we terminate or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Site at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Site without notice at any time. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site.

We cannot guarantee the Site will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Site at any time or for any reason without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site. Nothing in these Terms of Use will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Site or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.

GOVERNING LAW

These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Oregon, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Informal Negotiations

To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or claim related to these Terms of Use (each a "Dispute" and collectively, the “Disputes”) brought by either you or us (individually, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”), the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly provided below) informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party.

Binding Arbitration

If the Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded below) will be finally and exclusively resolved through binding arbitration. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") and, where appropriate, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes ("AAA Consumer Rules"), both of which are available at the AAA website: www.adr.org. Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be governed by the AAA Consumer Rules and, where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone, or online. The arbitrator will make a decision in writing, but need not provide a statement of reasons unless requested by either Party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except where otherwise required by the applicable AAA rules or applicable law, the arbitration will take place in Wasco, Oregon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties may litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate, or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator.

If for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, the Dispute shall be commenced or prosecuted in the state and federal courts located in Wasco, Oregon, and the Parties hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) is excluded from these Terms of Use.

In no event shall any Dispute brought by either Party related in any way to the Site be commenced more than one (1) years after the cause of action arose. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable, and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

Restrictions

The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.

Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration

The Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning informal negotiations and binding arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

CORRECTIONS

There may be information on the Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Site at any time, without prior notice.

DISCLAIMER

THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US DURING THE six (6) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OR $100.00 USD. CERTAIN US STATE LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) your Contributions; (2) use of the Site; (3) breach of these Terms of Use; (4) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Site with whom you connected via the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.

USER DATA

We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the performance of the Site, as well as data relating to your use of the Site. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Site. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES

Visiting the Site, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SITE. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.

CALIFORNIA USERS AND RESIDENTS

If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.

MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms of Use and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect to the Site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Terms of Use or use of the Site. You agree that these Terms of Use will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms of Use and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use.

CONTACT US 

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site, please contact us at:

VibeForge  LLC The Dalles, OR 97058 United States support@vibeforge.co

VibeForge Acceptable Use Policy

Introduction

Welcome to VibeForge! Our platform is dedicated to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all users. By using VibeForge, you agree to abide by the following acceptable use policy.

1. Respectful Communication

• Be Kind and Inclusive: Treat all users with respect and kindness. Engage in constructive discussions and celebrate diversity.


• No Hate Speech: Hate speech, including but not limited to racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise discriminatory remarks, will not be tolerated.

2. Privacy and Personal Information

• Protect Your Privacy: Do not share personal information about yourself or others without consent. This includes but is not limited to addresses, phone numbers, and financial information.


• Report Violations: If you see someone sharing personal information without consent, report it immediately.

3. Content Guidelines

• Appropriate Content: Share content that is appropriate for all users. This includes avoiding explicit sexual content, graphic violence, or illegal activities.


• Intellectual Property: Respect the intellectual property rights of others. Share only content you have the right to use.

4. User Conduct

• No Harassment: Harassment, bullying, or intimidation of any kind will not be tolerated. Everyone deserves to feel safe on our platform.


• Spam and Scams: Do not engage in spamming or scams. This includes unsolicited advertisements or deceptive practices.

5. Account Security

• Account Responsibility: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information. Report any suspicious activity immediately.


• Unauthorized Access: Do not attempt to gain unauthorized access to other users’ accounts or the platform’s systems.

6. Reporting and Enforcement

• Report Violations: If you encounter behavior that violates this policy, report it through the appropriate channels on the platform.


• Consequences: Violations of this policy may result in account suspension or termination, depending on the severity of the violation.

7. Changes to the Policy

VibeForge reserves the right to modify this acceptable use policy at any time. Users will be notified of significant changes, and continued use of the platform constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Conclusion

Thank you for being a part of the VibeForge community. Together, we can create a supportive and vibrant space for everyone. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please reach out to our support team.

By using VibeForge, you affirm your commitment to these guidelines and contribute to a positive environment for all.

VibeForge Acceptable Use Policy

Introduction

Welcome to VibeForge! Our platform is dedicated to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all users. By using VibeForge, you agree to abide by the following acceptable use policy.

1. Respectful Communication

• Be Kind and Inclusive: Treat all users with respect and kindness. Engage in constructive discussions and celebrate diversity.


• No Hate Speech: Hate speech, including but not limited to racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise discriminatory remarks, will not be tolerated.

2. Privacy and Personal Information

• Protect Your Privacy: Do not share personal information about yourself or others without consent. This includes but is not limited to addresses, phone numbers, and financial information.


• Report Violations: If you see someone sharing personal information without consent, report it immediately.

3. Content Guidelines

• Appropriate Content: Share content that is appropriate for all users. This includes avoiding explicit sexual content, graphic violence, or illegal activities.


• Intellectual Property: Respect the intellectual property rights of others. Share only content you have the right to use.

4. User Conduct

• No Harassment: Harassment, bullying, or intimidation of any kind will not be tolerated. Everyone deserves to feel safe on our platform.


• Spam and Scams: Do not engage in spamming or scams. This includes unsolicited advertisements or deceptive practices.

5. Account Security

• Account Responsibility: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information. Report any suspicious activity immediately.


• Unauthorized Access: Do not attempt to gain unauthorized access to other users’ accounts or the platform’s systems.

6. Reporting and Enforcement

• Report Violations: If you encounter behavior that violates this policy, report it through the appropriate channels on the platform.


• Consequences: Violations of this policy may result in account suspension or termination, depending on the severity of the violation.

7. Changes to the Policy

VibeForge reserves the right to modify this acceptable use policy at any time. Users will be notified of significant changes, and continued use of the platform constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Conclusion

Thank you for being a part of the VibeForge community. Together, we can create a supportive and vibrant space for everyone. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please reach out to our support team.

By using VibeForge, you affirm your commitment to these guidelines and contribute to a positive environment for all.

PRIVACY NOTICE

Last updated January 10th, 2025

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Queerlinq LLC, doing business as VibeForge (“VibeForge", “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at support@vibeforge.co

When you visit our website at https://vibeforge.co (the "Website"), and more generally, use any of our services (the "Services", which include the Website), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our Services (which, as described above, includes our Website), as well as any related services, sales, marketing or events.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

5. DO WE USE GOOGLE MAPS?

6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

7. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?

8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

9. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

10. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

11. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

12. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

13. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

14. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

In Short: We collect information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Website (such as by posting messages in our online forums or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

Personal Information Provided by You. We collect names; email addresses; usernames; passwords; contact preferences; gender; sexual orientation; location; and other similar information.

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Paypal. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, Twitter or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS" below.

Information automatically collected

• Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic usage and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Website and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings and information about your activity in the Website (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called 'crash dumps') and hardware settings).

• Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet or other device you use to access the Website. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system configuration information.

• Location Data. We collect information data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type of settings of the device you use to access the Website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Locations settings on your device. Note however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.

Compliance status

We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.

To fulfill this, we are striving to attain the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1). These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.

Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.

If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email: support@vibeforge.co

Screen-reader and keyboard navigation

Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:

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   Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.

   
   

   These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.

   
   


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   Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.

   
   

   Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

   
   

Disability profiles supported in our website

• Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.


• Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.


• Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.


• ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.


• Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.


• Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments

1. Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.


2. Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.


3. Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.


4. Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.


5. Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.


6. Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.


7. Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.

Browser and assistive technology compatibility

We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.

Notes, comments, and feedback

Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to support@vibeforge.co for assistance.

Ads Policy

1. Purpose and Scope This policy outlines the standards and guidelines for creating, posting, and managing advertisements on social media platforms. It aims to ensure that all advertisements are ethical, legal, and aligned with our brand values.

2. Compliance and Legal Requirements

• Adhere to Platform Policies: All ads must comply with the advertising policies of the specific social media platform (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn).


• Legal Regulations: Ensure that ads comply with local, state, and national laws and regulations, including those related to advertising, privacy, and data protection.

3. Content Guidelines

• Accuracy and Honesty: All ads must be truthful and not misleading. Claims must be substantiated with evidence and not exaggerated.


• Transparency: Clearly disclose any material connections, such as sponsored content or paid partnerships.


• Respect and Inclusivity: Ads should be respectful and inclusive, avoiding content that could be considered offensive, discriminatory, or inappropriate.


• Adult Content: No advertising for Adult Content websites is permitted.

4. Targeting and Data Use

• Responsible Targeting: Use social media targeting features responsibly, ensuring that targeting criteria do not exploit sensitive personal data or discriminate against certain groups.


• Data Privacy: Respect user privacy and data protection laws. Avoid collecting or using personal data without proper consent.

5. Creative and Design Standards

• Brand Consistency: Ensure that ads align with our brand’s visual and messaging guidelines.


• Quality: Use high-quality images and videos, and ensure that text is clear and legible.


• Call to Action: Include a clear and effective call to action that aligns with the ad’s objective.

6. Approval and Review Process

• Pre-Approval: All ads must be reviewed and approved by the designated team or individual before being posted.


• Compliance Check: Perform a final compliance check to ensure that the ad adheres to all relevant policies and regulations.

7. Monitoring and Reporting

• Performance Tracking: Monitor the performance of ads to assess effectiveness and make data-driven adjustments.


• Reporting Issues: Report any issues or violations related to ads promptly to the appropriate team or authority.

8. Enforcement and Consequences

• Policy Violations: Any violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action, including the removal of ads, suspension of accounts, or other corrective measures.


• Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and update this policy to address new challenges and changes in social media advertising practices.

9. Contact Information For questions or concerns regarding this policy, please contact the VibeForge Marketing Team at marketing@vibeforge.co.

10. Policy Review This policy will be reviewed annually or as needed to ensure its effectiveness and relevance.

Marketplace Terms

Anti-Discrimination Policy

Marketplace connects thoughtful consumers around the world with creative entrepreneurs. It’s an ecosystem where people of all backgrounds inspire each other and build relationships through making, selling, and buying unique goods. We want everyone on Marketplace to feel safe, and fostering an inclusive environment is our priority. This policy explains the kind of behavior we prohibit on Marketplace to make sure we all have a positive experience. This policy is a part of our Terms of Use. By using Marketplace, you’re agreeing to this policy and our Terms of Use. On Marketplace, you cannot discriminate based upon:

• Race


• Color


• Ethnicity


• National origin


• Religion


• Gender


• Gender identity


• Sexual orientation


• Disability


• Any other characteristic protected under applicable law

It is your responsibility as a seller or buyer to know your local laws and any other legal regulations on discrimination that might apply to you. Whether you’re listing items or using community spaces on Marketplace, discrimination is not allowed. Examples of prohibited behavior on Marketplace include, but are not limited to: Refusal of service based on membership in one or more protected group

• Derogatory or demeaning remarks against protected groups listed above


• Racial slurs


• Posts that support or glorify current or historical hate groups

If you think discrimination has occurred on Marketplace, please report it by e-mailing legal@vibeforge.co and we will investigate. If you see a listing on Marketplace which you believe violates our Prohibited Items Policy, we encourage you to flag the item by using the Report this item to Marketplace link at the bottom of each listing page. We have a timely review process for all reports.

Terms of Service

By using the Marketplace site (the "Website") or establishing an account with Marketplace and using the Marketplace service (the "Service"), you agree to the following terms and conditions (the "Marketplace User Agreement").

I. Overview Importantly, although Marketplace is commonly referred to as an online marketplace, it is not a traditional "retailer." Instead, Marketplace acts as a venue to match buyers and sellers. Marketplace is not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers and does not transfer legal ownership of items from the sellers to buyers. As a result, Marketplace has no control over the items advertised, or the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to pay for items.

Definitions  "Your Information" is defined as any information you provide to Marketplace or other users in the registration, in the listing process (which includes photographs and descriptions), in any public message area (including the Forums or the feedback area) or through any email feature. You are solely responsible for Your Information, and Marketplace acts as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of Your Information. "Your Activities" include, for example, listing items, posting comments in any public message area (including the Forums or the feedback area), and email.

Dispute Resolution  Marketplace's goal is to make you happy. In the event a dispute arises between you and Marketplace, please email Marketplace at support@vibeforge.co and we will work quickly towards a solution. We encourage you to report all user-to-user disputes to your local law enforcement, postmaster general, or a certified mediation or arbitration entity. 

General Overview: Terms

• You acknowledge that you must be 18 years or older to use this site or establish an account.


• You acknowledge that you bear sole responsibility for keeping your password secure.

• You agree not to use Marketplace for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.


• You agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.


• You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links or any other content that you submit, post or display on the Website.


• You agree not to modify, adapt or hack the Marketplace or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with Marketplace.


• You agree not to solicit, harass or impersonate Marketplace members.


• You agree not to transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

Furthermore, while Marketplace discourages certain conduct and content on the Website, you acknowledge and agree the Website is a venue and as such is not responsible for the content posted on it. You agree to use the Website at your own risk.

General Overview: Conditions

• Marketplace reserves the right to modify or terminate any service for any reason at any time, with or without notice.


• Marketplace reserve the right to alter this Marketplace User Agreement at any time. If alterations constitute a material change to the Terms of Use, to be determined at the sole discretion of Marketplace, Marketplace will notify you via e mail according to the preference expressed on your account.


• Marketplace reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.


• Marketplace may remove content (by way of example but without limitation: items, item descriptions, chat text, booth text, and information submitted in the forums) that Marketplace determines is unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property, Marketplace Terms of Use, Marketplace Privacy Policy, or any other policy documents and community guidelines as posted on Marketplace. Marketplace has no obligation to do so, however.


• The Service makes it possible to post images hosted on Marketplace to outside websites. This use is accepted. However, pages on other websites which display images hosted on Marketplace must provide a link back to Marketplace from each photo to its photo page on Marketplace.


• Marketplace will terminate your account without notice if your account is used for hosting graphic elements of web page designs, icons, smilies, buddy icons, forum avatars, badges and other non-photographic elements on external websites.


• You can remove your profile at any time by deleting your account. This will also remove any private images you have stored in the system. By uploading images and item description content to Marketplace, you agree to allow other Marketplace users to view them and you agree to allow Marketplace to display the images and content on Marketplace, or in emails from Marketplace, and store the images, item description, profile and other content.


• All Marketplace graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks. Marketplace's trademarks or name may not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion.

II. Membership Eligibility

Marketplace's services are free, but available only to individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Marketplace's services are not available to children (persons under the age of 18) or to temporarily or indefinitely suspended Marketplace members. If you are a under the age of 18, you can use this service only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of your parents or guardians. If you do not qualify, please do not use Marketplace. Further, you also agree not to transfer or sell your account (including feedback) or User ID.

III. Purchasing/Buyer Obligations and Guidelines

A buyer is obligated to complete the transaction of a purchase of an item on Marketplace in any shop within three (3) days. A buyer is obligated to immediately pay in full if using PayPal by clicking the payment button during checkout. A seller must abide by all of Marketplace's policies and the seller's own individual shop policies and sell and the item as described. Likewise, a seller must abide by the seller's own individual policies when dealing other issues, for example, issues of damage and returns. Buyers remorse is not a valid reason for requesting a refund from a seller. Prior to making a purchase, buyers should review all sellers policies regarding refunds, returns, and seller policies.

IV. Listing/Seller Obligations and Guidelines

Marketplace's Fees and Credit Policy
Changes to the Fees and Credits Policy and the fees for our services are effective after Marketplace provides you with at least fourteen (14) days' notice of the changes by posting the changes on Marketplace. However, Marketplace may choose to temporarily change Marketplace's Fees and Credits Policy and the fees for Marketplace's services for promotional events (for example, free listing days) and such changes are effective when Marketplace posts the temporary promotional event on Marketplace. Marketplace may, at Marketplace's sole discretion, change some or all of Marketplace's services at any time. In the event Marketplace introduces a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the launch of the service. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars (USD). Unless granted an exception by Marketplace, Marketplace requires all seller accounts to provide a nationally accepted ID card, drivers license or passport for the purposes of verification of their identity, and for payment of fees and services rendered. You are responsible for paying all fees associated with using Marketplace's service and Marketplace and all applicable taxes. Fees for our services will be described once they are determined.

Listing Description: You must be legally able to sell the item(s) you list for sale on the Site. You must describe your item and all terms of sale on the listing page of the Site. Your listings may only include text descriptions, graphics, pictures and other content relevant to the sale of that item. All listed items must be listed in an appropriate category. Each listing must accurately and completely describe the item/items for sale in that listing. If the "in stock" quantity is more than one, all items in that listing must be identical. Each unique item must have its own listing. Listings may not contain outbound links that direct users off of Marketplace.

Binding Sale: All sales are binding. If you, as a seller, receive a purchase request (order) you are obligated to complete the transaction with the buyer in a prompt manner, unless there is an exceptional circumstance, such as: (a) the buyer fails to meet the terms of your listing (such as payment method), or (b) you cannot authenticate the buyer's identity.

Termination: Without limiting any other remedies, Marketplace, without notice, may suspend or terminate your account if Marketplace suspects, in its sole discretion, that you (by information, investigation, conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) have violated any of Marketplace's policies set out in this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, or any other policy documents or community guidelines, or you have engaged in an improper or fraudulent activity in connection with Marketplace. If Marketplace terminates a listing or your account, if you close your account, or if the payment of your seller fees cannot be completed for any reason, you remain obligated to pay Marketplace for all unpaid fees plus any penalties, if applicable. If the seller's account is not paid in full and becomes past due, Marketplace reserves the right to attempt to collect past due fees by charging the seller's card on file. The seller risks additional penalties such as the suspension of privileges and/or termination of the account and other collection mechanisms (including retaining collection agencies and legal counsel). If you have a question or wish to dispute a charge, contact Marketplace support.

Manipulation: The price stated in each Marketplace Item Description must be an accurate representation of the sale. Manipulation refers to activities whereby the price no longer accurately represents the monetary value of the transaction. For example manipulative activities include, but are not limited to, intentionally stating one price in the Item Description but charging a higher price to the buyer, altering the item's price prior to a sale for the purpose of avoiding Marketplace transaction fees, and hacking into another account and altering prices. Neither buyer nor seller, may manipulate the price of any item for any reason. Sellers have up to 90 days from the date of the transaction to request refunds on the final value fees. Final value fee refund requests on transactions outside of 90 days will not be honored.

V. Usage Guidelines

Third Party Content; Identity Verification: You understand that the Marketplace, including Marketplace booth chat, acts only as a marketing platform and technical interface between users and that Marketplace does not itself verify the qualifications of users, nor does it evaluate or control in any ongoing manner exchanges between users. Any opinions or statements expressed by a user are of those of the user alone, and are not to be attributed to Marketplace. Marketplace cannot and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, safety, reliability, timeliness, innocuousness, legality or applicability of anything said, written, posted, displayed or otherwise made available by any user. You understand that you may be exposed to content that you find offensive to you, and that you use the Marketplace at your own risk. Please use caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using Marketplace. Please note that there are also risks of dealing with underage persons or people acting under false pretense. Additionally, there may also be risks dealing with international trade and foreign nationals. By using Marketplace, you agree to accept such risks and that Marketplace (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) is not responsible for any and all acts or omissions of users on Marketplace Marketplace uses many techniques to verify the accuracy of the information Marketplace's users provide to Marketplace when they register on Marketplace. However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, Marketplace cannot and does not confirm each user's purported identity. Thus, Marketplace has established a user-initiated feedback system to help you evaluate with whom you are dealing. Marketplace also encourages you to communicate directly with potential transaction partners through the tools available on Marketplace. You may also wish to consider using a third party escrow service or services that provide additional user verification.

Prohibited, Questionable and Infringing Usage; Restricted Activities: Your Activities which results in Your Information (or any items listed) on Marketplace shall not: (a) be false, inaccurate or misleading; (b) be fraudulent or involve the sale of illegal, counterfeit, stolen items or items which violate the Terms of Use in any way; (c) infringe upon any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or intellectual property rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); Marketplace also does not permit the listing of items that have been identified by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) as hazardous to consumers and therefore subject to a recall; (e) be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (f) be obscene or contain child pornography (g) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; (h) create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services that: (aa) are prohibited under this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, or other policy documents and community guidelines as posted on Marketplace or; (bb) are identical to other items you have for sale but are priced lower; (cc) are concurrently listed for sale on a web site other than Marketplace's (this does not prevent linking to or advertising an Marketplace item from another web site); or (dd) you do not have a right to link to or include. Furthermore, you may not list any item on Marketplace (or consummate any transaction that was initiated using our service) that, by paying to us the listing fee or the final value fee, could cause us to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or that violates the Terms of Use.

Access and Interference: Marketplace may contain robot exclusion headers. Much of the information on Marketplace is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to Marketplace by Marketplace's users or third parties. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access Marketplace for any purpose without our prior express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute or publicly display any content from the Site without the prior expressed written permission of Marketplace and the appropriate third party, as applicable; (iii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site; or (iv) bypass our robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to Marketplace.

Feedback Integrity; Feedback Export: You may not take any actions that may undermine the integrity of the feedback system. Marketplace may, without prior notice, limit the number of purchases and listings, which you may place on Marketplace based upon the level of your feedback. If you earn a low percentage feedback rating, your account will automatically be flagged for staff review, at which time your membership may be fully or partially suspended, and you may be unable to list or buy. You acknowledge that your feedback consists of comments left by other users and a composite feedback number compiled by Marketplace. Further, you acknowledge that the composite number, without the feedback comments, does not convey your full user reputation. Because feedback ratings are not designed for any purpose other than for facilitating transactions between Marketplace users, you agree that you shall not market or export your Marketplace feedback rating in any venue other than a Marketplace operated website.

VIII. Miscellaneous Terms and Conditions

Breach: Without limiting other remedies available, Marketplace may, without prior notice, limit your activity, immediately remove your item listings, warn Marketplace's community of your actions, issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership (without refunding any fees) and refuse to provide our services to you if: (a) you breach this Agreement or other policy documents and community guidelines this Terms of Use incorporates by reference; (b) Marketplace is unable to verify or authenticate any of Your Information; or (c) Marketplace believes that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, Marketplace's users or Marketplace. No Warranty: MARKETPLACE, MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND MARKETPLACE'S SUPPLIERS PROVIDE MARKETPLACE'S WEB SITE AND SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. MARKETPLACE, MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND MARKETPLACE'S SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. 

Limitation On Liability: IN NO EVENT SHALL MARKETPLACE, AND (AS APPLICABLE) MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR MARKETPLACE'S SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE). MARKETPLACE'S LIABILITY, AND (AS APPLICABLE) THE LIABILITY OF MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO MARKETPLACE IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, AND (B) $100. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnification: YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD MARKETPLACE AND (AS APPLICABLE) MARKETPLACE'S PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES, HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE DOCUMENTS IT INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE, OR YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY LAW OR THE RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY.

Legal Compliance: You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service and your listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of items.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy At Marketplace, we take your privacy very seriously. This privacy policy (the "Policy") applies to our website vibeforge.co. This policy describes how Marketplace collects and handles your personal information when you use our Site. This Policy only covers Marketplace and the information we collect on the Site and does not extend to people, or companies that Marketplace does not employ or manage. We reserve the right to modify this Policy. We will notify you of substantial changes to this Policy by telling you about them in the forums. Should we make a material change to the manner in which we handle your collected personal information, we will place a prominent notice on the Site, or notify you by email prior to the change becoming effective.

• We do not share your personal information with third parties for their promotional purposes.


• We will not give personal information to advertisers;


• We do not tolerate spam;


• You may occasionally be notified by email of announcements from Marketplace; you may opt out of these announcements at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in each email announcement.

Information we collect Our main purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with an enjoyable, customized, and efficient experience on our Site. It is our policy to never willfully disclose any personal information about our registered users to the general public without their consent. Marketplace collects information from you when you register and conduct certain activities on the Site. We collect your full name, valid telephone number, contact/billing information, email address, and shipping address. Most of this information is collected only when you decide to become a seller on the site. Each Member must create a unique user id and password. We also provide you the opportunity to create a profile on the Site, which, depending on your preferences can be public or private. Please note that any information you select to provide in your public profile or via other public areas of the Site can be viewed and used by other Members of these forums to send you unsolicited messages. Marketplace is not responsible for the personal information users' elect to disclose in public forums and we encourage you to use discretion. When you elect to email a friend about the Site, we request their email address to fulfill your request. We use this third party personal information to send this one time email and for no other purposes. In the event that you select to import your contacts, we shall not store your password but shall access your information specifically for the purpose of updating your address book. We do not use the third party personal information of your contacts that you store in your account for any promotional purposes, or any purpose not explicitly requested by you. We post testimonials on the Site. These testimonials include users' names. We obtain users' permission prior to posting testimonials on the Site. We are not responsible for the personal information a user elects to share within their testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at support@vibeforge.co. We collect some information from your browser. This includes your IP address and the name of the page you requested. This information helps us to diagnose problems with our servers and administer the Site. Basically, your IP address helps us in identifying you and your specific needs. Cookies and other tracking technology: We also collect information from cookies, which are software tags that are stored by a browser onto your hard drive. These bits of information are general in nature and they allow us to customize our Site to fit your specific preferences. Cookies also allow you to log onto or navigate through specific sections of our Site without having to re-enter certain information. You can decline the use of cookies, if any, through your browser. We tie cookie information to users' to user accounts in order to track users who set up duplicate accounts. However, we don't make this information publicly visible/available in any way. On occasion we may also employ Web Beacons and clear Gifs on the Site to track information and traffic on the Site. A Web Beacon is a small 1x1 image that allows a Site to monitor site traffic. Third Party Cookies: We may from time to time engage third parties to track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical information from visitors to our Site to help us administer our Site and improve its quality. Such third parties may use cookies to help track visitor behavior. Such cookies will not be used to associate individual website visitors to any personal information. Our third party partners employ clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), images, and scripts that help them better manage content on our Site. We do [not] tie the information gathered to our Customers’ or Users’ personal information.

How is my information used? The information collected from Marketplace Members is used to improve product offerings, customize our Site's content and layout, and for marketing and statistical effort. Occasionally, we will send you emails about our new services or promotions. You can always opt-out of receiving any information from us by updating your account preferences in your account or by using the unsubscribe link contained in each email. To change access, delete, or modify any of your personal information can be accomplished by logging into your account on the Site. We do reserve the right to send users service and notification emails, which are considered a part of your account; given that these messages are not promotional in nature, you generally cannot opt-out of account notifications without deleting your account.

Who will see my personal information? Our number one priority is to keep your personal information private and confidential. We will not willfully disclose your personal information to third parties. And we will not rent or sell your personal information to anyone. However, certain personal information will be made available to others in the process of using our Site. This information includes:

• Other visitors to our Site may view your user ID, rating, city, profile (which includes multiple fields you may elect to fill out or leave blank), and other items you have for sale;


• In order to complete the transaction, the buyer and seller are provided with each other’s email and postal address;


• When making an offer, the seller can view your user ID, rating and your city.

Of course, once you provide personal information to a buyer or seller on our Site, Marketplace has no control over how that information is used by the other individual. You should discuss any privacy concerns you may have with any individual you meet through our Site, as the only protection you will have is whatever terms you agree to directly with the other individual. Marketplace will disclose your personal information to others under the following circumstances:

• You consent to share the information;


• To law enforcement where a formal request has been made such as in responding to subpoenas, court orders or legal process;


• Your actions on our Site are, or appear to be, in violation of the Terms of Service and disclosure of this information will assist in efforts to enforce the Terms of Service;


• You post a listing, which Marketplace believes in its sole discretion, may create liability for Marketplace and disclosure of this personal information may minimize or eliminate its liability.


• To our service providers: we employ the services of a third-party payment processor on the Site to fulfill payment when a purchase is executed. This third party isn't authorized to utilize your personal information for any other purposes. We also employ the services of a third party shipping agent.

Nothing in this Policy shall limit, prohibit, or otherwise deny the ability of Marketplace to (1) transfer, assign, or sell its assets, including, without limitation, the assets of our Site, to a third party or (2) dispose of its assets in any manner through bankruptcy or similar proceeding. Marketplace also makes no representations regarding, and disclaims all liability arising out of, or related to, the accuracy or completeness of the information it collects and discloses through our Site. In the event of a business transfer of assets, which could include your personal information, we shall notify you by email or by a notice on the Site of any significant changes to the information practices governing your personal information.

Minors: (those under the age of 18) are not eligible to use Marketplace unless they use our Site through a parent or guardian who is a registered Member of Marketplace. 

Your Responsibilities: We go to great lengths to protect all of your information on our Site. In order to help us maintain the security of your personal information, we ask that you do not share your password with anybody. Sharing this information could put you and your rating as a buyer/seller at risk. If you lose control of your password or you think that somebody has obtained unauthorized access to your account, immediately change your password. Please contact us at support@vibeforge.co if you have any questions. We employ industry accepted standards in protecting your personal information during your use of the Site and have established physical and electronic safe guards to protect your information. The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot and do not guarantee that your information will not suffer unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or access. By using our Site, you acknowledge these risks. 

Data Retention: We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at support@vibeforge.co. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Blog Disclosure: If you use a bulletin board, blog, or chat room on this website, you should be aware that any personal information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other members of these forums, and can be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personal information that you choose to submit in these forums. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at support@vibeforge.co. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

Third-Party Sites: The Site contains links to other web sites. Marketplace is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites. You will need to check the policy statement of these others web sites to understand their policies. If you access a linked site, you may be disclosing your personal information. Marketplace is not responsible for the personal information you may disclose by accessing other web sites through Site links.

Behavioral Targeting / Re-Targeting: We partner with a third party ad network to either display advertising on our Site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our ad network partner uses cookies and Web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on the Site and other web sites to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests. You can adjust your Google ad settings here

Single Sign-On: You can log in to our Site using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on the Site to your Facebook profile page to share with others within your network.

Social Media Widgets: Our Site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button [and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site]. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site , and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the Feature.

EU Data Subject Rights: Lawful Grounds. If you reside in the European Economic Area or Switzerland (collectively the “EU”), we rely on the following lawful grounds under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to process (collect, store, and use) your personal data: (a) it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you; (b) our or a third-party’s legitimate business interest; or (c) your consent. Data Transfer Notice. We are located in the United States and transfer your personal data for processing in the United States. We make the transfer to the United States in the absence of an adequacy decision because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or with your explicit consent. Individual Rights and Data Subject Requests. We provide you tools to change access, delete, or modify any of your personal information by logging into your account on the Site. You may also contact us at privacy@vibeforge.co to request access to, transfer of, and rectification or erasure of your personal data, or restriction of processing, or to object to processing of your personal data. Please specify the nature of your request and the information that is the subject of your request. We may require you to submit additional information necessary to verify your identity and status as an EU data subject. We will respond to your request within 30 days. If we are processing your personal data based upon the lawful ground of your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent for such processing at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before it is withdrawn. To withdraw consent, email us at privacy@vibeforge.co

We want to hear from you

• Your opinion truly counts. Our Site was designed to serve the needs of our Members. Please contact us with any questions or comments. You may do this by sending an email to support@vibeforge.co

GUEST BLOGGER TERMS & CONDITIONS

Last updated January 9th, 2025

You acknowledge that you understand and comply with the following:

Groups are a big part of VibeForge and group administrators play a large role in making sure that everyone enjoys participating in groups on VibeForge. To make sure that group leaders are all on the same page we wrote the following list of general Group Leader Guidelines we would like all group leaders to follow. Just remember, participation on VibeForge is always subject to our Legal & Privacy Policies.

See a Need, Fill a Need, Start a Group

Have a new idea for a group? Can't find a group that speaks to you? Want to start a group to promote your business, event or organization. Then just do it already. Start a new group.

Love Your Group

The fun part is getting your group off the floor. A little bit of time and love will go a long way in creating a successful group. Here are some tips:

• Choose a good name for your group: something that is descriptive and calls to people.


• Write a good group description: people want to know what they are joining.


• Start new discussion on a daily basis: people are always looking for good discussions.


• Tell people about your group: friends, like minded people… anyone who might enjoy it.


• Just be yourself and have fun with it: fun and authenticity, nothing is more important.

Find Good Group Moderators to Help You Out

What makes a good group moderator? Someone who shares your vision for the group. Someone who will contribute regularly to the group and help you moderate and maintain it. You can never have enough good group leaders to help you out. What happens if it does not work out with one of the group leaders you choose? No worries. A group owner can not only add new moderators to the team but remove any of them if needed.

We Are Very Open Minded - But Certain Content Is A No-No

Certain topics are prohibited on VibeForge. Some of them are for legal reasons and others are from limitations put on us by banks and credit card companies. You can have intellectual discussions, but you cannot post content that is considered obscene by community standards such as: Nudity, Porn, or any acts that portray violence against others including animals.  See our Legal & Privacy policies for a platform wide explanation of prohibited content. As group owners and moderators, we would appreciate you moderating these subjects appropriately.  If we have to moderate your content, you will be notified via a private message of the content that was removed for violations of our guidelines and policies. You as a group owner can (and we encourage it) write your own group guidelines so long as they do not interfere with platform wide rules and guidelines.

Don't Let People Ruin It For Others

We want you to encourage healthy debate but there is a big difference between that and a discussion which has degraded into people attacking one another. Aggressive personal attacks, criminal accusations, making fun of, trolling, flaming, bullying, racial slurs or any other type of malicious behavior that lowers the quality of a discussion needs to be moderated quickly before things get out of control and ruin the experience for everyone.  Example:

"I think you are dumb f*** with two peas for a brain for wanting to kick a poor defenseless animal. You should be dragged out into the street and get karate chopped by Chuck Norris."

Now this needs to be edited or removed.

Taking Care of Your Group

When you come across any content that needs to be moderated we recommend you remove it and email the poster to explain to them why it needed to go. Copying and pasting the original content back is always appreciated so that they don't lose any of the good stuff while just removing the bad stuff. In addition to moderating content you can also close and re-open a discussion to give people the chance to cool-down and gather their thoughts. If a member of your group continuously causes problems then we recommend you ban them from your group. Once you ban a member from your group it's a good idea to send a friendly head's up to us at report@vibeforge.co and let us know what is going on.

If We Get Any Reports About Content In Your Group

We always recommend to members of the community that they first contact you if they see or are having any problems in your group. But if we do get a report about content in your group that breaks any of our Community Guidelines or Legal & Privacy policies we will investigate and if we have to act on the report we will inform you, the group owner, of anything we did in your group. In the case of cross-posts, member deletions, and spam we will not notify you, the group owner, if we remove content from your group.

Inactive Group Owners

We know that sometimes things happen, and situations change. So, if a group owner is no longer able to be active in the moderation of their group and we feel that members are at a disadvantage as a result, we will consider finding a new group owner to take the place of the inactive group owner. Of course, we'd always prefer that the group owner takes the initiative and finds a suitable replacement for themselves.

The Platform Administrators Are Here To Help You Out Whenever You Need It

The platform Administrators are VibeForge support team. If you have any questions, need a second opinion or just want our platform administrators to take care of something for you because you are not comfortable handling it yourself please don't hesitate to email them at support@vibeforge.co.

Group & Page Guidelines

Groups are a big part of VibeForge and group administrators play a large role in making sure that everyone enjoys participating in groups on VibeForge. To make sure that group leaders are all on the same page we wrote the following list of general Group Leader Guidelines we would like all group leaders to follow. Just remember, participation on VibeForge is always subject to our Legal & Privacy Policies.

See a Need, Fill a Need, Start a Group

Have a new idea for a group? Can't find a group that speaks to you? Want to start a group to promote your business, event or organization. Then just do it already. Start a new group.

Love Your Group

The fun part is getting your group off the floor. A little bit of time and love will go a long way in creating a successful group. Here are some tips:

• Choose a good name for your group: something that is descriptive and calls to people.


• Write a good group description: people want to know what they are joining.


• Start new discussion on a daily basis: people are always looking for good discussions.


• Tell people about your group: friends, like minded people… anyone who might enjoy it.


• Just be yourself and have fun with it: fun and authenticity, nothing is more important.

Find Good Group Moderators to Help You Out

What makes a good group moderator? Someone who shares your vision for the group. Someone who will contribute regularly to the group and help you moderate and maintain it. You can never have enough good group leaders to help you out. What happens if it does not work out with one of the group leaders you choose? No worries. A group owner can not only add new moderators to the team but remove any of them if needed.

We Are Very Open Minded - But Certain Content Is A No-No

Certain topics are prohibited on VibeForge. Some of them are for legal reasons and others are from limitations put on us by banks and credit card companies. You can have intellectual discussions, but you cannot post content that is considered obscene by community standards such as: Nudity, Porn, or any acts that portray violence against others including animals.  See our Legal & Privacy policies for a platform wide explanation of prohibited content. As group owners and moderators, we would appreciate you moderating these subjects appropriately.  If we have to moderate your content, you will be notified via a private message of the content that was removed for violations of our guidelines and policies. You as a group owner can (and we encourage it) write your own group guidelines so long as they do not interfere with platform wide rules and guidelines.

Don't Let People Ruin It For Others

We want you to encourage healthy debate but there is a big difference between that and a discussion which has degraded into people attacking one another. Aggressive personal attacks, criminal accusations, making fun of, trolling, flaming, bullying, racial slurs or any other type of malicious behavior that lowers the quality of a discussion needs to be moderated quickly before things get out of control and ruin the experience for everyone.  Example:

"I think you are dumb f*** with two peas for a brain for wanting to kick a poor defenseless animal. You should be dragged out into the street and get karate chopped by Chuck Norris."

Now this needs to be edited or removed.

Taking Care of Your Group

When you come across any content that needs to be moderated we recommend you remove it and email the poster to explain to them why it needed to go. Copying and pasting the original content back is always appreciated so that they don't lose any of the good stuff while just removing the bad stuff. In addition to moderating content you can also close and re-open a discussion to give people the chance to cool-down and gather their thoughts. If a member of your group continuously causes problems then we recommend you ban them from your group. Once you ban a member from your group it's a good idea to send a friendly head's up to us at report@vibeforge.co and let us know what is going on.

If We Get Any Reports About Content In Your Group

We always recommend to members of the community that they first contact you if they see or are having any problems in your group. But if we do get a report about content in your group that breaks any of our Community Guidelines or Legal & Privacy policies we will investigate and if we have to act on the report we will inform you, the group owner, of anything we did in your group. In the case of cross-posts, member deletions, and spam we will not notify you, the group owner, if we remove content from your group.

Inactive Group Owners

We know that sometimes things happen, and situations change. So, if a group owner is no longer able to be active in the moderation of their group and we feel that members are at a disadvantage as a result, we will consider finding a new group owner to take the place of the inactive group owner. Of course, we'd always prefer that the group owner takes the initiative and finds a suitable replacement for themselves.

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Safe Space Guidelines

Everyone deserves to feel safe and secure in who they are.​

State And Local Resources

• Basic Rights Oregon – 503-222-6151 Has various resources on LGBTQ+ legal rights, advocacy training, and advocates who assist with reporting discrimination.


• Basic Rights Oregon, Fierce Family Members Group For family of transgender youth


• Brave Space, LLC Private practice support groups and counseling for transgender and non-binary children, youth, adults & families (fairly costly)


• Bridging Voices Portland queer youth choir


• Cascade AIDS Project – 503-223-5907 Cascade AIDS Project(CAP) is the oldest and largest provider of HIV services in the Pacific Northwest. CAP provides services around health, prevention, testing, housing, and employment for individuals affected by HIV. CAP also provides Peer Support for HIV+ individuals who also require mental health services or linkage to care.


• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Portland LGBTQ – 503-679-2999 A drop-in peer led support group for LGBTQ persons living with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, bipolar, anxiety, PTSD or related illnesses.


• Janus Youth, Rivera House independent living for LGBTQIA+ youth reentering community under jurisdiction of Oregon Youth Authority


• NAMI Clackamas – 503-344-5050 LGBTQ peer support services in Clackamas and Multnomah Counties, including one-on-one peer support.


• Northwest Gender Alliance – 503-533-8787 A nonprofit social, support and educational group for trans individuals.


• Outside In – 503-535-3828 A coalition of medical and naturopathic doctors and interns, acupuncturists, and Chinese herbalists who provide multidisciplinary primary care to homeless youth and low-income individuals lacking health insurance in Portland. Specific trans nights offered.


• Parachute Media Through their social media, newsletter and user-generated content, they provide a unique lens that empowers, represents, and informs their audience, while emphasizing self-care.


• PFLAG Oregon chapters Informational resources and online support groups for LGBTQ+ individuals


• Prism Health Compassionate healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ community. Services are offered in English and Spanish.


• The Q Center – 503-234-7837 A LGBTQ community center in Portland with a variety of support and affinity groups and events.


• Quest Center for Integrative Health – 503-238-5203 Community mental health agency and alcohol and drug treatment services provider where half of staff and clinicians identify as LGBTQ.  Accepts Oregon Health Plan.


• SAGE Metro Portland – 503-224-2640 SAGE Metro Portland (formerly Gay and Grey) is a program of Friendly House, Inc. that “works to enhance the lives of older gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community members through education, advocacy, outreach and resource development.” SAGE offers social programs, diversity training, and housing resources for LGBT elders.


• TransActive Gender Project – 503-768-6024 Portland organization providing a holistic range of services and expertise to empower transgender and gender nonconforming children, youth and families. Offers youth & family support groups, professional development, advocacy, and resource referral services.


• University of North Dakota Resources for the Aging LGBTQ+ Community  Healthcare, financial planning, and long-term care resources.

LGBTQ+ Youth Specific Resources

• Unity House (through New Avenues) Housing for houseless LGBTQ+ youth. Includes resources such as assistance with rental-search efforts, subsidizing housing costs, education, counseling, job training, and employment. Unity House II opened 2017.


• The Living Room – 503-901-5971 A safe haven for GLBTQQ youth (ages 14-20) in Clackamas County, with drop-in in Oregon City as well as other programs.


• Oregon Safe Schools & Communities Coalition (OSSCC) OSSCC works to support youth in feeling safe and welcome in schools and communities. Emphasis on reducing youth suicide and risk behaviors for GSM youth


• Outside In – 503-535-3828 A coalition of medical and naturopathic doctors and interns, acupuncturists, and Chinese herbalists who provide multidisciplinary primary care to homeless youth and low-income individuals lacking health insurance in Portland. Specific trans nights offered.


• p:ear – 503-228-6677 Portland organization building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through Education, Art and Recreation to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthy lives.


• P.O.P. Rocks – 503-356-6835 Pulse on Pride (P.O.P) Rocks is a support group run by NAMI Washington County for 16 – 24 year olds who identify as LGBTQ and Allies. Meets at the NAMI Washington County office in Aloha.


• Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC) – 503-872-9664 A drop-in center for LGBTQ youth (ages 14-24) in both downtown Portland (1220 SW Columbia Ave) and SE Portland (16570 SE Oak St., Room 107).Facebook


• Triple Point Vancouver Free drop-in Vancouver-based gender and sexual minority youth group (ages 11 – 17)


• Queer Youth Summit Conference by and for queer and trans youth

National Resources

• GLBT National Help Center National Help Line – 877-565-8860


• Trans Lifeline – 888-843-4564 National hotline for transgender people experiencing a crisis.


• The Trevor Project – 866-488-7386 A national organization providing crisis intervention for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24.

Hood River County Resources:

• Hood River Valley High School Gay-Straight Alliance

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Websites

If you want to dig in a little deeper, we’ve got you covered. In alphabetical order…

• Asexual Visibility and Education Network — www.asexuality.org — “The world’s largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality.”


• Answer — http://answer.rutgers.edu/page/training —  A sex education resource aimed at providing high-quality training to teachers and other youth-serving professionals.  Includes online workshops, webinars, and other resources about LGBTQ inclusive/sensitive sex ed and more.


• Bitch Magazine — www.bitchmagazine.org — “Provide and encourage an engaged, thoughtful feminist response to mainstream media and popular culture.”


• Bisexual.org — www.bisexual.org — “A voice to the bisexual community, share accurate information, answer questions, and provide resources for further learning.”


• Everyday Feminism — www.everydayfeminism.com — “Learn how to heal from and stand up to everyday violence, discrimination, and marginalization,” with plenty of articles about class, gender, LGBTQIA issues, and race.


• Get Real — www.getrealeducation.org — “Comprehensive Sex Education That Works.”


• It’s Pronounced Metrosexual — www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com — an online resource educating on issues of identity, sexuality, gender, privilege, and oppression, but in a fun, approachable way (by Safe Zone Project co-creator, Sam Killermann).


• Salacious — www.salaciousmagazine.com — “A Queer Feminist Sex Magazine”


• Soul Force – http://soulforce.org/ – Family that travels and does speaking events, have a ton of materials on their site, and do an “equality ride” (super cool), all from a Christian perspective


• TransWhat? — www.transwhat.org — “A Guide Towards [Trans] Allyship”


• We Are The Youth — www.wearetheyouth.org — “Sharing stories of LGBTQ youth in the United States.”

Read

Blogs, articles, books, and more — a huge list of written words you could spend a good chunk of the rest of your life reading.

Articles & Blog Posts

• 15+ Fantastic Resources for Talking about Homosexuality and The Bible


• 17 Lies We Need to Stop Telling Girls About Sex


• 17 Lies We Need to Stop Telling Boys About Sex


• 30+ Examples of Christian Privilege


• 30+ Examples of Cisgender Privilege


• 30+ Examples of Heterosexual Privilege in the US


• 30+ Examples of Male Privilege


• 30+ Examples of Middle-to-Upper Class Privilege


• 5 Reasons Why So Many People Believe Feminism Hates Men and Why They’re Not True


• Anti-Oppression and the Fight for LGBTQ Equality


• Breaking through the binary: Gender explained using continuums


• Butch, Please


• Everyone is Gay


• GLSEN Think B4 You Speak


• Leading Effective Classroom Discussions on Controversial Topics


• Meg Allen’s “Butch” photo project


• Genderqueer.me


• NPR’s Men In America series


• On Trans* Safety in Public Bathrooms


• The Parents Project


• Scoop.It Gender and Education


• What does the asterisk in “trans*” stand for?


• What I Be


• Words we Don’t Use

Watch

Videos that are helpful, insightful, educational, and otherwise noteworthy.

• “Do I Sound Gay?” Documentary


• The Mask We Live In Documentary


• SEX+ A Frank Video Series About Sexuality with Laci Green Youtube Channel

Organizations

Consider these organizations and projects, we strongly encourage you give them your support — whether that’s in time, donations, or just spreading awareness.

• GLAAD — www.glaad.org — Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. “GLAAD works with print, broadcast and online news sources to bring people powerful stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality.”


• GLSEN — www.glsen.org — Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. “Every day GLSEN works to ensure that LGBT students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment.”


• Forge — http://forge-forward.org/ is a progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate and advocate for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies).  They have recorded webinars on many different issues related to trans* individuals and SOFFAs.


• It Gets Better Project — www.itgetsbetter.org — “The It Gets Better Project’s mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.”


• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force — http://www.thetaskforce.org/ — “The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up.” They also run Creating Change the “largest annual gathering of LGBTQ activists, organizers, and leaders within the LGBT movement” in the US.


• National Center for Transgender Equality — https://transequality.org/ — “The nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people.”


• The “Not All Like That” (NALT) Project – http://notalllikethat.org – videos of (awesome) Christians (mostly families) explaining how they fully support LGBTQ people and that being Christian shouldn’t mean being anti-gay.


• Religious Institute — http://www.religiousinstitute.org — “A multifaith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society.”


• PFLAG —www.pflag.org — “Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies United with LGBT People to Move Equality Forward.”


• Transgender Law Center — https://transgenderlawcenter.org/ — “The largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.”


• The Trevor Project — www.thetrevorproject.org — “Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth.”

Handouts

Bite-sized learning that fits on an 8.5 by 11 inch canvas, and can do some good hanging on a bulletin board or in someone’s hand.

• Queer Umbrella Handout


• What to do When Someone Comes Out of the Closet Handout


• LGBTQ+ Language DOs and DON’Ts Handout


• Genderbread Person v4.1 Activity

Facilitate

A collection of resources for the people in the front of the room during Safe Zone, LGBTQ+, and other gender/sexuality trainings.

• All Star Facilitator Series right here at The Safe Zone Project


• Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation: 11 Key Concepts You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know


• A Guide to Facilitation (forthcoming from us!)


• Facilitating.XYZ: A Free Online Resource for All Facilitators (a project that is under way, also by us)


• FacilitationXYZ LIVE: Interviews with Facilitators About Facilitation series Youtube Channel


• The Myth of Learning Styles TedxTalk

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