Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is observed every year on November 20th to honor and memorialize those who have been lost as a result of transphobia. It also calls attention to the continued violence endured by the transgender and gender-diverse communities. I sought to create a visually appealing, interactive data visualization that spoke to both of these goals. Final Visualizations: …
This Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), we joined an incredible panel put on by the University of Virginia School of Data Science to have an important conversation about social media algorithms, mis/disinformation, and the LGBTQ+ community. During the event, panelists covered the complexities of how transphobia, homophobia, racism, misogyny, and other discriminatory and extreme beliefs can rapidly spread on social platforms. …
WOW! Time sure does fly! Gayta Science celebrated our 5th ANNIVERSARY this month! The site was officially purchased on March 4th, 2017 and has been producing awesome LGBTQ+ data science ever since! To celebrate this significant milestone, we gathered for an epic virtual celebration party! It was an incredible night! Kelsey started us off with a whirlwind tour of 5 years …
Curious about how transphobia finds its way into the algorithms that we encounter everyday? We got you covered! Kelsey Campbell gave a talk at the 2021 Responsible Machine Learning conference, introducing gender diversity, cissexism in automated systems, and leading research in the field! Check out the recording online and learn why we should, and how we can, do better to capture the complexity of gender in …
The Pudding is an AWESOME digital publication that puts out stunning visual essays and data visualizations about a variety of culturally relevant topics. Gayta Science’s own Kelsey Campbell recently got the chance to help the incredibly talented Jan Diehm tell a story about queer song lyric representation! As a super fan for years, contributing to this project was an honor and an …
Gayta Science’s Cathryn Ploehn and Kelsey Campbell were part of a rockstar lineup of data practitioners and designers at the Data Visualization Society’s first-ever Outlier Conference! While the conference as a whole was a high-energy three days of inspiring visualization talks and networking, Gayta Science brought a serious and thought-provoking talk about our experience visualizing anti-trans violence. Visualizing Transgender Lives …
Gayta Science’s own Kelsey Campbell was one of the leaders interviewed as part of Roadtrip Nation’s “At Your Fingertips” Computer Science Roadtrip special, streaming now online and on PBS! Film OverviewFollow along as Megan, Sage, and Devohne—three young adults eager to explore the opportunities available to them in the computer science industry—travel across the country to talk with software engineers, …
The first week of October was “Data Week DC”, where Data Community DC, companies and organizations in the D.C. area held a variety of fun, interesting and educational data-driven events. We teamed up with RainbowR and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for “LGBTQ+ Data Exploration,” a deep dive into the state of LGBTQ data collection. Charlie H. Whittington, Research Manager …
In 2012, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) conducted a survey among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people living in the 28 European Union (EU) countries (including Croatia). The aim of the survey was to obtain robust and comparable data that would allow a better understanding of LGBT people experience the enjoyment of fundamental rights. Around 93,000 …
Last month the Tegan and Sara Foundation put on an event that literally felt like all my interests came to life. The Queer Health Hackathon brought together data scientists, health providers, and policy experts to better understand health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community. I was invited to join 75 tremendously smart, talented, and passionate individuals in Cambridge, MA for an …
