Code of Conduct for All Sanity Sessions

Sanity’s goal is to foster open, thoughtful, and mutually respectful reflections in a safe environment. To make this happen, it’s important that we all follow these housekeeping rules and code of conduct during all live sessions (subject to updates from time to time):

• Your login details to attend the session are non-transferable and cannot be shared with anyone else.
• The host is not a mental health professional and will not offer clinical advice or therapist recommendations. To ensure the safety of all participants, please don't ask for or offer mental health advice.
• This session is not meant for sharing personal mental health stories. Please seek out peer support groups if that's what you need.
• Do not share any personal information with unfamiliar individuals.
• Please mute yourself when not speaking.
• You are free to use the content of the session for personal, non-commercial purposes, but you may not disclose the identity or affiliation of any speaker or participant in the session. As a rule of thumb, do not quote non-panelists anywhere. This includes screenshots that reveal the face or name of any participant.
• [Edited on 15/07/2025: Some School of Sanity sessions may be recorded in their entirety for future transmission on a free or paid basis.]
• The safety of the group is paramount in order for us to have an open and collegial discussion. Refrain from harassing, bullying, discriminatory, hateful, or illegal conduct. This includes but is not limited to: 
  
  • Violence and threats of violence.
  • Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to self-harm or suicidal behaviour.
  • Derogatory comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental or physical illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, caste, race, religion, or socio-economic status.
  • Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour.
  • Posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”).
  • Deliberate misgendering or use of “dead” or rejected names.
  • Inappropriate photography or recording.
  • Simulated physical contact (e.g. textual messages or comments like “hug” or “backrub”) without affirmative consent.
  • Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes sexualised comments or jokes and unwelcome sexual advances.
  • Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following (online or in person).
  • Sustained disruption of conversation or posting spam.
  • Visually or orally sharing any content that is illegal, including but not limited to content supporting extremism or terrorism.
  • Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behaviour.
• You can report any violation of these rules to the host via private direct message during the event, or via email afterwards. Your identity will be kept confidential.
• Any behaviour that disrupts the safety of the group will result in removal from the session without refund and disqualification from future events.