What we learned at the Lesbians Who Tech & Allies' 2020 Pride Summit

June 30, 2020

Lesbians Who Tech & Allies + The include Crew

As this year’s Pride Month comes to an end, we take a look back at one of the highlights for include — sponsoring the Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (Not IRL) Pride Summit as their exclusive hiring platform.

It was so fulfilling to be a part of the largest LGBTQ+ technology event in history. This event brought together over 20,000 LGBTQ women, non-binary and trans folks, and allies from around the world.

For five days, the community came together to discuss critical social justice issues while learning from and teaching one another, engaging in important dialogue, and having a lot of fun.

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In case you missed it, here are 10 highlights from the 2020 (Not IRL) Pride Summit.

1. Alicia Garza, Principal, Black Futures Lab, and Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter

"We don't want race-neutral policies on policing. You have to take into account that Black people, Brown people & Indigenous people we are people right are disproportionately attacked by the way that we police in this country." - @aliciagarza #PrideSummit
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 22, 2020

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2. Angelica Ross, Actress and Founder, Trans Tech

"Never let anyone put you in the corner ... Create a life that's not determined by other people's definitions and policies." - @angelicaross #PrideSummit #LWTPride pic.twitter.com/t15kpKcZBW
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 22, 2020

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3. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-MA

"2020 will be the most important election of our lifetime ... We have a chance to chose compassion over cruelty, empathy over ego, facts over fear, hope over hate. This election will determine the kind of America future generations will inherit." - @ewarren #PrideSummit #LWTPride pic.twitter.com/tLIN1o5ljp
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 24, 2020

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4. Megan Rapinoe, USWNT

"We got to the moon — Surely we can figure out how to let people live their own lives." - @mPinoe on trans rights 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏼👏🏻 #PrideSummit #LWTPride pic.twitter.com/35H0XOe2Rg
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 25, 2020

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5. Arlan Hamilton, Founder and Managing Partner, Backstage Capital

"I've felt underestimated my whole life — still do to this day. That doesn't have to be a bad thing." - @ArlanWasHere, Founder @Backstage_Cap, with Jasmine Shells (@BoldYou), Co-founder @tryfivetonine 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽 #PrideSummit #LWTPride pic.twitter.com/tgjqidYVBz
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 26, 2020

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6. Megan Smith, 3rd U.S. CTO and Founder & CEO, shift7

"We need technology and innovation to be a part of the fight for equality — Think broadly, everyone. A lot of people told Grace Hopper that it was a dumb idea to use human languages to write code." - Former CTO @smithmegan, interviewed by @carriebish #PrideSummit #LWTPride pic.twitter.com/qsyQDC3JmZ
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 26, 2020

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7. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House of Representatives

"When I came to Congress 30+ years ago, there were 23 women ... Now there are 105 women — 90 of them are Democrats, because we made a decision to do so." 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏼 - @SpeakerPelosi at #PrideSummit with our founder @lepitts pic.twitter.com/Y0KWmzIRAT
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 25, 2020

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8. Stacey Abrams, Politician, Activist, Founder, Fair Fight Action

.@StaceyAbrams on #BlackLivesMatter: "We are in the midst of this moment, and I hope that we remember that this isn't over — not just the fighting and debate and the demand, but the anguish." #PrideSummit #LWTPride pic.twitter.com/ckECcY3igW
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 25, 2020

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9. Tina Tchen, CEO, Times Up

"If companies really want to build anti-racist practices, and eliminate sexual harassment, the starting point is that they build a truly and authentically more diverse workforce — up and down the wage scale." - @TinaTchen @TIMESUPNOW #LWTPride #PrideSummit
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 24, 2020

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10. Senator Kamala Harris, D-CA

"There's a lot of work to protect individuals around their private information. We need to strike a balance where we don't suppress innovation but at the same time people's privacy is protected." @KamalaHarris on data security and innovation.#PrideSummit #LWTSummit #Tech
— Lesbians Who Tech & Allies (@lesbiantech) June 23, 2020