Hosting a conference for women and non-binary people...in Florida?
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
53 points (100.0% liked)
Feminism
1959 readers
1 users here now
Feminism, women's rights, bodily autonomy, and other issues of this nature. Trans and sex worker inclusive.
See also this community's sister subs LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Disability, and POC
Also check out our sister community on lemmy:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
A lot of these conferences have contracts with conference venues that kinda locks them in for hosting the conference at that location multiple years in a row.
How many years back do we have to go before Florida would be a good idea for a conference like this?
Well, less than 10 years ago, Fort Lauderdale wanted to be the US capital of trans tourists, so maybe not that long.
load more comments
(1 replies)
This is just disgraceful. I understand times are tough, but to basically ruin an event just for your own personal gains. It's just not right.
Is there any way this can be prevented in the future?
I'd need to know more. A lot of people in tech are assigned male at birth, but identify as either non-binary or trans. There is also another lot of toxic "tech bros", but unless this was specifically a "woman is only one that can give birth" event, or the ones sneaking in were of the toxic kind, I otherwise don't see the problem.
These guys were toxic. Apparently women were getting shoved out of the way, and men were jumping over escalators to get in line first, cutting in front of people, and generally being entitled jerks.
https://www.404media.co/grace-hopper-celebration-conference-anita-b-2023/
That sounds awful. Sniping the tickets then reselling them, is an extra low. Sounds like the organizers messed up things big time, and the worst came out of the woodwork to take advantage.
You've got a point, and individually I wouldn't dare to question someone's gender (I barely have a grip on my own :)
All I have is the article provided. A little searching did get me to this article which details some very awful behavior though.
I guess it's more that the purpose for this entire event, to give (trans)women and non-binary people opportunities to establish a career in tech and to celebrate them, is being subverted. Space and time was limited and the extra influx of men (who clearly weren't there for the main purpose but to job hunt) put a big strain on both.
There's not much you can do about it, but that doesn't make it right.
Agreed. Desperation or entitlement (the admission fee makes me think the latter)? Either way, I don't think I could imagine being at a level of either to intrude like that.
load more comments
(5 replies)
>Promotes self id for nonbinary
>Event is for nonbinary people
>Get upset when people identify as nonbinary and attend the event
I'm not sure I'm seeing why people are upset?
People are upset because a lot of masc-presenting people crowded the job fair, cut in line, and shoved people out of the way. Others who were attending expected the conference to be a place safe from that sort of aggression & it wasn’t.
The people attending where mostly just cis men not non binary.
I don't know how you get the idea that suddenly lots of people start identifying as non binary when the event is open for men.
Next time this happens simply slaughter the invaders and bath in their blood.
people love making shit like this the problem of non-binary people who are assumed to be men and trans women who are assumed to be men instead of just kicking people who behave badly by pushing and shoving from the event. it really has played into the division that transphobes are trying to sow.
$1,298 for the Orlando event 😱
A free event I went to this year had the same thing happen. They didn't have room for everyone because so many men showed up.