Remember how my previous employer denied my WFH request so that I could flee the state of Ohio to take care of my trans kid while still working for a company I loved?
I just heard they did it to someone else today.
When you insist people come in to an office a few days a week because you want a "hybrid culture" not a "remote culture" and then tell them to just fuck off when all they want to do is get their kid somewhere safe that makes you an absolutely shitty person.
I'm done hiding who it was.
The company is #OverDrive, based in Cleveland. They make ebook lending software for your local library called #Libby. They say they care about their LGBTQIA+ employees and families but that is clearly a lie.
Ohio lawmakers are turning my home state into absolute garbage and companies like this one are playing along.
[Edit, since this is doing numbers: The reason my request was denied a little over a year ago, despite me explaining in detail why, was because they "want a hybrid culture, not a remote culture." (a quote from a senior leader to my face)
In both 2020 and 2021 while the whole company was working remotely I won two annual employee excellence awards for my work on their Security team, while the company had record growth.
Meanwhile, one of my teammates moved out of state to be closer to family and continued to work remotely.]
Update: Although the guidance says they wanted responses by yesterday, it looks like the consult remains open until 1NOV
The NHS is holding a public consultation on the use of puberty blockers in trans kids. Please respond if you are able.
I'm not putting this under a CW because I want to ensure everyone with capacity and inclination to help sees it. But I will hold the details until further down the thread.
This was a 6 month effort by myself and 3 amazing trans women journalists, 2 incredibly trans devs, and other helpers.
The Library is a collection of information about the individuals and organizations involved in anti-trans activism. It's a labor of love for the trans community, and I hope you'll visit it, use it, and share it as widely as you can. #trans#transgender#journalism#transrights
who cannot afford surgery
Every trans woman is valid and deserves respect and a place in the lgbtqia+ community 🏳️⚧️ #transrights#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Anti-trans protests happened on Sept 20 in almost every major city in Canada. It’s fucking terrifying, to be honest.
Hate doesn’t stop by itself. It has to BE stopped.
You can help in small and big ways: change your user photo to this, explain why to your family and friends, and go support the side of diversity & equality on Sept 20.
Look around your corner of the country and you’ll find the counter-protest. Stand with them.
Right now Graduate Workers at the University of Michigan are on strike trying to get a living wage for the work that they do. This time trans healthcare is also under debate as many grad workers can not access the care that they need.
When asked to improve access to trans healthcare, the University of Michigan said they are "not interested in doing that". After being told how desperately their students need this care, and how they are suffering, they responded with indifference and sighed with relief when the next topic was introduced.
Please boost this, the University is trying to hide behind a progressive facade while rejecting a living wage and trans care.
Most of the major American conservative think tanks and donors (including the Heritage Foundation, Alliance Defending Freedom, etc) have created a 920 page playbook documenting how they want to secure dictatorial power in the president and then use that power to forward their social and economic agendas, with the number one item on that agenda being ENTIRELY ELIMINATING LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC LIFE. This is not remotely hyperbole. Read this article and decide for yourself if there's a #transgenocide on or not. #trans#transrights#fascism
Reminder: There is rally tomorrow from 9:00am to 11:30am at the Supreme Court.
While the extreme right is talking about freedoms while wrapping themselves in our appropriated national symbols on Parliament Hill, we will be standing up for the actual rights - and physical safety - of trans kids.
I’m Dave, I live in Te Whanganui-a-tara, Aotearoa New Zealand with my wife, our two children, and our two cats Monty and Stevie. We emigrated from the UK a few years ago, but NZ is my heart and home.
I like to help people find their way in tech. I mentor people looking to get into the industry, and particularly like to help those going into iOS and Swift development. The more the merrier!