Pride in Computer Science: LGBTQ+ Roundtable
To mark the end of Pride Month 🏳️🌈, we’ve gathered LGBTQ+ computer scientists and software engineers to celebrate 🥳 and have an unfiltered discussion about what it means to be queer in the computer science field!
What does the person who hacked Tony Abbott have in common with the UNSW CSE Head of School?? 🤔🤔
🌈 They’re both proud members of the LGBTQ+ community!! 🌈
To mark the end of Pride Month 🏳️🌈, we’ve gathered LGBTQ+ computer scientists and software engineers to celebrate 🥳 and have an unfiltered discussion about what it means to be queer in the computer science field!
Angeni and Fiona sit down with ✨ Alex Hope (Security Engineer @ Atlassian), ✨ Emma Krantz (Lead Software Engineer @ Data61), ✨ Blake Morris (Student @ UNSW), and ✨ Aaron Quigley (CSE Head of School @ UNSW) to unpack their diverse experiences, and discuss:
- Coming out and choosing to be out 🌈
- Navigating both overt hostility and subtle discrimination 🤔
- What workplaces and universities can do to be inclusive 🤗, and
- Which video game 🎮 ?? sparked the moment of realisation 🙊
Watch the conversation above, or listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/PrideRoundtableApple
Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/PrideRoundtableGoogle
Timestamps
02:30 Computer Science culture and the LGBTQ+ community
12:57 Coming out
23:40 Creating change
52:45 Being out at work and uni
1:00:45 Dealing with discrimination
1:20:25 How can people be good allies?
1:24:25 Advice