Lavender Ceiling

03/24/2017

Check out our video entry to our first startup/biz pitch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiHjAcAge4w

Lavender Ceiling NGLCC Entry

03/22/2017

Team,
For the last three years Le****ns Who Tech partnered with the White House to bring together the most innovative and talented LGBTQ leaders to tackle some of the world's greatest challenges. Even though we have not been invited back to the White House, we believe, now more than ever is the time to gather in Washington, D.C. bringing together LGBTQ technologists from all over the country to fight for what matters most to our community.
Please apply here for the 4th Annual LGBTQ Tech & Innovation Summit + Fellowship on May 7th & 8th: bit.ly/LGBTQTECH17
You can share this on Facebook and retweet this on twitter:
bit.ly/LGBTQTECHTWEET
‌• About the Summit & Fellowship:
This year we will spend the day learning about different issues and breaking into teams to come up with ways to solve specific problems facing Americans. Potential topics include: gun violence prevention, mentoring, economic inequality, gender equity, big data and privacy, voting rights, health, climate change, tech inclusion, prison reform and energy. Our 200 fellows will continue to work on team projects from now until September 22nd, where team leaders will present their projects on the stage, in person at the Le****ns Who Tech + Allies New York Summit.
‌• Current Partners include:
Tegan & Sara Foundation
Planned Parenthood
Tech Jobs Tour
Le****ns Who Tech
Email Patty@lesbianswhotech.org to become a partner.
‌• Who Should Apply:
We encourage you to apply and nominate leaders using the form below. We are looking for a mix of technologists, including engineers, data scientists, designers, entrepreneurs, product, marketing specialists and community leaders. Please note that all nominees should be LGBTQ, team players and outside the box thinkers.
‌• Background materials & press from previous White House LGBTQ Tech & Innovation Summits:
Recode press from last year bit.ly/WhiteHouseLGBTQ
Facebook Photos bit.ly/WhiteHouseFacebookPhotos
Our hashtag bit.ly/TwitterWHLGBTQTECH
‌• Share the application:
Please share this application with your employee resource and community groups that include, but are not limited to: LGBTQ / Women / Black / Latinx / Asian / Veteran / American Indian / People living with a disability and more. Members of the LGBTQ community exist within all groups. We encourage you to reach beyond your LGBTQ networks.
‌• Selection Process:
People will be chosen on skills and diversity.
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Leanne
Leanne Pittsford, Founder & CEO, Le****ns Who Tech, include.io & Tech Jobs Tour
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For the last three years, Le****ns Who Tech partnered with the White House to bring together the most innovative and talented LGBTQ leaders to tackle some of the nation’s greatest challenges. This year, the White House will not be hosting leaders from our community. But we believe now, more than eve...

03/20/2017

This is what Trump country looks like.

The Human Rights Campaign called out Governor Matt Bevin for signing SB 17 into law, a measure that allows student groups at colleges, universities, and high schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students.

03/20/2017

This is not okay.

The Governor of Kentucky has signed a law to permit anti-LGBT discrimination in education.

03/20/2017

It is a sad sad world when the internet powers that be start blocking LGBT content as "restricted". Censorship in this capacity is NOT okay.

We made the video for U-Turn with the incredibly talented Seth Bogart. It is a simple and goofy video where we drive around in a plywood car and dance in front of a green screen. I have no idea why this video would be deemed too "sensitive" by YouTube. The other videos of ours that have been restricted? That Girl, which is essentially a tour documentary that includes footage of us performing and sitting backstage. And Alligator, a video where we dance around in snow suits with woolly hats on. I can only assume that the content has been flagged by users who are homophobic and don't want unassuming straight people to be turned gay by seeing us dance. What a shame.

03/08/2017

A reminder on International Women's Day.

03/08/2017

Happy international women's day!

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02/09/2017

If you are able, please help. Otherwise raise awareness...

http://www.hivplusmag.com/law-crime/2017/2/07/hiv-not-crime-justice-michael-johnson

Sent to prison for 30 years for having s*x while HIV-positive, this former college student needs your help.

02/09/2017

We love Lady Gaga and her Super Bowl performance.

http://www.advocate.com/music/2017/2/07/6-ways-lady-gagas-super-bowl-show-was-deeply-subversive

Many on the right and the left have asserted that Gaga's performance was apolitical, but we saw something different.

02/09/2017

This is why Lavender Ceiling exists... we believe everyone should be free to bring their whole selves to work every day. We will not let this administration turn back the clock on LGBT discrimination.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/2/01/when-it-comes-being-out-work-some-things-havent-budged-30-years

Half of the states allow people to be fired for being LGBT. That means millions of us still live in fear of workplace discrimination.

02/09/2017

ICYMI - Donald's awkward Black History Month speech
http://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/2/01/trumps-awkward-af-black-history-month-speech

He says social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass did "an amazing job" and managed to slam the press all in the same speech. And he talked about himself.

02/09/2017

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https://www.aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/black/

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) was first observed in 1999.

02/09/2017

February 7th is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. See how to get involved here:
https://nationalblackaidsday.org/

I am my Brother's and Sister's Keeper. Fight HIV/AIDS!

02/09/2017

GLAAD published a Black History Month Resource Kit and we think it is a great resource to help us be an advocate for communities we might not directly be a part of. Read to know how you can better show up too....

http://www.glaad.org/publications/blackhistorymonthkit

Resources and suggestions for developing LGBT-inclusive Black History Month features.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/08/prominent-black-lgbt-icons_n_4747530.html

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1. Bessie Smith
2. Bayard Rustin
3. Audre Lorde
4. Marsha P. Johnson
5. James Baldwin
6. Janet Mock
7. Phil Wilson
8. Laverne Cox
9. Alvin Ailey

http://www.newnownext.com/lgbt-black-history-month/01/2016/

February is Black History Month.

02/09/2017

February is Black History month and we want to celebrate by honoring LGBT People of Color and recognizing the unique challenges that LGBT People of Color face inside and outside of our community. Stay tuned!

01/22/2017

We cannot be erased!