[impendia]

> we need to stop making gender a big deal

By your own admission, FFC didn't make a big deal out of gender and is therefore doing as you ask.

Events like these are appreciated and found helpful by the women who participate in them. Isn't that sufficient grounds to be happy that they are taking place?

[jsprogrammer]

If the first word of the title is a gender exclusive term, and that is not making it a big deal, what would be considered making it a big deal?

[imaginenore]

> FFC didn't make a big deal out of gender

You mean by putting "Female" in the title?

This is plain gender discrimination.