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  1. Trans*H4CK: Shifting the Gender Landscape of Tech Kortney Ziegler, Ph.D.

    @fakerapper

  2. What is a Hackathon and why have one for trans*

    people?

  3. Trans*H4CK’s GenderOverflow Transgress Dottify.me Health Wiki

  4. R.A.D

  5. What needs does it fill?

  6. Builds Self Esteem

  7. Safe Space for Networking

  8. Employment and Financial Opportunity

  9. Expanding ideas of “diversity”

  10. Offer “new type” of trans* media visibility

  11. Industry Impact •  Forefront of transgender focused tech projects • 

    Inspired other Hackathons and tech spaces for trans* and gender non conforming people •  Grown a community of trans* people and allies interested in our lives (scholarships; conference invitations, etc.)

  12. More info: transhack.org