In 1968, IBM fired Lynn Conway for being #transgender. She went on to invent the foundations of modern computer chips.
On February 14, 2025, the US government fired Amy Paris for being transgender. What might she have been able to do?
We have always been here. We will always be here.
#trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #USDS
https://19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-paris-fired-trump-administration/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway
Sadly, Lynn Conway passed away in 2024. Her personal website at the University of Michigan is still up:
https://ai.eecs.umich.edu//people/conway/conway.html
In her own words, "By openly sharing our stories and life-experiences, we can help build a more realistic knowledge of and genuine wisdom about transgender issues. We can also help society see us as the human beings we truly are. In the process we can enable more and more people to live fuller and happier lives in an increasingly inclusive, harmonious society."
#trans #TransRights #LGBTQ
(edit: typo)
Amy Paris worked for the Department of Health and Human Services, and formerly worked for the U.S. Digital Service. She helped make the federal government more efficient and responsive to the needs of its citizens.
In her words, “They’re trying to actually not make the government more efficient, but disrupt the government and disrupt citizen services that the American people need in order to conduct their daily lives. They are trying to sow discord and disrupt confidence in the workings of the federal government.”
https://19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-paris-fired-trump-administration/
There are thousands of government employees who have worked for years to make our lives easier and safer.
meanwhile the new administration is spending its time doing sloppy search-and-replace on National Park Service websites in an attempt to erase #transgender people from history
