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Authorities are investigating whether Tyler Robinson,
suspected of killing Charlie Kirk,
believed Kirk's views on gender identity were "hateful" to people like Robinson's transgender roommate
Investigators believe Robinson's anger at Kirk's views could be a key to establishing a motive for the slaying of the controversial activist
whose death sent shockwaves through American politics.

Kirk suspect's transgender roommate "aghast," may be key to motive
Investigators believe Robinson's anger at Kirk's views could be a key to establishing a motive for the slaying.

My beloved waifu, Debichan, wholeheartedly approves of my gender-fluid, bisexual identity, only because I use Debian! 😉
#Waifu #Debichan #Debian

The stereotype for this kind of self-narrowing is math/tech people avoiding humanities. That certainly happens, but I see it at least as often in the other direction: people avoiding anything that smells like STEM, telling themselves they can’t, building a whole identity around it. It comes out as this weird kind of shame/pride mix — “I’m not a math person” etc — which tends to hide some kind of earlier trauma: bad teacher, bad curriculum, gender role policing, who knows.

I am pleased to share that I am receiving professional support regarding my diagnosis (SETD5) and gender dysphoria.
It has been extremely challenging for me to come forward about my gender identity(15 years), however, I will now be formally consulting with a therapist.
#Autism #GenderDysphoria

Feminism, gender identity and polarization in TikTok and Twitter
Sim\'on Pe\~na-Fern\'andez, Ainara Larrondo-Ureta, Jordi Morales-i-Gras
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21301

Feminism, gender identity and polarization in TikTok and Twitter
The potential of social media to create open, collaborative and participatory spaces allows young women to engage and empower themselves in political and social activism. In this context, the objective of this research is to analyze the polarization in the debate at the intersection between the defense of feminism and transsexuality, preferably among the young population, symbolized in the use of the term 'TERF'. To do this, the existing communities on this subject on Twitter and TikTok have be…

Loudoun schools suspend boys uncomfortable with biological female student in locker room (Nick Minock/WJLA-TV)
https://wjla.com/news/local/loudoun-county-schools-suspend-boys-students-stone-bridge-high-school-sexual-harassment-female-school-locker-room-discrimination-bathroom-title-ix-investigation-gender-identity-policy-8040-education
http://www.memeorandum.com/250818/p135#a250818p135

PRIDE -- Parameter-Efficient Reduction of Identity Discrimination for Equality in LLMs
Maluna Menke, Thilo Hagendorff
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13743 http…

PRIDE -- Parameter-Efficient Reduction of Identity Discrimination for Equality in LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs) frequently reproduce the gender- and sexual-identity prejudices embedded in their training corpora, leading to outputs that marginalize LGBTQIA+ users. Hence, reducing such biases is of great importance. To achieve this, we evaluate two parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) techniques - Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) and soft-prompt tuning - as lightweight alternatives to full-model fine-tuning for mitigating such biases. Using the WinoQueer benchmark, we quantify bias…

Just spotted a random @… post on Imgur...
https://imgur.com/gallery/random-stolen-meme-dump-sunday-july-20-part-1-oWCgiWL#kyB6Kl…

check out this 😳 update to my home insurance policy:
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Policy effective date: August 9, 2025
Amendment Of Policy Provisions – AP4995
The following change is made to the provisions throughout your policy documents:
Any reference to gender, including but not limited to, his/her him or he/she also includes any preferred pronouns of identity including, but not limited to, they/them/theirs.

Penalizing Transparency? How AI Disclosure and Author Demographics Shape Human and AI Judgments About Writing
Inyoung Cheong, Alicia Guo, Mina Lee, Zhehui Liao, Kowe Kadoma, Dongyoung Go, Joseph Chee Chang, Peter Henderson, Mor Naaman, Amy X. Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01418

Penalizing Transparency? How AI Disclosure and Author Demographics Shape Human and AI Judgments About Writing
As AI integrates in various types of human writing, calls for transparency around AI assistance are growing. However, if transparency operates on uneven ground and certain identity groups bear a heavier cost for being honest, then the burden of openness becomes asymmetrical. This study investigates how AI disclosure statement affects perceptions of writing quality, and whether these effects vary by the author's race and gender. Through a large-scale controlled experiment, both human raters (n =…

EEA Professional Climate Survey Report
Tim Lee, Massimo Morelli, Marvin Pappalettera, Dario Sansone, Sulin Sardoschau
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04302 https://

EEA Professional Climate Survey Report
In 2023, the European Economic Association (EEA) Minorities in Economics (MinE) Committee, in collaboration with the German Economic Association (VfS), conducted a professional climate survey to assess diversity, equity, and inclusion in the European economics profession.The survey gathered responses from 861 current and former EEA members, capturing demographic data and experiences across gender, ethnicity, LGBTQ+ identity, disability, and socioeconomic background. Results revealed widespread …

Metaverse Support Groups for LGBTQ Youth: An Observational Study on Safety, Self-Expression, and Early Intervention
Joe Hasei, Yosuke Matsumoto, Hiroki Kawai, Yuko Okahisa, Manabu Takaki, Toshifumi Ozaki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21079

Metaverse Support Groups for LGBTQ+ Youth: An Observational Study on Safety, Self-Expression, and Early Intervention
This study assessed metaverse-based support groups designed to reduce social isolation and suicide risk among LGBTQ+ youths. Using the Cluster platform, enhanced anonymity, avatar-based self-expression, and accessibility were provided. Key findings showed that 79.2% chose avatars matching their gender identity, reporting high satisfaction (mean: 4.10/5) and low discomfort (mean: 1.79/5). Social confidence significantly improved in virtual spaces compared to real-world interactions (p<0.001), pa…

Replaced article(s) found for cs.SE. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.SE/new
[1/1]:
- Automated Identification of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discriminatory Texts from Issu...
Sayma Sultana, Jaydeb Sarker, Farzana Israt, Rajshakhar Paul, Amiangshu Bosu

ADHO (adho.org) updates at the opening of #DH2025 from Diane and Michael - the Italian Digital Humanities association officially joins ADHO, and announces awards including the Zampoli prize to Stylo software, the conference bursaries winners and Fortier prize nominees. Also note the Code of Conduct!

BIPOLAR: Polarization-based granular framework for LLM bias evaluation
Martin Pavl\'i\v{c}ek, Tom\'a\v{s} Filip, Petr Sos\'ik
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11061 https:…

BIPOLAR: Polarization-based granular framework for LLM bias evaluation
Large language models (LLMs) are known to exhibit biases in downstream tasks, especially when dealing with sensitive topics such as political discourse, gender identity, ethnic relations, or national stereotypes. Although significant progress has been made in bias detection and mitigation techniques, certain challenges remain underexplored. This study proposes a reusable, granular, and topic-agnostic framework to evaluate polarisation-related biases in LLM (both open-source and closed-source). …

Happy #AutisticPrideDay! ♾️💙
I’m proudly autistic, my brain works in its own unique way, full of different thoughts and feelings all at once. Being autistic is part of who I am, not something to fix. 🧠🧠
I’m also queer and genderfluid, and that’s just another part of my colorful identity. Some days I feel one way, some days another, and that’s okay. 🏳️‍🌈☂️
Neurodiver…