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We can't even have a women's(male) conference :marseyfoidretard:

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I'm so annoyed. I am at the Anitab.org's Grace Hopper event, which is the largest gathering of women/non-binary technologiats in the world. When you filled out the form, you had to list that you were a woman or non-binary to attend.

During the opening ceremony, the chief diversity officer, who was not scheduled to speak, got on the stage to advise us that spots for women were taken by men who marked themselves as women/non-binary who then used pronouns "he/him" to officially register. He advised us that these cisgender men took the spots of women and non-binary people who had tried to register.

There are more men here than there are supposed to be. One guy had his mother come and try to register with us. They are taking opportunities that were set aside for us, including the onsite interviews and meeting with top professionals and companies around the world. The chief diversity officer announced that they stole those spots unfairly. Great for him to speak up, but it's bullshit that this happened. Cisgender men do not need more opportunities in tech. They are the majority. We need those spots. Underserved people and communities need those spots.

Edit: I didn't want this to become a non-binary, trans, or post against people who truly were invited to this event. It is about the large number of, statistically speaking, most likely cismen taking spots of underrepresented women in technology, our trans-sisters, and the truly non-binary.

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Written affidavit

>What if you required legal affirmation of one's womanhood? Like, sign a paper saying that you are what you say you are, with civil or legal penalties for falsifying it? Difficult to enforce, but it'd enough of a barrier to cut down on predators acting on a whim.

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Give up

>Realistically though, dont we just have to take everyone's word for it? There are bad actors, but also male presenting NB people. I dont see a solution without just making it "Women only" not "Women and Nonbinary

>Those saying you should just ice out any cis men you encounter... thats not exactly how it works. There are cis men legitimately at the conference working the booths and doing interviews/hiring. The badges don't always distinguish your role. I don't have a great idea for a solution, but men should definitely NOT be doing this!

https://old.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/16uoq7w/we_cant_even_have_a_womens_conference/k2nf3r4?context=8

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Have to pass

>Yeah I'm with you and I AM a trans woman. Most trans women know when they are early in their journey they still look obviously male and will respect that most women's spaces aren't for them yet. I know a lot of baby trans women can find this unfair but that's just part of being trans, tons of things aren't fair. Once I was further in my transition and consistently read as a cis woman then I would go in women's spaces. A lot of this "you don't need to transition to be a woman/man" in the trans community makes 0 sense to me.

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Vigilante Blacklisting

>Make a list, start circulating it. Just like unions have scab lists. Also, it'll be useful to verify so you don't accidentally misgender a trans or non-binary person who just doesn't pass yet.

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Make your own conference

>I don't get it, why don't they just go to a different conference? It's not like there are no other options

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Nazi Gemany

>By showing ID

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