cross-posted from: https://infosec.exchange/users/thenexusofprivacy/statuses/110606629544347002
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re federated: How queer, trans, and non-binary people helped create Mastodon and are shaping today’s fediverse
https://privacy.thenexus.today/here-queer-and-federated-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
Happy #Pride!
This is a draft version, so feedback is very welcome!
@lgbtq_plus #queer #trans #lgbtq #lgbtqia
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Queer people are key players in technical innovation. Anybody else remember that open source number tool that a trans gay furry had been maintaining themselves for like 30 years? Or Burger Becky, a lead programmer behind many well loved games such as the OG Fallout. One of the main inventors of the ARM architecture we use on all our phones is a trans woman.
Not to mention Alan Turing
Urs Hölzle was a huge player in Google Search engineering.