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That would have been an impressive career whether she was trans or not.

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DonHopkins 3y ago
Not just one but TWO impressive careers. She invented superscalar CPUs in her first career, was brutally fired by IBM for being trans, then rebooted her life in stealth from scratch, and not only invented but wrote the book on and taught VLSI design to a whole generation of designers, including industry giants like Guy L Steele and James H Clark (among many others). She serves as incontrovertible proof of how utterly vile and wrong and morally and intellectually bankrupt the conservative transphobic bigots who abuse the technology Lynn invented to spread their hatred and mendacious political attacks are, who don't deserve to use any of the technology she created and shared for their hate mongering and bullying to destroy other people's lives that are none of their business. IBM made a HUGE mistake firing her, but 52 years later finally sincerely turned the ship around, reformed, and apologized for their mistake and honored her. How much longer will it take the rest of the transphobic assholes in the world, especially the Republican party and MAGA Cult who are divisively and diabolically trying to grab power by running this election on the abuse of trans and LGBTQA+ children and adults, even to the point of beclowning themselves by waging a pathetic losing Jihad against Mickey Mouse, to realize how fucking EVIL and WRONG they are, and finally shut the fuck up with the hate speech and whining about how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity, and simply treating other human beings with respect, is so inconvenient for their chosen lifestyles of bible thumping, bigotry, insurrection, and hatred, to finally apologize for being such bullying sociopathic jackasses, and beg their make-believe gods and the rest of actual humanity for forgiveness. IBM Issues an Apology for Firing a Transgender Woman https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/events/ibm-apologizes-firing-transgender-woman https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/events/ibm-a... IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremyalicandri/2020/11/18/ibm-apologizes-for-firing-computer-pioneer/?sh=3694657867d5 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremyalicandri/2020/11/18/ibm-... This HR Executive of the Year is Transforming IBM https://hrexecutive.com/this-hr-executive-of-the-year-is-transforming-ibm/ https://hrexecutive.com/this-hr-executive-of-the-year-is-tra... 52 Years Later, IBM Apologizes for Firing Transgender Woman Lynn Conway was one of the company’s most promising young computer engineers but after confiding to supervisors that she was transgender, they fired her. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/21/business/lynn-conway-ibm-transgender.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/21/business/lynn-conway-ibm-... Column: IBM apologizes for firing a transgender pioneer, 52 years late https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-11-23/ibm-apology-lynn-conway https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-11-23/ibm-apolog... IBM fired U-M professor Lynn Conway for coming out as trans in 1968. 52 years later, the company apologized https://michigan.it.umich.edu/news/2020/12/02/ibm-fired-u-m-professor-lynn-conway-for-coming-out-as-trans-in-1968-52-years-later-the-company-apologized/ https://michigan.it.umich.edu/news/2020/12/02/ibm-fired-u-m-... IBM fired U-M professor Lynn Conway for coming out as trans in 1968. 52 years later, the company apologized At the University of Michigan’s 2018 Winter Commencement, Lynn Conway, professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science, encouraged the graduating class to embrace changes and transitions as an inevitable part of their future adventures. https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/ibm-fired-u-m-professor-lynn-conway-for-coming-out-as-trans-in-1968-52-years-later-the-company-apologized/ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/ibm-fired-u-m-p...
- deepspace 3y ago
  Some people, who do not normally pay attention to this kind of issue, are shocked when they learn the extent of the knuckle-draggers' abuse. It is worthwhile noting that in 2023, in the US alone, no less than 566 anti-trans bills have been proposed in 49 states. This goes far beyond hate speech, actively criminalizing the existence of trans people.

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Not just one but TWO impressive careers. She invented superscalar CPUs in her first career, was brutally fired by IBM for being trans, then rebooted her life in stealth from scratch, and not only invented but wrote the book on and taught VLSI design to a whole generation of designers, including industry giants like Guy L Steele and James H Clark (among many others). She serves as incontrovertible proof of how utterly vile and wrong and morally and intellectually bankrupt the conservative transphobic bigots who abuse the technology Lynn invented to spread their hatred and mendacious political attacks are, who don't deserve to use any of the technology she created and shared for their hate mongering and bullying to destroy other people's lives that are none of their business. IBM made a HUGE mistake firing her, but 52 years later finally sincerely turned the ship around, reformed, and apologized for their mistake and honored her. How much longer will it take the rest of the transphobic assholes in the world, especially the Republican party and MAGA Cult who are divisively and diabolically trying to grab power by running this election on the abuse of trans and LGBTQA+ children and adults, even to the point of beclowning themselves by waging a pathetic losing Jihad against Mickey Mouse, to realize how fucking EVIL and WRONG they are, and finally shut the fuck up with the hate speech and whining about how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity, and simply treating other human beings with respect, is so inconvenient for their chosen lifestyles of bible thumping, bigotry, insurrection, and hatred, to finally apologize for being such bullying sociopathic jackasses, and beg their make-believe gods and the rest of actual humanity for forgiveness. IBM Issues an Apology for Firing a Transgender Woman https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/events/ibm-apologizes-firing-transgender-woman https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/events/ibm-a... IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremyalicandri/2020/11/18/ibm-apologizes-for-firing-computer-pioneer/?sh=3694657867d5 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremyalicandri/2020/11/18/ibm-... This HR Executive of the Year is Transforming IBM https://hrexecutive.com/this-hr-executive-of-the-year-is-transforming-ibm/ https://hrexecutive.com/this-hr-executive-of-the-year-is-tra... 52 Years Later, IBM Apologizes for Firing Transgender Woman Lynn Conway was one of the company’s most promising young computer engineers but after confiding to supervisors that she was transgender, they fired her. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/21/business/lynn-conway-ibm-transgender.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/21/business/lynn-conway-ibm-... Column: IBM apologizes for firing a transgender pioneer, 52 years late https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-11-23/ibm-apology-lynn-conway https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-11-23/ibm-apolog... IBM fired U-M professor Lynn Conway for coming out as trans in 1968. 52 years later, the company apologized https://michigan.it.umich.edu/news/2020/12/02/ibm-fired-u-m-professor-lynn-conway-for-coming-out-as-trans-in-1968-52-years-later-the-company-apologized/ https://michigan.it.umich.edu/news/2020/12/02/ibm-fired-u-m-... IBM fired U-M professor Lynn Conway for coming out as trans in 1968. 52 years later, the company apologized At the University of Michigan’s 2018 Winter Commencement, Lynn Conway, professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science, encouraged the graduating class to embrace changes and transitions as an inevitable part of their future adventures. https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/ibm-fired-u-m-professor-lynn-conway-for-coming-out-as-trans-in-1968-52-years-later-the-company-apologized/ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/ibm-fired-u-m-p...

deepspace 3y ago
Some people, who do not normally pay attention to this kind of issue, are shocked when they learn the extent of the knuckle-draggers' abuse. It is worthwhile noting that in 2023, in the US alone, no less than 566 anti-trans bills have been proposed in 49 states. This goes far beyond hate speech, actively criminalizing the existence of trans people.