Category: Technology
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Grindr data release of people’s HIV status
Statement from Peter Tatchell Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation.
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BuzzFeed News : Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status
A data analysis conducted by an outside research firm, and independently verified by BuzzFeed News, shows that a popular gay dating app is sharing sensitive information about its users’ HIV status with two other companies.
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Lesbians Who Tech Announces Six New Keynote Speakers ahead of 2018 Summit
Lesbians Who Tech, a global community of over 30,000 LGBTQ women in technology and their allies, announced six new keynote speakers ahead of the 2018 Lesbians Who Tech + Allies Summit in March.
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New Facebook Gender Options Validated by HRC Report on Gender-Expansive Youth
In a move that will make great strides in supporting young people with a range of gender identities, Facebook today announced it has expanded the way users can identify their gender on their profile.
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Facebook offers new custom gender field for trans users
Today, Facebook announced a custom gender option with additional privacy settings for transgender people. The new feature, which GLAAD helped develop, enables users to select a custom gender option, indicate preferred pronouns and adjust privacy settings for the custom gender field.