WHO WE ARE
LGBT Tech is a diverse team of experts from multiple backgrounds that belong to the LGBTQIA+ community. Grounded in empirical research, we develop programs and resources that support LGBTQ+ communities and work to educate organizations and policy makers on the unique needs LGBTQ+ individuals face when it comes to tech.
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Our work
RESEARCH
LGBT Tech works to conduct research about LGBTQ+ individuals' adoption, use, trends, challenges and benefits around technology. Our research in combination with others conducting research about LGBTQ+ communities and technology is used to inform our education, resources and programs.
Latest
2024-10-07
LGBT Tech files an amicus brief in NetChoice v. Fitch over HB 1126 in Mississippi which mandates age verification and parental consent online.
This is a continuation of Netchoice’s challenge against Mississippi’s HB 1126 which mandates age verification and parental consent to access social media and other content online, and that requires websites to “prevent or mitigate” minors’ access to vague overbroad categories of protected speech.
Policy Education
With a focus in the United States, LGBT Tech works at the national, state, and grassroots level on programs and policy informed by research.
Resources
Recognizing the need to better understand the role of technology in LGBTQ+ lives, LGBT Tech starts with research to create important resources for the LGBTQ+ community and allies.
Programs
Our work isn't all educational or academic. The work we do through our PowerOn and PATHS programs help inspire and create tangible change for LGBTQ+ individuals and communities.
PowerOn is a first-of-a-kind program that distributes technology to homeless, isolated, and disadvantaged LGBTQ+ individuals across the country through our network of LGBTQ+ grantee organizations.
PATHS is a program to inspire and motivate LGBTQ+ youth and young adults interested in careers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) fields through storytelling by current LGBTQ+ STEAM professionals.
XR LGBT is a new program that explores the relationship between developing technologies in extended reality, augmented reality, and virtual reality and the LGBTQ+ community.
Coalitions
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FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee
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State Model Code subcommittee
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Removing Barriers to Broadband Deployment subcommittee
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North America Internet Society Net Neutrality Experts Roundtable