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This is amazing news. More trans people means more inclusive programming communities.
by sourcegrift 7mo ago
This is amazing news. More trans people means more inclusive programming communities.
- jpfr 7mo agoSometimes, but not necessarily. It depends on the competence of the DEI "figurehead". Some communities had a figurehead installed by committee who provoked negative reactions due to bad decisions. Sometimes the leadership arose naturally or just turned out very competent.
- watwut 7mo agoAnd frequently, the trans or gay or whoever is called incompetent and DEI regardless of "naturally" they rose and how good decisions they make. Their decisions arw bad faith twisted for ideological reasons. And no one even worry about someone not rising naturally when he is not demographic, regardless of level of nepotism and good old boys network that got him in.
- sourcegrift 7mo agoShe's not a figurehead, she's trans herself
- rtjauk 7mo agoThe pope is not a figurehead, he is Catholic himself!
- aaronbrethorst 7mo agoThere are so many generalities and so much hand-waving in your comment that it's really hard for me to understand what situations or which people you're referring to. It would be much improved with some specifics.
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- jebbr 7mo agoYou're off-topic too. The PH of PHP isn't an abbreviation of Pete Hegseth.
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- philipallstar 7mo agoThey're criticising this statement, and not the person: > More trans people means more inclusive programming communities.
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- nake89 7mo agoFor me the number has been closer to 80% (my interestes/categories have been, foss, software dev, high tech specialization / academic work). This is not surprising because I remember looking at the stats, females accounted for 2% of open source developers. And it was 7% female software devs (non-oss included, work etc). These stats are a few years old. I wonder if we can still find stats about cis-women in FOSS. Have the stats increased? Or is it too much of political hot potato to gather such stats? How many males are naturally fascinated with computers? I know I was. Therefore it makes sense that if we see a female name, it is not just possible but likely that, that person is trans. Nowadays when I see a female name, I don't make the same happy assumptions I used to. That said, I welcome anybody interested in computers with open arms.
- JuniperMesos 7mo agoThis came up in the recent Rust community survey too, a slightly higher percentage of people identifying as trans than identifying as women: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/03/02/2025-State-Of-Rust-Survey-results/ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/03/02/2025-State-Of-Rust-Sur.... In some of my circles it's a runing joke that Rust, along with Haskell and some other adjacent FP languages, are favored by trans women; and also when I think about the women I know personally who write Rust code in some kind of professional or hobbyist capacity, I think literally all of them are trans. There's a quote from the ctrlcreep short story Knowing One's Place (https://ctrlcreep.substack.com/p/knowing-ones-place https://ctrlcreep.substack.com/p/knowing-ones-place) that has stuck in my mind since I first read it: > The doctors are sympathetic, and I think some of them even understand—regardless, they can offer no solace beyond the chemical. They are too kind to resent, but my envy is palpable. One, a trans woman, is especially gentle; perhaps because her own frustrations mirror mine, our cognitive distance sabotaging her authenticity.
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- sourcegrift 7mo agoYet another leading trans-adjacent figure working tirelessly for equality in computing.
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- smt88 7mo agoOne wonders if some trans people might prefer people comment on their accomplishments and not fixate so much on their identity