Lynn Conway, pioneering transgender computer scientist and activist, dies at 86
Conway was fired by IBM in 1968 for transitioning, but she went on to make major advances in her field, such as revolutionizing the chip design process.
June 12, 2024
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‘Gays Against Groomers’ Outraged ChatGPT Refuses to Generate Anti-Transgender Content
The right-wing group’s frustration mounts after AI program ChatGPT declines to produce content opposing gender-affirming health care.
November 16, 2023
Massachusetts Police Department Blames 'Hacker' for Anti-Transgender Post
The chief says the officer responsible for administrating the account was locked out.
August 5, 2023
Mayor contends computer files automatically cached
As a judge prepares to decide whether the contents of Spokane, Wash., mayor James E. West's city-owned computer are part of the public record, the mayor is arguing that numerous gay-oriented photos on the laptop were placed there automatically.
November 17, 2005
Foley denies access to computers for page scandal probe
Florida's top police agency said Wednesday that its investigation into former U.S. representative Mark Foley's lurid Internet communications with teenage boys has been hindered because neither Foley nor the House will let investigators examine his congressional computers.
August 24, 2007
Spokane mayor tries to block release of computer files
Lawyers for Spokane, Wash., mayor James West are asking a judge to block the release of contents of West's work computer, in part because they would be "highly offensive to a reasonable person."
October 12, 2005
Judge releases mayor's computer files—with conditions
A judge has
granted a request to make public the gay-themed contents of
Spokane, Wash., mayor James West's city-owned laptop
computer but prevented the release of 3,300 photos of
members of a gay-oriented Web site.
November 18, 2005
Rare Warhol Art, His First Digital Works, Surfaces
The Andy Warhol Museum has discovered art experiments created by Warhol on an Amiga computer in 1985.
April 25, 2014
'Glee' Actor Mark Salling Arrested for Child Pornography
Over 1,000 images of child pornography have been found on the former Glee star's computer.
December 29, 2015
Monopoly Board to Honor Gay Codebreaker Alan Turing
A special edition Monopoly board commemorates Alan Turing, the gay mathematician and codebreaker considered "the father of computer science."
September 10, 2012
Reading the Right Wing: Trans Acceptance Will Lead to Robot Army
This week's greatest hits include Alex Jones's assertion that acceptance of transgender people will lead to implantation of computer chips in humans.
August 9, 2017
Op-ed: Happy Father's Day From Your New Daughter
Sitting in front of my computer that November day, I wrote the most important email of my life: an introduction between father and daughter.
June 15, 2014
Police Find Nothing Criminal About Rodemeyer Bullying
The local police chief said Jamey Rodemeyer's phone and computer are being examined by a forensics lab in search of a pattern of cyberbullying that could be punished.
October 6, 2011
Man Accused of Writing 'Groomer' on Libraries Faces Child Porn Charges
Police say they discovered child pornography on Charles Sutherland's computer. Sutherland allegedly wrote the anti-LGBTQ+ slur 'groomer' on library doors in Maryland.
March 11, 2023
Gay Activist Terry Bean Accused of Bribing Teen Over Sex Charge
A computer crime charge against HRC cofounder Bean is related to the accusation that he bribed a young man not to testify against him in a sex abuse case.
November 5, 2019
7 Things That Are Everything: Folsom, Stonewall, NPH
Our entertainment and events highlights this week include a leather fair, the confessions of a former child star, and the new adventures of everyone's favorite sexy computer hacker.
September 25, 2015
Decisions decisions
This month our career coach decides it's time for a gay couple from Indiana to move to a more progressive state, and gives the green light to a computer nerd who's about to start a business
August 5, 2005
Bullied Student Killed at Junior High School
A 15-year-old who boy was shot and wounded in an Oxnard, Calif., junior high school computer lab Tuesday was declared brain-dead on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
February 14, 2008
White House: Russian Hackers Tried to Hurt Clinton, Help Trump
President Obama ordered a review, then came a report by The New York Times quoting senior officials as saying the CIA believes hackers broke into the GOP's computers, and yet did nothing.
December 10, 2016
House Ethics Committee ready to probe Foley case
House speaker Dennis Hastert's job is on the line as members of the Ethics Committee decide how to launch a credible investigation of former congressman Mark Foley's salacious computer messages to teenage pages.
October 5, 2006
Spokane recalls embattled gay mayor
Spokane embattled mayor James E. West must leave office this month, based on returns of a special election sparked by allegations he used a city computer to woo men over the Internet
December 8, 2005