Honglin Chen
@honglin-chen.bsky.social
PhD student @Columbia | Opinions are my own
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I signed and encourage colleagues to do the same.
Venue selection is fraught. Inevitably attendees will encounter visa issues, distance, expense, local politics, and other challenges. This venue, however, is simply unsafe for LGBTQ+ researchers, and the leadership's defensiveness is unacceptable.
Venue selection is fraught. Inevitably attendees will encounter visa issues, distance, expense, local politics, and other challenges. This venue, however, is simply unsafe for LGBTQ+ researchers, and the leadership's defensiveness is unacceptable.
Computer Graphics as a field avoids gatekeeping. Practitioners come from many disciplines, origins and beliefs.
SIGGRAPH has historically carried this practice.
I am thus outraged at the decision to hold SIGGRAPH Asia 26’ at a venue unsafe to many.
Adding my signature. I encourage you to do too:
SIGGRAPH has historically carried this practice.
I am thus outraged at the decision to hold SIGGRAPH Asia 26’ at a venue unsafe to many.
Adding my signature. I encourage you to do too:
Open Letter to the SIGGRAPH Leadership
RE: Call for SIGGRAPH Asia to relocate from Malaysia and commit to a venue selection process that safeguards LGBTQ+ and other at-risk communities. To the SIGGRAPH Leadership: SIGGRAPH Executive Commit...
docs.google.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I signed and encourage colleagues to do the same.
Venue selection is fraught. Inevitably attendees will encounter visa issues, distance, expense, local politics, and other challenges. This venue, however, is simply unsafe for LGBTQ+ researchers, and the leadership's defensiveness is unacceptable.
Venue selection is fraught. Inevitably attendees will encounter visa issues, distance, expense, local politics, and other challenges. This venue, however, is simply unsafe for LGBTQ+ researchers, and the leadership's defensiveness is unacceptable.
Reposted by Honglin Chen
Holding SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 in Malaysia is a slap in the face to the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Especially now, when underrepresented people need as much support as we can possibly give them ! Angry like me ? Sign this open letter to let them know. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to the SIGGRAPH Leadership
RE: Call for SIGGRAPH Asia to relocate from Malaysia and commit to a venue selection process that safeguards LGBTQ+ and other at-risk communities. To the SIGGRAPH Leadership: SIGGRAPH Executive Commit...
docs.google.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Holding SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 in Malaysia is a slap in the face to the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Especially now, when underrepresented people need as much support as we can possibly give them ! Angry like me ? Sign this open letter to let them know. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Honglin Chen
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January 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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