Gayta Science
@gaytascience.bsky.social
Data Science and Analytics with a LGBTQ+ Focus
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Susan Crawford wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, according to many election analysts.
This after Elon Musk and others poured millions into anti-transgender advertisements in the state.
The anti-trans panic failed in Wisconsin.
This is a major victory for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
This after Elon Musk and others poured millions into anti-transgender advertisements in the state.
The anti-trans panic failed in Wisconsin.
This is a major victory for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
April 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Susan Crawford wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, according to many election analysts.
This after Elon Musk and others poured millions into anti-transgender advertisements in the state.
The anti-trans panic failed in Wisconsin.
This is a major victory for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
This after Elon Musk and others poured millions into anti-transgender advertisements in the state.
The anti-trans panic failed in Wisconsin.
This is a major victory for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
It is a rough #TransDayOfVisibility this year. Always a day with themes of education, advocacy, & resilience, but especially hard to find the celebration piece in 2025. But, community is powerful and encouraging to see 💜 #TDoV
April 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It is a rough #TransDayOfVisibility this year. Always a day with themes of education, advocacy, & resilience, but especially hard to find the celebration piece in 2025. But, community is powerful and encouraging to see 💜 #TDoV
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Trump signed another EO targeting the law firm Jenner and Block. Among the reasons cited, litigating cases defending trans people and immigrants.
They are the firm litigating the ACLU challenge to the executive order banning gender affirming care for trans youth.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
They are the firm litigating the ACLU challenge to the executive order banning gender affirming care for trans youth.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump signed another EO targeting the law firm Jenner and Block. Among the reasons cited, litigating cases defending trans people and immigrants.
They are the firm litigating the ACLU challenge to the executive order banning gender affirming care for trans youth.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
They are the firm litigating the ACLU challenge to the executive order banning gender affirming care for trans youth.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Between 2012 and 2017, LGBTQ+ people from 84 countries filed 3,899 asylum claims in the U.S. "As the U.S. moves away from that sort of welcoming environment, queer refugees have fewer options in terms of where they can go to be safe." - @arimshaw.bsky.social
Transgender Americans weigh leaving U.S. over Trump's policies. Some already have
Transgender Americans are making plans to leave the U.S., saying they fear President Trump's policy directives targeting their healthcare, travel documents and ability to live as they wish. Some alrea...
www.latimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Between 2012 and 2017, LGBTQ+ people from 84 countries filed 3,899 asylum claims in the U.S. "As the U.S. moves away from that sort of welcoming environment, queer refugees have fewer options in terms of where they can go to be safe." - @arimshaw.bsky.social
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"Sex workers have always been part of queer history, and queers have always been part of sex worker movements. In my research, I found lesbian sex workers organizing against police violence in Cuba dating back to 1888." - Juana Maria Rodríguez, UC Berkeley professor & author of the book 'Puta Life.'
March 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Sex workers have always been part of queer history, and queers have always been part of sex worker movements. In my research, I found lesbian sex workers organizing against police violence in Cuba dating back to 1888." - Juana Maria Rodríguez, UC Berkeley professor & author of the book 'Puta Life.'
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🚨 Just a few days left to apply to share work at this June's QUEER DATA SHOWCASE!
We’re inviting artists, academics, activists and anyone who works with – or is interested in – queer data to pitch their ideas!
The Call for Presenters closes on 3 March www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
We’re inviting artists, academics, activists and anyone who works with – or is interested in – queer data to pitch their ideas!
The Call for Presenters closes on 3 March www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
February 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🚨 Just a few days left to apply to share work at this June's QUEER DATA SHOWCASE!
We’re inviting artists, academics, activists and anyone who works with – or is interested in – queer data to pitch their ideas!
The Call for Presenters closes on 3 March www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
We’re inviting artists, academics, activists and anyone who works with – or is interested in – queer data to pitch their ideas!
The Call for Presenters closes on 3 March www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
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Over the last 15 years, we’ve defeated an average of 92% of anti-LGBTQ bills—even as those bills have soared in number.
These fights are winnable. Don’t give up.
These fights are winnable. Don’t give up.
The following bill tracking data (cc: @hrc.org and the @equalityfed.bsky.social) show how, since 2010, approximately 92% of the anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures each year have been defeated.
📊🔗 View MAP's visualization here: public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21588230/
📊🔗 View MAP's visualization here: public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21588230/
February 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Over the last 15 years, we’ve defeated an average of 92% of anti-LGBTQ bills—even as those bills have soared in number.
These fights are winnable. Don’t give up.
These fights are winnable. Don’t give up.
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Thanks Jeffrey Smith and @noorhindi.bsky.social at UMSI for creating this video!
"People are turning to technology for a lot of different things that, in an ideal world, they would just have access to. But because they don't, we need these technological mechanisms of bringing people together."
"People are turning to technology for a lot of different things that, in an ideal world, they would just have access to. But because they don't, we need these technological mechanisms of bringing people together."
Trans Technologies: A new book by Oliver Haimson
YouTube video by School of Information
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February 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thanks Jeffrey Smith and @noorhindi.bsky.social at UMSI for creating this video!
"People are turning to technology for a lot of different things that, in an ideal world, they would just have access to. But because they don't, we need these technological mechanisms of bringing people together."
"People are turning to technology for a lot of different things that, in an ideal world, they would just have access to. But because they don't, we need these technological mechanisms of bringing people together."
Incredibly important work dropping today from @jhereia.bsky.social and team! A vital part of responding to our current reality is knowing what we are working towards as a community and having that blueprint for the future. This is that vision for our digital rights, let's continue the fight 💜
New Research Alert! The report “Trans digital rights: Improving data visibility, privacy and belonging for gender-diverse communities” ✨ 💫🌈 Our research asks: If we could reimagine digital rights that center the needs of gender-diverse communities, what would they look like?
February 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Incredibly important work dropping today from @jhereia.bsky.social and team! A vital part of responding to our current reality is knowing what we are working towards as a community and having that blueprint for the future. This is that vision for our digital rights, let's continue the fight 💜
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Can't believe book pub day is here!! *Trans Technologies* is officially published today! Use discount code MITP30 for 30% off today only (unfortunately available only in the US) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777584...
Trans Technologies by Oliver L. Haimson: 9780262551861 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
How technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology. Mainstream technologies often exclude or marginalize tran...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Can't believe book pub day is here!! *Trans Technologies* is officially published today! Use discount code MITP30 for 30% off today only (unfortunately available only in the US) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777584...
Hello Bluesky! We have finally joined the cool club 😊
a woman is standing in front of a door with the words i 'm here written in red
ALT: a woman is standing in front of a door with the words i 'm here written in red
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February 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Hello Bluesky! We have finally joined the cool club 😊