500StartupsTalk.pdf

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1. Trans* in Tech: Or Why the Categories of “Men” and “Women” are not Enough Kortney Ziegler, Ph.D. @fakerapper
2. Why?
3. Trans*H4CK's • Trans Health Wiki • Privacy Enhanced Social Surveying Site • TransSMS • GenderOverflow
4. What Needs Does it Fill? • Community • Safe Space Networking • Self-Esteem Building • Employment
5. Inspired other Hackathons + Launched Trans/Gender Non Conforming Spaces in Tech + Forefront trans* focused tech boom
6. New Opportunities!
7. “A Gender Moment”
8. Men and Women is NOT Enough
9. Intersectionality = Allies
10. Apply your “tech skills” to trans* lives
11. Be Mindful
12. How To Support Trans*H4CK: transhack.org @TransH4CK gittip.com/transh4ck