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What materials are in Stack Exchange's diversity & inclusion training program?
Recently, Teresa Dietrich said that:
All members of the Community Team and selected members of the Public Platform Team have already taken 13 hours of Diversity & Inclusion Training. This ...
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Responding to the Lavender Letter and commitments moving forward
I want to start by acknowledging the hurt and exhaustion that the members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies have experienced in our community as moderators and users. We have read the ...
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Checking in with the Lavender community
Lavender mods had written a letter to SE pertaining to their issues. They asked roughly for three things:
Pay attention to the complaints by LGBTQ+ users about disrespect
Consequences for ...
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Is there a list of non-moderators who have stated they suspended activities due to recent events? [closed]
There are lists of moderators that have resigned or suspended activity due to the series of events1 instigated by Stack Exchange starting September 5, 2019, but I've only seen speculation on the ...
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I am non-binary - recent events have made SE less safe for me (and other members of the LGBTQ community)
I am a member of the network and posting anonymously for my safety.
CW: References to and examples of hate speech
I don't want to put blame anywhere, but unfortunately due to the huge turmoil ...
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What did Monica do to violate the CoC?
According to SO, they
removed a moderator for repeatedly violating our existing Code of Conduct and being unwilling to accept our CM’s repeated requests to change that behavior.
As Monica says,
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Open hostility from SE staff towards the community - trying to understand it
Upon multiple occasions SE staff members have expressed open hostility towards the community as a whole, as well as towards specific members of the community. Specific references are avoided here ...
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What is on the mind of Stack Exchange management?
I can understand that as a for-profit and venture backed corporate entity, Stack Overflow Inc. has to make money and/or make a nice exit, even if it means ... antagonizing the very community that ...
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How can SE and community improve respecting feelings of mentally ill people and their relatives/friends?
There was a (now deleted) question on MSO about freezing the meta room (10k link). The answer was that nasty things were said there, now the nastiness got cleared and the room was unfrozen when heads ...
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How can the community assist in welcoming LGBTQ users?
This is a followup to my question Are there specific issues with unwelcoming behavior toward LGBTQ persons on Stack Exchange? . StrongBad, in a comment replying to one of my comments, suggested that I ...
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Are there specific issues with unwelcoming behavior toward LGBTQ persons on Stack Exchange?
Ever since the mass moderator resignations started, there have been hints that it is somehow related to how LGBTQ members of the community are or should be treated or welcomed. For example, in her ...
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