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Contents:
- THE GAYS AND THE TECH INDTRY: AN INCLIVE YET COMPLITED RELATNSHIP
- HIGH TECH GAYS (HTG)
- HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCEMEERA LAST, JUNE 25, 2019 ⏱ 5 M READ WE’VE E A LONG WAY IT’S JUNE, PRI MONTH. ONE MONTH EVERY YEAR WHERE YOU N SEE THE RABOW FLAG AND THAT DISTCT LLECTN OF LETTERS, LGBT, STACKED TOGETHER, AND STRETCHED ACROSS SHOP ONTS, OVER WEB BANNERS, ON TELEVISN. PRI IS A TIME FOR LGBT+ TO CELEBRATE THEMSELV – TO REFLECT ON THE IMMENSE PROGRS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE E BEFORE HAVE MA AND REASSERT THEIR RIGHT TO SELF EXPRSN. IT HAS BEEN 50 YEARS SCE THE RTS AT STONEWALL, WHEN A BRICK WAS THROWN FIANCE OF POLICE RAIDS ON LGBT TABLISHMENTS. IN 1969, HOMOSEXUALY WAS STILL CRIMALISED MOST UNTRI. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATN REGNISED HOMOSEXUALY AS A MENTAL DISORR UNTIL 1994. BEG ABLE JT TO BE WAS THE FIGHT TO BE HAD.BUT THE RECENT PROTTS AT TEACHG LGBT+ RELATNSHIPS PRIMARY SCHOOLS; THE VLENT AND MISOGYNISTIC ATTACK ON A LBIAN UPLE ON A B; AND THE EPLY TRANSPHOBIC ONLE MPAIGN TO REMOVE MUNROE BURGDORF OM HER POST WH THE NSPCC ALL SIGNAL THAT WE’VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. SO IS UNRSTANDABLE THAT FOR SOME, PRI IS A TIME TO MAND MORE. PRI STILL HAS S ROOTS PROTT AND WHILE SHOULD BE ED TO REFLECT ON PROGRS, SHOULD ALSO HIGHLIGHT CURRENT JTIC AND MAND A GREATER LEVEL OF SCTY WHEN TO PUBLIC AND VISIBLE SUPPORT OF THE LGBT+ MUNY. HAS TECHNOLOGY CREATED POSIVE CHANGE? IT IS CLEAR THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS, PART, PLAYED A ROLE THIS GROWG WAVE OF PROGRS. IT HAS THE ENORMO POWER TO AFFECT CHANGE. IT ALLOWS LGBT+ TO NNECT BEYOND GEOGRAPHIC AND PHYSIL BOUNDARI, AND TO RCE THE FEELG OF ISOLATN THAT N SO MONLY BE PART OF THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCE. INCREASG THE VISIBILY OF ISSU THAT AFFECT LGBT+ PEOPLE, AND WORKG TO SPOTLIGHT KEY MPAIGNS FOR CHANGE, HAVE ALL BEEN EMBOLNED BY THE E OF TECHNOLOGY. FROM THE BATTLE TO TRODUCE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TAIWAN, TO THE LEGALISATN OF HOMOSEXUALY INDIA, TO THE ISSUE OF WORKPLACE DISCRIMATN THE US: ALL HAVE HAD AN ONLE ELEMENT THAT HAS TAPULTED THE TOPIC ONTO THE WORLD STAGE.SOCIAL MEDIA HAS ALSO HELPED TO AMPLIFY THE VOIC OF THOSE WHO HAVE PREVLY BEEN MARGALISED AND SILED – AND THIS NEW PROMENCE HAS UNDOUBTEDLY NTRIBUTED TO CREASG ACCEPTANCE. ONLE MPAIGNS LIKE “IT GETS BETTER” SAW FAMO VOIC SPEAK SOOTHGLY OF HOW GOOD THGS N GET. AIMED AT LGBT YOUTH STGGLG WH G OUT, ASPIRED TO NNECT THEM TOGETHER AND GIVE THEM HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. SCE THEN, MORE NTENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON YOUTUBE, ATTRACTG LNS OF SHAR. CHANNELS MA BY UPL AND DIVIDUALS CREATE A PLATFORM FOR THEM TO SHARE THE STORI OF THEIR RELATNSHIPS AND DAILY LIV, GIVG VULNERABLE YOUNG LGBT+ WORLDWI A BEAN OF HOPE, AND WORKG TO NORMALISE THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCE. AS POSIVE VOIC GET AMPLIFIED THOUGH, SO TOO DO THE NEGATIVE BACKLASH. HATE MPAIGNS TARGETG PROMENT LGBT+ DIVIDUALS BRG TO LIGHT THE PREVELANCE OF HOMOPHOBIC & TRANSPHOBIC VIEWS THAT MANY STILL HOLD. WHAT ONCE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A NARRATIVE NTROLLED BY THE DOMANT POWER STCTUR, NOW HAS THE BENEF AND DANGER OF ALLOWG EVERYONE AND ANYONE TO GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS. WH THE BATE THEN BLEEDG BACK TO OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA, LGBT+ PEOPLE N FEEL A REAL SENSE OF SUFFOTN AND FEAR. QUEER CULTURE AND THE IMPACT ON PHYSIL SPAC THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER IMPACTS OF THE LGBT+ MUNY GROWG ONLE. WHAT ONCE WAS DISURSE AND TERACTN REAL LIFE HAS TRANSFERRED TO APPS AND ONLE LGBT+ SPAC; AND HAS LIKELY NTRIBUTED TO THE END OF UNTLS QUEER VENU UP AND DOWN THE UNTRY. AS THE DIGAL MUNY BUILDS, AND LGBT+ PEOPLE N FD EACH OTHER OUTSI OF THE TRADNAL SPAC, RNERSTON OF CULTURE HAVE CLOSED. HOWEVER, WOULD THE MPAIGN TO SAVE THE INIC AND HISTORIC ROYAL VXHALL TAVERN HAVE BEEN SUCH A SUCCS WHOUT THE AID OF AN CREDIBLE ONLE MOVEMENT? ALTHOUGH PROGRS HAS BEEN MA THE UK AND MANY OTHER UNTRI, LGBT+ PEOPLE ARE STILL BEG PERSECUTED MANY PLAC ACROSS THE WORLD. IN 13 UNTRI, HOMOSEXUALY PUNISHABLE BY ATH PENALTY. IN MANY OTHERS, RRI A PRISON SENTENCE. AND EVEN UNTRI WE’D NSIR MORE “ENLIGHTENED”, LGBT+ PEOPLE STILL FACE DISCRIMATN THE WORKPLACE, AND STREET HARRASSMENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY PRI REMAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT AND WHY QUEER MUNI G TECHNOLOGY TO NNECT AND MPAIGN FOR CHANGE STILL HAVE THE PACY TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.THE NEXT GENERATN OF QUEER SPAC LGBT+ PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE FOUND WAYS TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER. IT ED TO BE THAT WE WOULD SPEAK A “DIFFERENT LANGUAGE”. POLARI, A SECRET LANGUAGE, ALLOWED GAY MEN TO REVEAL THEMSELV TO EACH OTHER. A GREEN RNATN, PNED TO A MAN’S LAPEL, A SYMBOL OF SOMETHG UNSPOKEN. WOMEN TRADG VLETS; A REFUL, QUIET CLARATN OF LOVE. LIVG A “SECRET LIFE”. LIVG WH THE FEAR AND THREAT OF DISVERY. THE ABILY OF TECHNOLOGY TO FOSTER MUNI HAS BEEN HARNSED. THE TOOLS – OM DATG APPS LIKE HER, TO ONLE MUNI LIKE MEETUP – HAVE PROVID A PLATFORM FOR LGBT+ PEOPLE TO DISVER ONE ANOTHER; TO MEET UNR SAFE CIRCUMSTANC THAN MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE POSSIBLE PUBLIC. 80% OF THE LGBT+ MUNY BELIEVE THAT DATG APPS – NNECTG TOGETHER SELF-INTIFYG LGBT+ PEOPLE – HAVE HAD A POSIVE IMPACT ON THE MUNY AS A WHOLE. TECHNOLOGY N ALSO PROVI SAFETY THE MOST DANGERO OF CIRCUMSTANC – HOWEVER BANAL MIGHT SEEM TO CISGENRED HETEROSEXUALS. EXPRS VPN IS A POPULAR TOOL – A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK – THAT SOME LGBT+ PEOPLE E TO PROTECT THEIR INTY ONLE WHEN TERACTG DIGAL QUEER SPAC. MISTERBNB, A TRAVEL APP DITED TO NNECTG LGBT+ TRAVELLERS AND HOSTS, AIMS TO ELIMATE THE RISK OF NONTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE WHILST ABROAD. GAYCI IS SENTIALLY AN TERACTIVE MAP THAT DIT WHERE YOU’D FD A WELE A NEW PLACE. EVEN BLOCKCHA HAS CROPPED UP. THE LGBT TOKEN IS A FORM OF CRYPTOCURRENCY THAT HOP TO EMPOWER LGBT DIVIDUALS PLAC WHERE THEY FACE THE THREAT OF ENOMIC PERSECUTN. THE RABOW CAMPAIGN – A GLOBAL LGBT+ CROWDFUNDG WORK – SUPPORTS BS AND DIVIDUALS LOOKG TO EMPOWER THE MUNY, PROVIDG A PLATFORM FOR GROWTH.THE POWER OF DIGAL N ALSO BE NSTRAED BY ERNMENTS AND REGULATORS WH ULTERR MOTIV. THE REMOVAL OF A SWATHE OF NTENT ON WEIBO SPARKED FEARS FOR CHA’S LGBT+ MUNY THAT A ERNMENT-LED CRACKDOWN ON QUEER MATERIAL HAD BEEN LNCHED. A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSY FACED ENORMO BACKLASH WHEN THEY FIRST PRENTED THEIR AI THAT CLAIMED TO “REGNISE FACIAL FEATUR RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTATN”. QUE WHY AN AI WOULD BE NEED FOR THAT PURPOSE IS STILL A MYSTERY.WHILE DIVERSY AND CLN TECH REMAS A MAJOR TOPIC OF NVERSATN, VISIBILY IS STILL LACKG, MAKG IMPORTANT FOR LGBT+ PEOPLE TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER THE TECH SPACE. THE DTRY HAS WORK TO DO TO ENSURE THAT LGBT+ EMPLOYE AND ERS FEEL SUPPORTED AND REPRENTED.WE SHOULD ALSO BE MDFUL OF HOW WE EXPRS THIS SUPPORT AT ALL TIM, NOT JT DURG PRI MONTH. DRAPG A RABOW FLAG OVER YOUR LOGO IS AN EASY GTURE: BUT TO MAKE MEAN SOMETHG HAS TO BE EMBOLNED BY REAL SUPPORT. HIRG PROCS, PANY CULTURE, AND MDFULNS OF PEOPLE’S DIFFERENC ARE WHAT WILL MAKE A REAL IMPACT THE NTUED FIGHT. HERE ARE SOME GROUPS TO GET VOLVED WH IF YOU ARE TERTED JOG AND GROWG THE MUNY:OUT TECH • INTERTECH LGBT+ • LBIANS WHO TECH • LGBT TECH • LGBT STEM • LGBTQ TECHNOLOGY • PRI STEM • GAY GEEK LONDON MEETUP • QUEER CO LONDON MEETUP COMMUNY, DIVERSY , CULTURE, DIVERSYWAS THIS RMATN TERTG/HELPFUL?*YNOWHAT DID YOU LIKE? (OPTNAL)WHAT SHOULD WE IMPROVE? (OPTNAL) IF(TYPEOF GF_GLOBAL == 'UNFED') VAR GF_GLOBAL = {"GF_CURRENCY_NFIG":{"NAME":"POUND STERLG","SYMBOL_LEFT":"£","SYMBOL_RIGHT":"","SYMBOL_PADDG":" ","THOAND_SEPARATOR":",","CIMAL_SEPARATOR":".","CIMALS":2},"BASE_URL":"HTTPS:\/\/\/WP-NTENT\/PLUGS\/GRAVYFORMS","NUMBER_FORMATS":[],"SPNERURL":"HTTPS:\/\/\/DFWWCDQ-ZZQL2F2L\/W:TO\/H:TO\/Q:TO\/HTTPS:\/\/\/WP-NTENT\/PLUGS\/GRAVYFORMS\/IMAG\/"};JQUERY(DOCUMENT)('GFORM_POST_RENR', FUNCTN(EVENT, FORMID, CURRENTPAGE){IF(FORMID == 24) {GF_GLOBAL["NUMBER_FORMATS"][24] = {"1":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"2":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"3":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"8":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"5":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"6":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"7":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE}};IF(WDOW['JQUERY']){IF(!WDOW['GF_FORM_NDNAL_LOGIC'])WDOW['GF_FORM_NDNAL_LOGIC'] = NEW ARRAY();WDOW['GF_FORM_NDNAL_LOGIC'][24] = { LOGIC: { 2: {"FIELD":{"ACTNTYPE":"SHOW","LOGICTYPE":"ALL","L":[{"FIELDID":"1","OPERATOR":"IS","VALUE":"Y"}]},"NEXTBUTTON":NULL,"SECTN":NULL},3: {"FIELD":{"ACTNTYPE":"SHOW","LOGICTYPE":"ALL","L":[{"FIELDID":"1","OPERATOR":"IS","VALUE":"NO"}]},"NEXTBUTTON":NULL,"SECTN":NULL} }, PENNTS: { 2: [2],3: [3] }, ANIMATN: 0, FLTS: {"5":"111970","6":"HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCE","7":"03\/08\/2023"}, FIELDS: {"1":[2,3],"2":[],"3":[],"8":[],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[]} }; IF(!WDOW['GF_NUMBER_FORMAT'])WDOW['GF_NUMBER_FORMAT'] = 'CIMAL_DOT';JQUERY(DOCUMENT)(FUNCTN(){GF_APPLY_L(24, [2,3], TE);JQUERY('#GFORM_WRAPPER_24')();JQUERY(DOCUMENT).TRIGGER('GFORM_POST_NDNAL_LOGIC', [24, NULL, TE]);} );} JQUERY('#PUT_24_2').TEXTAREACOUNT( { 'MAXCHARACTERSIZE': 400, 'ORIGALSTYLE': 'GPUT_UNTER', 'TNTE': TE, 'ERRORSTYLE' : '', 'DISPLAYFORMAT' : '#PUT OF #MAX MAX CHARACTERS' } );JQUERY('#PUT_24_3').TEXTAREACOUNT( { 'MAXCHARACTERSIZE': 400, 'ORIGALSTYLE': 'GPUT_UNTER', 'TNTE': TE, 'ERRORSTYLE' : '', 'DISPLAYFORMAT' : '#PUT OF #MAX MAX CHARACTERS' } );} } );JQUERY(DOCUMENT)('GFORM_POST_NDNAL_LOGIC', FUNCTN(EVENT, FORMID, FIELDS, ISIN){} );JQUERY(DOCUMENT)(FUNCTN(){JQUERY(DOCUMENT).TRIGGER('GFORM_POST_RENR', [24, 1]) } ); COMMUNY CELEBRATG THE VISA ALUMNI WORK 2022
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THE GAYS AND THE TECH INDTRY: AN INCLIVE YET COMPLITED RELATNSHIP
* gay tech guys *
Gay marriage is still only legal around 30 a number of diversy iativ aimed at LGBTQ+ people the tech sector have emerged recent years.
He's also the CEO of cloud platform provir me out as gay 2012 honor of the 100th birthday of mathematician Alan Turg, who also intified as his g out piece Lux Magaze, Hall wrote: "Most of the people my world of electronics and puters were like the mathematicians of Alan Turgs' time, highly ted and not really rg whether their patrts were homosexual or not, or at least lookg beyond the sexualy and seeg the rt of the person.
He's nsired to be the first openly gay Hungarian CEO, and has ma diversy and cln a major ponent of Prezi's work environment. "I feel [beg openly gay] challeng me to be a better versn of myself, " Prezi told the Fancial Tim a October 2018 terview.
HIGH TECH GAYS (HTG)
High Tech Gays received an extensive amount of publicy om a lawsu agast DISCO (Defense Indtrial Secury Clearance Office) regardg secury clearanc. Bee gay rights was the issue, the rults of the su has some impact on all of . Hig * gay tech guys *
Sisson is a serial entreprenr who has found a number of pani that have all been acquired: His we retail webse,, raised $46 ln before was acquired by; In 2005, Microsoft acquired one of Sisson's pani, Teleo, an early Skype petor; And he found Le2, an app that provis phone service, which was bought by j2 Global June is currently founr and CEO of Yaza, an gmented realy an terview wh Big Thk 2009, Sisson said beg gay as an entreprenr has been a "non-issue" for the most part.
""There's never been any sort of problem wh anyone fdg out that I was gay and sudnly not wantg to do bs wh me or not wantg to fund me, " Sisson said. "Although beg gay is still unmon the VC world, I’ve never felt discrimatn; ultimately, I have found the tech dtry remarkably open-md, welg, and merocratic.
HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCEMEERA LAST, JUNE 25, 2019 ⏱ 5 M READ WE’VE E A LONG WAY IT’S JUNE, PRI MONTH. ONE MONTH EVERY YEAR WHERE YOU N SEE THE RABOW FLAG AND THAT DISTCT LLECTN OF LETTERS, LGBT, STACKED TOGETHER, AND STRETCHED ACROSS SHOP ONTS, OVER WEB BANNERS, ON TELEVISN. PRI IS A TIME FOR LGBT+ TO CELEBRATE THEMSELV – TO REFLECT ON THE IMMENSE PROGRS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE E BEFORE HAVE MA AND REASSERT THEIR RIGHT TO SELF EXPRSN. IT HAS BEEN 50 YEARS SCE THE RTS AT STONEWALL, WHEN A BRICK WAS THROWN FIANCE OF POLICE RAIDS ON LGBT TABLISHMENTS. IN 1969, HOMOSEXUALY WAS STILL CRIMALISED MOST UNTRI. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATN REGNISED HOMOSEXUALY AS A MENTAL DISORR UNTIL 1994. BEG ABLE JT TO BE WAS THE FIGHT TO BE HAD.BUT THE RECENT PROTTS AT TEACHG LGBT+ RELATNSHIPS PRIMARY SCHOOLS; THE VLENT AND MISOGYNISTIC ATTACK ON A LBIAN UPLE ON A B; AND THE EPLY TRANSPHOBIC ONLE MPAIGN TO REMOVE MUNROE BURGDORF OM HER POST WH THE NSPCC ALL SIGNAL THAT WE’VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. SO IS UNRSTANDABLE THAT FOR SOME, PRI IS A TIME TO MAND MORE. PRI STILL HAS S ROOTS PROTT AND WHILE SHOULD BE ED TO REFLECT ON PROGRS, SHOULD ALSO HIGHLIGHT CURRENT JTIC AND MAND A GREATER LEVEL OF SCTY WHEN TO PUBLIC AND VISIBLE SUPPORT OF THE LGBT+ MUNY. HAS TECHNOLOGY CREATED POSIVE CHANGE? IT IS CLEAR THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS, PART, PLAYED A ROLE THIS GROWG WAVE OF PROGRS. IT HAS THE ENORMO POWER TO AFFECT CHANGE. IT ALLOWS LGBT+ TO NNECT BEYOND GEOGRAPHIC AND PHYSIL BOUNDARI, AND TO RCE THE FEELG OF ISOLATN THAT N SO MONLY BE PART OF THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCE. INCREASG THE VISIBILY OF ISSU THAT AFFECT LGBT+ PEOPLE, AND WORKG TO SPOTLIGHT KEY MPAIGNS FOR CHANGE, HAVE ALL BEEN EMBOLNED BY THE E OF TECHNOLOGY. FROM THE BATTLE TO TRODUCE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TAIWAN, TO THE LEGALISATN OF HOMOSEXUALY INDIA, TO THE ISSUE OF WORKPLACE DISCRIMATN THE US: ALL HAVE HAD AN ONLE ELEMENT THAT HAS TAPULTED THE TOPIC ONTO THE WORLD STAGE.SOCIAL MEDIA HAS ALSO HELPED TO AMPLIFY THE VOIC OF THOSE WHO HAVE PREVLY BEEN MARGALISED AND SILED – AND THIS NEW PROMENCE HAS UNDOUBTEDLY NTRIBUTED TO CREASG ACCEPTANCE. ONLE MPAIGNS LIKE “IT GETS BETTER” SAW FAMO VOIC SPEAK SOOTHGLY OF HOW GOOD THGS N GET. AIMED AT LGBT YOUTH STGGLG WH G OUT, ASPIRED TO NNECT THEM TOGETHER AND GIVE THEM HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. SCE THEN, MORE NTENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON YOUTUBE, ATTRACTG LNS OF SHAR. CHANNELS MA BY UPL AND DIVIDUALS CREATE A PLATFORM FOR THEM TO SHARE THE STORI OF THEIR RELATNSHIPS AND DAILY LIV, GIVG VULNERABLE YOUNG LGBT+ WORLDWI A BEAN OF HOPE, AND WORKG TO NORMALISE THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCE. AS POSIVE VOIC GET AMPLIFIED THOUGH, SO TOO DO THE NEGATIVE BACKLASH. HATE MPAIGNS TARGETG PROMENT LGBT+ DIVIDUALS BRG TO LIGHT THE PREVELANCE OF HOMOPHOBIC & TRANSPHOBIC VIEWS THAT MANY STILL HOLD. WHAT ONCE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A NARRATIVE NTROLLED BY THE DOMANT POWER STCTUR, NOW HAS THE BENEF AND DANGER OF ALLOWG EVERYONE AND ANYONE TO GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS. WH THE BATE THEN BLEEDG BACK TO OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA, LGBT+ PEOPLE N FEEL A REAL SENSE OF SUFFOTN AND FEAR. QUEER CULTURE AND THE IMPACT ON PHYSIL SPAC THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER IMPACTS OF THE LGBT+ MUNY GROWG ONLE. WHAT ONCE WAS DISURSE AND TERACTN REAL LIFE HAS TRANSFERRED TO APPS AND ONLE LGBT+ SPAC; AND HAS LIKELY NTRIBUTED TO THE END OF UNTLS QUEER VENU UP AND DOWN THE UNTRY. AS THE DIGAL MUNY BUILDS, AND LGBT+ PEOPLE N FD EACH OTHER OUTSI OF THE TRADNAL SPAC, RNERSTON OF CULTURE HAVE CLOSED. HOWEVER, WOULD THE MPAIGN TO SAVE THE INIC AND HISTORIC ROYAL VXHALL TAVERN HAVE BEEN SUCH A SUCCS WHOUT THE AID OF AN CREDIBLE ONLE MOVEMENT? ALTHOUGH PROGRS HAS BEEN MA THE UK AND MANY OTHER UNTRI, LGBT+ PEOPLE ARE STILL BEG PERSECUTED MANY PLAC ACROSS THE WORLD. IN 13 UNTRI, HOMOSEXUALY PUNISHABLE BY ATH PENALTY. IN MANY OTHERS, RRI A PRISON SENTENCE. AND EVEN UNTRI WE’D NSIR MORE “ENLIGHTENED”, LGBT+ PEOPLE STILL FACE DISCRIMATN THE WORKPLACE, AND STREET HARRASSMENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY PRI REMAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT AND WHY QUEER MUNI G TECHNOLOGY TO NNECT AND MPAIGN FOR CHANGE STILL HAVE THE PACY TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.THE NEXT GENERATN OF QUEER SPAC LGBT+ PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE FOUND WAYS TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER. IT ED TO BE THAT WE WOULD SPEAK A “DIFFERENT LANGUAGE”. POLARI, A SECRET LANGUAGE, ALLOWED GAY MEN TO REVEAL THEMSELV TO EACH OTHER. A GREEN RNATN, PNED TO A MAN’S LAPEL, A SYMBOL OF SOMETHG UNSPOKEN. WOMEN TRADG VLETS; A REFUL, QUIET CLARATN OF LOVE. LIVG A “SECRET LIFE”. LIVG WH THE FEAR AND THREAT OF DISVERY. THE ABILY OF TECHNOLOGY TO FOSTER MUNI HAS BEEN HARNSED. THE TOOLS – OM DATG APPS LIKE HER, TO ONLE MUNI LIKE MEETUP – HAVE PROVID A PLATFORM FOR LGBT+ PEOPLE TO DISVER ONE ANOTHER; TO MEET UNR SAFE CIRCUMSTANC THAN MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE POSSIBLE PUBLIC. 80% OF THE LGBT+ MUNY BELIEVE THAT DATG APPS – NNECTG TOGETHER SELF-INTIFYG LGBT+ PEOPLE – HAVE HAD A POSIVE IMPACT ON THE MUNY AS A WHOLE. TECHNOLOGY N ALSO PROVI SAFETY THE MOST DANGERO OF CIRCUMSTANC – HOWEVER BANAL MIGHT SEEM TO CISGENRED HETEROSEXUALS. EXPRS VPN IS A POPULAR TOOL – A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK – THAT SOME LGBT+ PEOPLE E TO PROTECT THEIR INTY ONLE WHEN TERACTG DIGAL QUEER SPAC. MISTERBNB, A TRAVEL APP DITED TO NNECTG LGBT+ TRAVELLERS AND HOSTS, AIMS TO ELIMATE THE RISK OF NONTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE WHILST ABROAD. GAYCI IS SENTIALLY AN TERACTIVE MAP THAT DIT WHERE YOU’D FD A WELE A NEW PLACE. EVEN BLOCKCHA HAS CROPPED UP. THE LGBT TOKEN IS A FORM OF CRYPTOCURRENCY THAT HOP TO EMPOWER LGBT DIVIDUALS PLAC WHERE THEY FACE THE THREAT OF ENOMIC PERSECUTN. THE RABOW CAMPAIGN – A GLOBAL LGBT+ CROWDFUNDG WORK – SUPPORTS BS AND DIVIDUALS LOOKG TO EMPOWER THE MUNY, PROVIDG A PLATFORM FOR GROWTH.THE POWER OF DIGAL N ALSO BE NSTRAED BY ERNMENTS AND REGULATORS WH ULTERR MOTIV. THE REMOVAL OF A SWATHE OF NTENT ON WEIBO SPARKED FEARS FOR CHA’S LGBT+ MUNY THAT A ERNMENT-LED CRACKDOWN ON QUEER MATERIAL HAD BEEN LNCHED. A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSY FACED ENORMO BACKLASH WHEN THEY FIRST PRENTED THEIR AI THAT CLAIMED TO “REGNISE FACIAL FEATUR RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTATN”. QUE WHY AN AI WOULD BE NEED FOR THAT PURPOSE IS STILL A MYSTERY.WHILE DIVERSY AND CLN TECH REMAS A MAJOR TOPIC OF NVERSATN, VISIBILY IS STILL LACKG, MAKG IMPORTANT FOR LGBT+ PEOPLE TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER THE TECH SPACE. THE DTRY HAS WORK TO DO TO ENSURE THAT LGBT+ EMPLOYE AND ERS FEEL SUPPORTED AND REPRENTED.WE SHOULD ALSO BE MDFUL OF HOW WE EXPRS THIS SUPPORT AT ALL TIM, NOT JT DURG PRI MONTH. DRAPG A RABOW FLAG OVER YOUR LOGO IS AN EASY GTURE: BUT TO MAKE MEAN SOMETHG HAS TO BE EMBOLNED BY REAL SUPPORT. HIRG PROCS, PANY CULTURE, AND MDFULNS OF PEOPLE’S DIFFERENC ARE WHAT WILL MAKE A REAL IMPACT THE NTUED FIGHT. HERE ARE SOME GROUPS TO GET VOLVED WH IF YOU ARE TERTED JOG AND GROWG THE MUNY:OUT TECH • INTERTECH LGBT+ • LBIANS WHO TECH • LGBT TECH • LGBT STEM • LGBTQ TECHNOLOGY • PRI STEM • GAY GEEK LONDON MEETUP • QUEER CO LONDON MEETUP COMMUNY, DIVERSY , CULTURE, DIVERSYWAS THIS RMATN TERTG/HELPFUL?*YNOWHAT DID YOU LIKE? (OPTNAL)WHAT SHOULD WE IMPROVE? (OPTNAL) IF(TYPEOF GF_GLOBAL == 'UNFED') VAR GF_GLOBAL = {"GF_CURRENCY_NFIG":{"NAME":"POUND STERLG","SYMBOL_LEFT":"£","SYMBOL_RIGHT":"","SYMBOL_PADDG":" ","THOAND_SEPARATOR":",","CIMAL_SEPARATOR":".","CIMALS":2},"BASE_URL":"HTTPS:\/\/\/WP-NTENT\/PLUGS\/GRAVYFORMS","NUMBER_FORMATS":[],"SPNERURL":"HTTPS:\/\/\/DFWWCDQ-ZZQL2F2L\/W:TO\/H:TO\/Q:TO\/HTTPS:\/\/\/WP-NTENT\/PLUGS\/GRAVYFORMS\/IMAG\/"};JQUERY(DOCUMENT)('GFORM_POST_RENR', FUNCTN(EVENT, FORMID, CURRENTPAGE){IF(FORMID == 24) {GF_GLOBAL["NUMBER_FORMATS"][24] = {"1":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"2":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"3":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"8":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"5":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"6":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE},"7":{"PRICE":FALSE,"VALUE":FALSE}};IF(WDOW['JQUERY']){IF(!WDOW['GF_FORM_NDNAL_LOGIC'])WDOW['GF_FORM_NDNAL_LOGIC'] = NEW ARRAY();WDOW['GF_FORM_NDNAL_LOGIC'][24] = { LOGIC: { 2: {"FIELD":{"ACTNTYPE":"SHOW","LOGICTYPE":"ALL","L":[{"FIELDID":"1","OPERATOR":"IS","VALUE":"Y"}]},"NEXTBUTTON":NULL,"SECTN":NULL},3: {"FIELD":{"ACTNTYPE":"SHOW","LOGICTYPE":"ALL","L":[{"FIELDID":"1","OPERATOR":"IS","VALUE":"NO"}]},"NEXTBUTTON":NULL,"SECTN":NULL} }, PENNTS: { 2: [2],3: [3] }, ANIMATN: 0, FLTS: {"5":"111970","6":"HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE LGBT+ EXPERIENCE","7":"03\/08\/2023"}, FIELDS: {"1":[2,3],"2":[],"3":[],"8":[],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[]} }; IF(!WDOW['GF_NUMBER_FORMAT'])WDOW['GF_NUMBER_FORMAT'] = 'CIMAL_DOT';JQUERY(DOCUMENT)(FUNCTN(){GF_APPLY_L(24, [2,3], TE);JQUERY('#GFORM_WRAPPER_24')();JQUERY(DOCUMENT).TRIGGER('GFORM_POST_NDNAL_LOGIC', [24, NULL, TE]);} );} JQUERY('#PUT_24_2').TEXTAREACOUNT( { 'MAXCHARACTERSIZE': 400, 'ORIGALSTYLE': 'GPUT_UNTER', 'TNTE': TE, 'ERRORSTYLE' : '', 'DISPLAYFORMAT' : '#PUT OF #MAX MAX CHARACTERS' } );JQUERY('#PUT_24_3').TEXTAREACOUNT( { 'MAXCHARACTERSIZE': 400, 'ORIGALSTYLE': 'GPUT_UNTER', 'TNTE': TE, 'ERRORSTYLE' : '', 'DISPLAYFORMAT' : '#PUT OF #MAX MAX CHARACTERS' } );} } );JQUERY(DOCUMENT)('GFORM_POST_NDNAL_LOGIC', FUNCTN(EVENT, FORMID, FIELDS, ISIN){} );JQUERY(DOCUMENT)(FUNCTN(){JQUERY(DOCUMENT).TRIGGER('GFORM_POST_RENR', [24, 1]) } ); COMMUNY CELEBRATG THE VISA ALUMNI WORK 2022
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Cook was named Apple's CEO Augt 2011, and prevly served as the pany's chief operatg me out publicly as gay 2014 a personal say for Bloomberg Bsweek. He said that while he wanted to ntue to keep his private life to himself, he felt an "creasg sense of duty" to e out as his way to help the gay muny.
"[Beg gay] has been tough and unfortable at tim, but has given me the nfince to be myself, to follow my own path, and to rise above adversy and bigotry, " he wrote his say.
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There has been a nsirable stggle of acceptance for lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual (LGBTQIA), and other margalized genrs.
In 2014, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, beme the first lear of a major pany to e out as gay.
In an edorial for Bloomberg Bs, Tim publicly me out, sayg, "I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me. However, he eventually overme his fear and intified himself as gay. In 2012, Jon me out as gay on the birthday of mathematician Alan Turg.
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He even noted, “Computer science was a haven for homosexuals, transsexuals, and a lot of other sexuals, mostly bee the history of the science lled for fairly telligent, morn-thkg people. In 2009, Tim, who had long gone public that he was gay, got married to Stt Miller and has ntued to advote for the of the LGBTQ muny. He was among the first openly gay person on the Forb 400 list of Ameri's wealthit people.
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Tim created a nonprof “The Gill Foundatn’ 1994 after Colorado passed an amendment that outlawed civil rights protectns for gays and lbians. David has been openly gay and nsistently regnized for his ntributns to the tech world and the LGBTQIA muny. They are lled the gay power uple and have been active same-sex advocy.
He is the founr of Grdr, the social workg app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. He had exprsed that his reason for foundg the pany was his sire to create a muny for gay men.
Others were worried about homophobic behavrs om their lleagu bee people dislike what they do not unrstand.
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OK my transn skills are terrible but if you like I’ll make better #gaymg #queerstech #makeymakey #gamer #necrodancer #techtok #tok. Dpe the dtry laggg behd equaly, there are a number of anizatns mted to brgg equaly to the tech dtry by creatg muni and offerg support for unrreprented trans, queer, lbian, gay, bisexual, and genr nonnformg IT workers. This morated Slack channel is open to people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and qutng, as well as “any of the many other subgenr of people who are not generally nsired both ‘straight’ and cis.
Out to Innovate, formerly known as the Natnal Organizatn of Gay and Lbian Scientists and Technil Profsnals (NOGLSTP), is an clive nonprof anizatn for LGBTQ+ people STEM. Back the 80s, Gene Falk, chief executive officer at StartOut, an anizatn that helps gay entreprenrs, says there was an unspoken "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy rporate circl.
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Over the years, tech pani have played a pneerg and proment role the gay rights movement.
For example, a cursory search through YouTube displays thoands of g out stori and gay-themed movi. The onle world, which thriv on unnventnal and niche narrativ, is enthralled wh the emergg story around gay rights. "As more and more people e out, there are fewer people who don't know a gay person, " says Marie Trexler, venture palist and mentor at StartOut.
Falk chalks down the tech sector's enthiasm for gay rights to a batn of enlightened self-tert and a relatively young workforce as pared to other dtri, which place a premium on experience. "It (gay rights) is an emotnal issue and youth do not have the emotnal burn of senrs, " says Falk. But, the most important reason for the tech sector's embrace of gay rights is pure enomics.
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Wh the tech enomy, however, that dollar go even further bee gays are proment ctomers and creators the enomy.
Tech tans' support for gay rights has generated enormo goodwill and ee marketg for their products among gay muni.
Datg and hookup apps, such as Grdr, aimed exclively at gay muni have already received lns of dollars fundg. Proment venture palists, such as Peter Thiel and Keh Rabois, are gay.
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