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Discriminatory job, event & housing postings will be deleted
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Expand Up @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ The LGBTQ in Technology Slack is a big place. We do not all agree on anything, b

We have active moderators, generally willing to intervene. If we see racist comments, even subtle, we intend to call them out: this is not an attack on the speaker, but a correction. These comments affect members of the slack, and this affirms that their presence is welcome. This is the same for transphobic, ciscentric, ableist or misogynistic comments, for similar reasons. This goes beyond explicitly offensive statements, and we encourage nuance and precision — and being aware that the membership of the slack is in fact quite diverse, and we are speaking to people both like _and unlike_ ourselves.

Regarding ableism, we also encourage people to add captions when posting images or tweets with images; there are [guides on how to write captions](https://www.perkinselearning.org/technology/blog/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired). It's also good practice to give people a heads-up as to whether videos in tweets or links need sound or have subtitles / open captions. Consider that some users are accessing this slack through assistive technologies such as screenreaders. We also discourage the use of ableist terms, such as describing something as "crazy" or "lame".
Regarding ableism, we also encourage people to add captions when posting images or tweets with images; there are [guides on how to write captions](https://www.perkinselearning.org/technology/blog/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired). It's also good practice to give people a heads-up as to whether videos in tweets or links need sound or have subtitles / open captions. Consider that some users are accessing this slack through assistive technologies such as screenreaders. We also discourage the use of ableist terms, such as describing something as "crazy" or "lame".

We have a lot of members at this point, and requesting something or soliciting all of them is a request for a lot of people's time and attention. Because of this, it's recommended that you ask the moderators before you post your survey, study, advertisement, job posting (other than in #jobs), or even in the places where approximately everyone is (#chat specifically). We especially want to make sure that information doesn't get misused and members who are particularly vulnerable understand when they are identifying themselves.
We have a lot of members at this point, and requesting something or soliciting all of them is a request for a lot of people's time and attention. Because of this, it's recommended that you ask the moderators before you post your survey, study, advertisement, job posting (other than in #jobs), or even in the places where approximately everyone is (#chat specifically). We especially want to make sure that information doesn't get misused and members who are particularly vulnerable understand when they are identifying themselves. Importantly, **job, event and housing posts with discriminatory or illegal content will be deleted when they are reported**. Community members will often be willing to give advice on how to correct the issues and re-post.

There are a huge number of channels, over 250 at time of this writing. A great many are identity-exclusive: `#trans` is space exclusively for trans folks; `#not-men` is space exclusively for people who are not men; in general we seek to support and make space for groups that get talked over and ignored. There are channels for geographic areas, some large and some small.

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