Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Emerita, Univ. of Michigan; engineering explorer, human empowerment advocate.
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Something Wonderful Has Happened! “IBM ApologizesFor Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later”, By Jeremy Alicandri, Forbes, Nov. 18, 2020.
Prof. Emerita Lynn Conway to be inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame: “She is recognized for her role in transforming the global microelectronics industry with the invention of VLSI, or Very Large-Scale Integration.”
Cool Message: “A Fortune 500 company faces backlash for supporting its transgender employees. Its CEO has a message:
‘Good luck using somebody else’s product’”
Debunking Hysteria-Driven Fear: “It’s okay to let your transgender kid transition — even if they might change their mind in the future. De-transitioning is...
History: “10 LGBT Uprisings Before Stonewall – Stonewall is seen as the birth of the LGBT rights movement. But there were pickets, protests—even riots—in the years before June 28, 1969”
Providing Freedom: The Lynn Conway Story – Transforming the global microelectronics industry, Lynn Conway co-invented VLSI, or Very Large-Scale Integration. Her revolutionary work has allowed small teams of individuals to design powerful chips (VIDEO)
52 years after firing
@lynnconway
for "undergoing a gender transition",
@IBM
offered her an apology and a lifetime achievement award. CHM welcomed Conway into its prestigious Fellow Awards program in 2014. Watch her acceptance speech here:
“Jen Rexford (Provost), Lynn Conway and Andrea Goldsmith (Dean of SEAS) enjoying commencement day at Princeton University, May 30, 2023”
Photo by Charles Rogers, Lynn’s husband.
Cultural Impact: “How The Matrix universalized a trans experience — and helped me accept my own — The film, now 20 years old, is probably the most famous art ever made by trans...
Computing pioneer to receive honorary U-M doctorate – Lynn Conway is a leader in the microchip design revolution that made cell phones and laptops possible, and an...
SWE Magazine: “National Inventors Hall of Fame Inducts Technology Pioneer – Lynn Conway, who sparked the very large-scale integration (VLSI) revolution in computing, has always been adventurous . . . she views invention as a natural part of life’s journey”
“When pioneers disappear from history: Tech leader Lynn Conway explores why women and underrepresented minorities lose credit for their contributions over time”
Tech giants join more than 50 companies in pushing back against president: “Facebook, Amazon ‘Fundamentally Oppose’ Trump Redefinition of Transgender Rights”
Uh-Oh! Note How the Clueless Past is Being Embedded into Future Automated-Systems: “Facial recognition tech struggles to identify transgender people”...
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Beware Maliciously-Cruel Minor-Bureaucrats:
“Dublin transgender woman left traumatised after being forced to show breasts by security staff at Luton Airport (UK)”...
Heritage Foundation President Suddenly Morphs into ‘AI Expert’ at Google! “Inside the Google employee backlash against the Heritage Foundation – ‘They think that some of our colleagues...
Suddenly Pinned-Down and Under-Fire in a Modern ‘No-Man’s Land’:
“Meet The Transgender Troops Racing To Get a ‘Gender Dysphoria’ Diagnosis Before April 12”...
“Barriers to transgender health care lead some to embrace a do-it-yourself approach: Despite the health and legal risks to this approach, some experts predict it will become more common due to the current political environment.”
Paradigm Shifting: “Google walkout as 'unprecedented.' It could prompt more tech protests. Workers at other tech companies may learn from the example of Google employees.”
#MeToo
...
Visualizing the GOP’s 'Hate-Habit': “The recent wave of anti-trans legislation follows a decades-long pattern of the GOP targeting those they think lack the numbers or votes to properly fight back”
#transisbeautiful
#girlslikeus
#transrightsarehumanrights
A Safe Harbor from Turbulent Seas: “A safe space –The nation’s first transitional housing shelter for transgender youths opens in SF, filling an urgent need”
We are BEYOND excited to launch our *first ever* visibility campaign today, alongside the wonderful
@500QueerSci
!
We have *over 100* photo/bio pairs of
#LGBTinSTEM
engineers to share with you throughout
#PrideMonth
!
Here's a little sneak peak! Happy
#pride
❤️
Finally, After Teetering on the Paradigmatic Edge for Years: “World Health Organization removes "gender identity disorder" from list of mental illnesses”...
A Fighting Spirit: “Transgender man Patricio Manuel picks up third straight win as professional boxer 11 years after competing in women’s Olympic trials”
When Will You Have to Leave Your State? Where will You Be Safe? “The New Transgender Health Care Fight Is Over Adults – Red-state attacks on gender-affirming care for minors are giving way to attacks on care for those over 18”
“These transgender icons will be the first to get statues in the US:
Statues will be erected of the late transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in New York's...