In many countries around the world, LGBTQ2S+ Pride Month is celebrated throughout the month of June. Here at DEV, we'll be celebrating by uplifting the stories of LGBTQ2S+ individuals in the tech industry.
Interested in sharing your story? Learn more from the DEV post below!
Why celebrate Pride Month on DEV?
The team at DEV believes that all LGBTQ2S+ people deserve safe and life-affirming workplaces, schools, communities, homes, legal rights, and healthcare. We believe in a world where each person is empowered to be their true, colorful, and multifaceted self in all areas of life — including in our online coding communities.
We believe that an inclusive technology field brings a diversity of thought, which is key to the development of the best possible tools, technologies, and visionary futures to make the industry and the world a better place.
Why is Pride Month celebrated?
The first Pride Month in the US occurred in 1970 to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising of June 1969. The Uprising was a direct response to the oppression of LGBTQ2S+ people and their rights.
A lot has changed in the 54 years since Stonewall, but we have a long way to go toward making the world a safe and inclusive place for LGBTQS+ people to be their true selves without fear of discrimination, oppression, and harm (even the United Nations Office of Human Rights thinks so).
So what can the #DEVCommunity do?
This Pride Month, we're celebrating in a few different ways:
Spotlighting LGBTQ2S+ Tech Experiences
This month, the DEV Team will be sharing posts about organizations and initiatives helping LGBTQ2S+ people thrive in the industry. We'll also be giving a little shout-out to one of our favorite gay developers from history on his 111th birthday (if you know, you know! 🤖).
Uplifting Your Stories in #devpride
We’d love to hear stories about how being LGBTQ2S+ has impacted your career as a developer, both in positive and negative ways. We're particularly interested in hearing how you've overcome challenges within the community. Have there been specific jobs, conferences, or experiences that have played a role in your journey?
We're committed to showcasing your content using our moderation tools and sharing it across our social media channels. Our goal is to amplify queer voices, provide visibility to queer experiences, and spark important conversations.
Learn more from the post below:
Adding Your Pronouns on DEV
In case you missed it: you can add your pronouns to your DEV profile!
To do this, first make sure you’re logged in, then navigate to your profile settings > Personal > Pronouns.
Not sure what this means? Check out this helpful guide to learn more.
Promoting Inclusion, Discussion, and Respect
We kindly ask you to join the discussion with respect and open-mindedness. Every voice matters, so let's make sure everyone feels welcomed and valued.
Here are some ways you can help:
- Call out any abusive, harmful, and unfriendly language you see in posts and comments using our reporting tools
- Encourage authors by leaving kind and welcoming comments
- Ask curious, open questions and share your personal perspectives so we can help understand each other better
- And, as always, follow our Code of Conduct!
Let's create an awesome and inclusive space! Happy Pride Month, DEV Community 🌈❤️
Latest comments (51)
Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈
It’s always meaningful to see spaces in tech recognizing and uplifting LGBTQIAPN+ voices. This year, I had the chance to publish my first paper exploring the developer experience of LGBTQIAPN+ people in Agile teams. I’d love to connect with others in the community and hear about your experiences in the industry too.
If you'd like, here's a bit of what I’ve been working on:
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2501.13257
ieee xplore base: computer.org/csdl/proceedings-arti...
Your link doesn't work 😶
@thomasbnt I updated the links, the pre print is available on arxiv identical to the publication on ieeexplore.
tks!
Nice!
omg I'm going to replace the link, I saw it and it's broken. :/
Happy pride month <3 <3
Well I don't think Sexually based topics should be brought to the context of this community do you agree?
Hey there! DEV is an inclusive community that celebrates diversity and champions folks from marginalized backgrounds. This is a big part of our values and it's important to us that we create a warm, welcoming space for LGBTQ2S+ folks.
While we want you to feel comfortable expressing your feelings, we have a Code of Conduct you agreed to when you signed up that makes our values clear and states amongst many other things:
While your statement seems like it's coming from a genuine place, it still feels dismissive and close-minded to insinuate that you don't think this belongs here. This topic fits our community very well and is important to us. LGBTQ2S+ folks have been marginalized in tech throughout history and continue to be; we believe it's important to recognize these facts and to try to create a space that includes and celebrates our fellow LGBTQ2S+ developers & folks working in tech.
Going forward, please keep these thoughts to yourself. We don't want to explain or debate concepts of social justice with you and we don't want you to put others in a position to explain themselves either. This post is meant to be celebratory in nature and is not an invitation for debate.
Thank you very much, I am really sorry, for your disturbance and your point seems really good. Just there is an issue with me and I want us to discuss it privately and thank you. Here is my twitter: twitter.com/MANNEGA8
I'd be happy to talk with you about this subject, but it says you cannot be messaged on Twitter. You can message me on Twitter here: @besanko_to.
Ok thanks, but we have to follow each other to chat ok? :)
Not my bag. I never celebrate holidays about lifestyle. Seems weird.
Thank you for being polite, but I'd like to tease this statement out a bit. If you celebrate holidays at all, I imagine at least one of them would be about the way people live their lives. Memorial Day? Father's Day? Maybe I'm wrong, but from my view, these holidays are about the lifestyle choices that these veterans or fathers made (or had forced upon them) that improved the lives of people around them. We have these holidays because we want to shine a spotlight on their struggles and their contributions.
Similarly, holidays like Black History Month and Pride Month exist because there's still work to do in making sure that all people can live peaceful, equitable lives without fear of social harassment (e.g. deleted comments below) or legal discrimination (e.g. bills lately proposed by the Texan GOP-controlled Senate to pick something recent and local to you). If these problems didn't exist, there would be no need to shine a spotlight on it. Since they do, it's good to talk about them so that we can find a solution collectively. On the flip side, minority groups often make significant cultural contributions that are overlooked by mainstream society. Americans owe most popular music within the last 60+ years, from Elvis Presley to Eminem, to Black American Jazz, R&B, and other early developments.
This is all to say, all power to you if you personally don't like to celebrate these kinds of holidays, but I hope this gives you a little insight as to why they exist.
Happy Pride month, everyone! 🌈
Sad to see that unix community still is not accepting of pride flag... Check the downvotes on this post
Happy pride month!
I really hope that all of those people who are disgusted at this community keep their beliefs to themselves.
I see a lot of deleted posts, and a questionable comment (not sure if it was meant jokingly or not). Otherwise, it appears to be a rather inclusive and supportive space. Hopefully it will stay that way.
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