Communities

This page contains some brief information about some of the LGBTQIA+ communities in tech.

Note

This is a work-in-progress!

If you know of a community that should be listed here, please open an issue or pull request on the website repo.

Community spaces

Group	Website	Description
LGBTQ in Technology	https://lgbtq.technology	The LGBTQ in Technology Slack is a space for LGBTQ people in technology to chat and support each other.
Queer Code	https://queer-code.org	We are a community of queer coders. We build tech together, share our ideas at local meetups, and provide support for queer people working in software development.
QueerJS	https://queerjs.com	QueerJS is a meetup series where everyone is encouraged to attend and support the speakers and the idea.
rainbowR	https://rainbowr.org	Our mission is to connect, support and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism

Advocacy and visibility and more formal organisations

Group	Website	Description
Pride in Stem	https://prideinstem.org	Pride in STEM is a charity run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ scientists & engineers from around the world. Proud of who we are and what we do. We aim to showcase and support all LGBTQIA+ people in STEM fields.
TransTech	https://transtechsocial.org	TransTech is an incubator for LGBTQ Talent with a focus on economically empowering the T, transgender people, in our community. TransTech is a co-working, co-learning community dedicated to empowering trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer people and allies with practical, career-ready skills.

Academics groups

Group	Website	Description
500 Queer Scientists	https://500queerscientists.com	A visibility campaign for LGBTQ+ people and their allies working in STEM and STEM-supporting jobs
ALDER Network	https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join-the-alder-network	A network for the LGBTQIA+ ecologist community to interact, share and support each other.
NYU Queer Data Lab	https://wp.nyu.edu/queer_data_lab	Queering and Elevating Empirical Research through Data
Out to Innovate	https://www.outtoinnovate.org/home	Out to Innovate is a professional society and global community of LGBTQ+ students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Queer, Equality and Diversity (QED) Network for Maths	https://sites.google.com/view/qednetwork/home	The QED network is a community-led effort by queer mathematical staff (including PhD students) to connect and support LGBTQIA+ members of the UK mathematics community.
Spectra	https://www.lgbtmath.org	The Association for LGBT Mathematicians