Gender identity

Girls Who Code

Girls Who Code was founded five years ago with the belief that computing skills are a critical path to security and prosperity in today’s job market. (text from website)

Trans*H4ck

We shift the ways trans*, gender non conforming, agender and non binary people live by creating technology that economically empowers, improves access to social services, promotes gender safety and community sustainability, while bringing visibility to trans* tech innovators and entrepreneurs. (text from website)

App Camp for Girls

App Camp for Girls is a one-week summer day program where girls and transgender & gender non-conforming youth can put their creative powers to work designing and building apps. They also learn about about the business of software while being inspired by role models in the industry. (text from website)

Women Considered Better Coders – But Only If They Hide Their Gender

Researchers find software repository GitHub approved code written by women at a higher rate than code written by men, but only if the gender was not disclosed.

Books to Help You Understand Your Biases and the Lived Experiences of People

Ashe Dryden's curated list of introductory and advanced-level books on intersectionality, feminism, womanism, and social justice.

Social Justice Phrase Guide

The Social Justice Phrase Guide is a tool to craft inclusive messages. Whether developing language for your organization, communicating through media platforms, or engaging in personal discussions, follow these guidelines to successfully communicate across communities.

The Loneliness Of The Female Coder

This is a blog post by Ciara Byrne is about the difficulties of being female in tech.

Where to Recruit Founders of Diverse Backgrounds

I list of over 100 organizations that provide funding, mentors, peers, publicity and more to founders of diverse backgrounds.

  • Founders, use this to find resources tailor made for you.
  • Speaker recruiters, here’s where you go to ensure diverse voices are heard.
  • Funders, these are your pipeline partners to find best in class entrepreneurs.

Diversity and Equality at Etsy

Etsy summarizes their gender and other diversity metrics and plans for inclusion.

When Women Stopped Coding

This short radio segment/article discusses the systemic reasons the computer science world saw a drop in female programmers in 1984.

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