Out in Tech is teaming up with Squarespace to support 10 international organizations fighting to protect LGBTQ+ rights in their home countries, from Pakistan to Botswana.
The Out in Tech Digital Corps aims to provide web services to activists around the world. By creating a digital platform, Out in Tech volunteers will enable these unsung heroes to share information with their members, archive important documents, fundraise, and generally raise awareness on LGBTQ+ rights in their home countries.
Join us at Squarespace on Saturday, September 10 for rooftop drinks and snacks, sweeping views of Manhattan, and the chance to see the 10 websites unveiled with over 250 of your closest friends (and NYC’s top LGBTQ tech talent).
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"Local non-profits and their brave leaders are absolutely critical for the millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world who are looking for advocates, a community, a safe environment, and resources pertaining to sexual health."
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"More than 70 countries still have discriminatory laws in place against homosexual acts, and this number would be even bigger if it included nations like Russia (which enforces a federal law “for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating for a Denial of Traditional Family Values”)."
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The other eight organizations benefitting from the event hail from Belize, Botswana, Brazil, China, the Nile Valley (Egypt/Sudan), Pakistan, Russia, and Zimbabwe. The Out in Tech team is hoping that this will be the first of a series of events geared at supporting these extraordinary grassroots organizations, and at providing an opportunity for its members to contribute to the fight towards equality.
Special thanks to our Out in Tech Digital Corps Founding Sponsors!
As a nonprofit 501(c)(3), Out in Tech relies on the generosity of its corporate partners and members.
