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Despite higher levels of social acceptance in most developed countries, many members of the LGBTQIA+ community are still having a firm time of it at work.

For instance, nearly half of LGBTQIA+ employees in the US and about 20% in the European Union have experienced some kind of unfair treatment during their careers, including hiring discrimination, harassment or even being fired due to their sexuality. As a result, reveals a study by non-profit company Catalyst, just over half of US LGBTQIA+ workers have chosen not to come out to their supervisors and a quarter are not out to anyone at work at all. About a third also believe discrimination has had a negative impact on their promotion and pay prospects. 

Unsurprisingly then, many members of the society feel vulnerable, underrepresented, excluded and unable to carry their full selves to work, research by McKinsey indicates. Nearly a third also report experiencing stubborn micro-aggressions, which include insensitive and homophobic comments.

And things appear to be no better in the tech sector than they are anywhere else. In proof, they may even be worse, which is reflected in the industry having a major image probl

The digital rights of LGBTQ+ people: When technology reinforces societal oppressions

Online surveillance and censorship impact everyone’s rights, and particularly those of already marginalised groups such as homosexual woman, gay, bisexual, gender nonconforming and queer and others (LGBTQ+) people. The use of new technologies usually reinforces existing societal biases, making those communities particularly prone to discrimination and security threats. As a follow-up to Pride Month, here is an endeavor to map out what is at stake for Queer people in digital and connected spaces.

The internet has played a considerable role in the growth and organisation of the LGBTQ+ collective. It represents an empowering tool for LGBTQ+ people to meet with each other, to construct networks and participate forces, to access information and gain knowledge about life-giving health care issues, as well as to express, spread and strengthen their political claims.

We’ve got a monopoly problem

The centralisation of electronic communications services around a few platforms has created recent barriers for Gay people to exercising their digital rights. Trapped into a network effect – whereby the verdict to leave the p

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      The atmosphere in Silicon Valley, where "bro culture" is rampant, is not known for being kind to anyone "different."

      That can especially be true for LGBTQ+ ident