18 Jul
2013
18 Jul
'13
6:16 p.m.
Can you all think of any ideas for this?
How about some kind of reputation system where trans people could vouch for
other people who are not shitty/dangerous about trans things. This could
at first be used for doctors, therapists, etc, and might eventually be
useful in daily life (getting craigslist rides, finding apartment mates)
This would be easy to generalize to other contexts where people want to
trust each other. I guess it would become like LinkedIn's system of
vouching for other people's skills.
I hear that reputation systems are challenging to get right though. Here
are some resources about designing them
http://hypothes.is/workshop
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yk4ad5i44WbLl3ekmH84RNqFi0CikfEZbGiyKyA…
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Rabbit <rabbitface(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There's a hackathon happening in Oakland to build
tools that are helpful
to transgender people
Apply by August 2
Happens on Sept 13-15
http://transhack.org/
"WHY A HACKATHON FOCUSED ON THE TRANS COMMUNITY?
Research shows that transgender people are unemployed at 2x the national
rate–4x for transgender people of color; have incomes of less than $10,00 a
year; experience homelessness at 2x the rate of non-trans people; and
suffer overwhelming discrimination when it comes to accessing adequate
healthcare and legal services. This problem not only affects transgender
adults but trans and gender nonconforming youth as well. A necessary step
in addressing anti-transgender bias is to create technology that socially
empowers transgender individuals. Imagine if there existed a mobile phone
app that helps individuals find trans friendly doctors or an app that
profiles safe space job opportunities for trans people across the country?
Trans*H4CK is a space in which to turn these possibilities into reality."