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Safe Sexting: Tech Tips for the Stress-Free Sexting You Deserve

The world is full of unknown and terrifying possibilities, like accidentally sending a nude to the family group chat because it was the most recent thing on your camera roll. Protect yourself and loved ones against these dangers and more with easy tips!

By Rachel| March 12, 2019 | 7 Comments
News + Politics

Why Did CES 2019 Revoke Its Award for Ultra-Innovative Woman-Oriented Sex Toy?

The team from Lora DiCarlo believes gender bias played a significant role in losing an award for one of their products, a sentiment echoed by other woman-run sex-tech companies. Meanwhile, the company behind the trade show insists the award was a mistake in the first place.

By Molly Priddy| January 22, 2019 | 9 Comments
Geekery

If Democrats Win Back the House Silicon Valley Will Finally Face Some Regulation

Why does it need to happen? Well, Facebook and Twitter combined with Russian attempts to influence elections are the reason the United States is currently beset by 45, for example, but also because existing laws and regulations were never built for this era.

By A.E. Osworth| November 1, 2018 | 3 Comments
Geekery

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
Geekery

9 Ways Being a Junior Developer Is Like Being a Baby Gay

You’re almost too gay to write a function.

By Dera| March 6, 2018 | 20 Comments
Geekery

If You Love Brave Little Toasters and BB8 You’re Gonna Want To Play “Rumu”

This is a game about a vacuum that is not about vacuuming, and it’s a game about sadness that is not a sad game. I did cry at the end, but I basically always cry at the end.

By dufrau| March 1, 2018 | 7 Comments
Geekery Sex + Relationships

I Built a Lesbian Sex Robot

It did not go well.

By Heather Davidson| February 27, 2018 | 25 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Cryptocurrency But It’s Gay and Other Stories for Your Week

Afrofuturism, consent, black teens and gun reform, Emily GonzΓ‘lez in her own words, drag kings, Monica Lewinsky, cryptocurrency but gay, Arabelle Sicardi, Georgia just being the worst, and so much more!

By Laneia| February 26, 2018 | 7 Comments
Geekery

Mastodon 101: A Queer-Friendly Social Network You’re Gonna Like a Lot

Trolls on Twitter got you down? Tired of Mark Zuckerberg’s Real Name Policy? Looking for a social network not owned by a massive corporation? Mastodon may be your next haunt.

By Creatrix Tiara| October 11, 2017 | 17 Comments
Geekery

“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
Fashion/Style Geekery

6 Wearable Tech Pieces That Actually Look Good

This isn’t just gonna be another post about, like, Apple Watches. I know y’all already know about those.

By A.E. Osworth| August 16, 2017 | 11 Comments
Society + Culture

The Internet’s Increasing Lack of Privacy Is Putting LGBTQ People in Real Danger

“For all the harm popularly associated with online anonymity, anonymity can often be the only shield allowing LGBTQ folk to safely exist online.”

By Heather Davidson| August 7, 2017 | 16 Comments
Geekery

This Is The Last Queer Your Tech

It’s been a pleasure writing your technology column for the past half a decade. Keep it nerdy, queermos.

By A.E. Osworth| July 1, 2017 | 39 Comments
Geekery

6 Useful Tech Tools for Pride

Six pieces of technology that might be useful as you parade, protest and party.

By A.E. Osworth| June 24, 2017 | 9 Comments
Geekery

5 Platforms For Paying Indie Creators (And Getting Paid Yourself)

Are you an independent creator of some kind? Do you love independent creators of various stripes? Well here’s how we can fund the creators that make the internet our happy place.

By A.E. Osworth| June 17, 2017 | 6 Comments
Geekery

Four Totally Weirdo Apps That Are Useful and Fun

The world can only be described with that upside down smiley face emoji; here are some apps that make like the 20th century Dadaist movement had smartphones.

By A.E. Osworth| June 10, 2017 | 3 Comments
Geekery

Art-ificial Intelligence: Amazing AI That Paints, Composes and Makes Movies

While we’ve known for years that AI likes a good cat video, the examples of AI entities showing us their artistic side have reached a critical mass.

By A.E. Osworth| June 3, 2017 | 15 Comments
Geekery

5 Technologies I Wish I Had Known About Before I Started This Move

LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES.

By A.E. Osworth| May 27, 2017 | 11 Comments
Geekery

Four Affordable Games with Weird, Escapist Worlds For Escaping To

These games were low or no-cost investments for me that have yielded hours of forgetting exactly how bad things are right now.

By A.E. Osworth| May 20, 2017 | 8 Comments
Geekery

3 Apps to Help You Make the World Better

Three more apps made for the Resistance as we continue to rail against the corrupt white nationalist regime that has taken hold in the U.S.

By A.E. Osworth| May 13, 2017 | 2 Comments
Geekery

Phishing’s No Phun; Here’s How To Resist The Bait

You may have heard about the big Google-Docs impersonating phishing scam this week, and there are a lot more out there. Here’s how to protect yourself.

By A.E. Osworth| May 6, 2017 | 3 Comments
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