TechTank: Exploring the Intersection of Tech Policy and LGBTQ+ Rights

Samantha Lai
Monday, June 13, 2022, 4:15 PM

The latest episode of TechTank.

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This year’s Pride Month comes at a difficult time for LGBTQ+ rights. Over the past year, there have been over 300 anti-LGBTQ bills proposed in at least 28 states, including Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill that aims to limit LGBTQ+ discussion in schools, and a bill in Ohio that would ban transgender women from participating in high school and college athletics that includes a “verification process” of checking the genitals of those accused of being transgender.

On TechTank, Samantha Lai, guest host and research assistant at the Center for Technology Innovation, is joined by David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, and Chris Wood, executive director and co-founder of LGBT Tech, to discuss how technology concerns surrounding privacy, content moderation, facial recognition, and more shape the online experiences of the LGBTQ+ community.

You can listen to the episode and subscribe to the TechTank podcast on Apple, Spotify, or Acast.

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Samantha Lai is a senior research analyst with the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Prior to joining Carnegie, Lai was a research analyst at the Brookings Institution and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. She holds a B.A. in political science from Wellesley College.

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