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/1yk4ad5i44WbLl3ekmH84RNqFi0CikfEZbGiyKyAk79M/edit




On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Rabbit <rabbitface@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


"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."