It's Pride Month! In our fourth episode, we discuss how the LGBTQ+ community has an impact on the tech industry and vice versa. It's first important to know how LGBTQ+ leaders in the tech industry like Tim Cook provide hope and support to other queer people. Not only do LGBTQ+ employees in tech champion the community, they also help shape and guide software that would leave those in the LGBTQ+ community behind. Think things from the smaller scale like a gender drop down, to larger scale like entire applications! We also dive a bit deeper into some history surrounding gay rights and how that plays into mobile apps like Grindr. 

Unfortunately, not everything is sunshine for the LGBTQ+ community in the tech industry. Because the community is a minority in industry, it's easier for other employees to harass LGBTQ+ coworkers. While its possible in bigger companies, its easier to encounter harassment in smaller companies who may not have those policies fleshed out. Large corporations aren't completely absolved of any wrongdoing, especially when it comes to donations to and lobbying of lawmakers. Many tech companies like Comcast, AT&T, and others have donated to lawmakers that sponsored anti-trans legislation or had a score of "0" with the Human Rights Campaign, an organization at the forefront of LGBTQ+ rights.