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Lesbians Who Tech 2018: Hillary Clinton, The Future of Disruption, a Path Toward Hope

Lesbians Who Tech has had rockstars all the way down.

By A.E. Osworth|September 19, 2018|7 Comments
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“Lesbians Who Tech” Is Back at It Again With the Badass Queers and a Lot of Good Ideas

Tegan and Sara’s keynote speech, a Desi feminist and DJ from Harvard samples some beats off my her phone, how augmented and virtual reality can be used in politics, how tech is helping the resistance and much more from Lesbians Who Tech!

By Raquel|March 7, 2018|12 Comments
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“Lesbians Who Tech” Knocked It Out of the Park Again, Focused on the Resistance

The most resistance-related tech conference I could envision, honestly.

By A.E. Osworth|September 13, 2017|7 Comments
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This Lesbian Made Her Own Dating Website and It Will Blow You Away

Heather says: “I am a good communicator, I have a lot to offer a potential partner/wife and I would love to share my amazing life with someone equally amazing, kind and compassionate.”

By Al(aina)|July 21, 2017|48 Comments
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Lesbians Who Tech’s San Francisco Summit Showed Me I’m Not Alone

I felt wave after wave of “I’m not the ONLY ONE. I’m not alone in this industry. There are others like me who go through the same struggles to be accepted in the workplace.”

By Lyn|March 5, 2016|13 Comments
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Lesbians Who Tech Makes History In So Many Ways, Every Time

All the ways the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in New York was history-making. And it was—it is every time.

By A.E. Osworth|October 10, 2015|12 Comments
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(Updated: We Have Winners!) And Now For Another Fabulous Lesbians Who Tech Summit Giveaway: Hello, Berlin!

A chat with Leanne Pittsford of Lesbians Who Tech where we give five tickets to the Berlin Summit to five random Autostraddle commenters! FOR FREE! GET IN HERE!

By A.E. Osworth|August 5, 2015|14 Comments
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Second Annual “Lesbians Who Tech” Summit Ups the Ante

LWT brings a diverse array (nerds will get the pun) of queer women who technologically kick ass to the Castro and Silicon Valley for the second year in a row.

By Alley Hector|March 7, 2015|14 Comments
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Here Be A Giveaway: Tickets to the Lesbians Who Tech Summit For Three Entire Humans

Three entire Autostraddle readers could win a FREE ticket for themselves (worth $349 each!) to Lesbians Who Tech. LET’S DO THIS!

By A.E. Osworth|February 10, 2015|46 Comments
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Lesbians Who Tech’s Second Summit Features Kara Swisher and Marc Benioff in a Dialogue About Diversity

Can one lesbian journalist and one straight, white cis man form the right kind of odd couple to keynote the queer women in technology conference’s second annual installment?

By Alley Hector|February 7, 2015|8 Comments

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