Last week, I joined MANA’s National President and CEO Amy Hinojosa for the first in a series of luncheon events on the politics of privacy at the AT&T Forum for Technology and Innovation. These luncheons are designed to address why women, communities of color and underserved communities, such as the LGBT community, have specific and different privacy concerns than other groups and should take online and data privacy even more seriously. This first discussion in the series tou

LGBT Tech applauds the renewed Congressional focus on tech policy issues but strongly urges Congress to take a bipartisan, commonsense approach. The fact that both parties have introduced proposals on privacy/data protection legislation as well as net neutrality are extremely encouraging. After nearly twenty years of debate, we believe there is a bipartisan, bicameral consensus in support of modern net neutrality protections that keep the internet open to all and prevent any

Updated 4/28/17 In light of the announcement by Chairman Pai yesterday that he would seek public comment on how to preserve the basic principles of net neutrality — the prohibitions of blocking, throttling and paid priority for online traffic, LGBT Tech reiterates it’s desire that the FCC establish rules that apply equally to all participants in the broadband space. Strong and fair rules that protect all consumers equally no matter what Internet site they happen to be surfin

Over the past two decades, the Internet has transformed the economy and daily life for millions of Americans. For the LGBT community in particular, the ability to connect to the Internet has been critical, offering connections and communication, and also access to education, health care information, and other vital resources. For LGBT individuals in remote or rural areas, a broadband connection provides an immediate connection to a large, welcoming, global community. Furth