What does it mean to be on the internet as a diverse community?

non-male dominant
queer inclusive
Build off of the exclusionary resources of the patriarchical technological history?

Marginalized communities:

have different needs than the mainstream
the mainstream tend to generalize from a small sample set of the minority
how can we build awareness and understanding to support and welcome a greater diversity of people?

non-binary
non-conforming
LGBT
the gray area, the interstices
to queer is to bring in non-represented voices
the wide range of sex and gender expression - kink, poly, sex workers, any taboo
an umbrella term for any non-mainstream gender or sexual identity
inclusive of non-Western identities, like two-spirit or hijra
avoid putting titles on others; prefer recognizing their own identities
we have a plurality of names

who puts things online?
how do we talk about the work we do, or the folks we work with?
prioritize consent
prioritize open-ended identification
fight the segmentation and categorization that the internet likes to use for monetization
do you even need gender and sexual questions? can’t the behavior give better data about our preferences?
how do we prevent the assumption that every user is white/cis/het/male?
boxes can be harmful when they misrepresent people, but can be beneficial when they correctly represent people.
Allow “hiding” for safety; sometimes, it’s not safe to correctly represent yourself
Ask more specific questions, like “gender for insurance purposes”
Recognize the behaviors and interests of a user or a community, rather than enforcing behaviors and interests
build accessibility; support people with different sense data, different physical ability, etc.

trigger or content warnings
group consensus of community rules
group enforcement of community rules
collaborative rather than heirarchical
community justice, community moderation
recognition of trauma, or of shared experiences
accountability and solidarity
humanization; awareness of non-verbal reactions to our actions
self-identity over assigned identity
make space for different perspectives, rather than demanding everyone frame themselves in the mainstream narrative
consent
respect the different knowledge and expertise of all participants
questions about personality and priorities allow people to self-select
make it normal to be a non-mainstream kind of person
inclusive terminology
identify people by their non-identity qualities, like interests or fashion sense, rather than identity qualities, like assigned gender or body shape
safe and secure: protect users from persecution and harrassment both on the platform and as a result of using the platform
show impacts on different populations in ways that people outside that population can understand
if you misbehave or get backlash for some reason, try to understand it instead of getting defensive
if you are hurt or offended, try to educate instead of fighting back
acknowledge how much you don’t know