hold events and offer resources for trans, nonbinary and queer people in technology.Emma Best is a queer and nonbinary journalist,"leakivist," publisher and sometimes analyst. As a"leakivist," Best uses their tech prowess as a form of activism and has made leaked data accessible to media and other journalists.
Masure worked for years as a user experience designer, but now consults with companies on how to foster inclusive environments for transgender people. It wasn't until Masure came to New York to work in tech that they said they had more visibility into queer and nonbinary people and culture."I was working in tech at the time, and I had to advocate for myself, and I lost some clients being a freelancer," Masure said.
"I recognized that I was trans a couple years into working for Apple. And then I came out while I was there and started to medically and socially transition," Eli said. "I wanted to just come out through email," Eli said. Instead, Eli said they had to"write up something that either I could tell people face to face ... individually or in a group. Or I was told the managers could do that. So it ended up being that one of the managers came out to people in small groups for me, which was not really my ideal way of doing it.
"But ... there's other procedures, like facial surgeries, that are not covered as often that are very important ... in terms of safety out in public for people, especially trans feminine people and trans women," said Eli."What I see the most is the lack of leadership involvement," Masure said."I see people working in companies where they are not respected ... their pronouns are not respected ... jokes are made during regular meetings.
The best way to make them feel secure is to treat them exactly like everyone else.
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