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!

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 🙊

AND for the very first time, this podcast is also available as video!! See the video here https://youtu.be/yjhXxX27jd0

 

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