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foundersandcoders / fac4equality

Our entry to the #hack4equality LGBTQ+ hackathon

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Ideas! #1

Open msmichellegar opened 8 years ago

msmichellegar commented 8 years ago

Leave your ideas here for the fac4equality project! Here are the four categories:

1) LGBTQ homelessness 2) Trans visibility and economic empowerment 3) International LGBTQ issues (aiding refugees and LGBTQ people in countries where queerness is illegal/more difficult) 4) Access to sexual health services and PrEP

More info here: http://hack4equality2016-livedemo.devpost.com/

msmichellegar commented 8 years ago

An app organising emergency accommodation for queers in crisis, connecting those with a spare couch to those who need it. Like couchsurfing with a deeper purpose.
A site crowd-sourcing travel advice for trans* folk, rating the safety of travelling to various countries. Inspired by this recent news story in which Gigi Gorgeous (a trans* woman) was detained in Dubai.

sohilpandya commented 8 years ago

Love no. 2 on the list. @msmichellegar

msmichellegar commented 8 years ago

Inspiration: http://mytranshealth.com/

MyTransHealth connects trans people with qualified, culturally competent providers in their neighborhood, offering resources in four categories: medical, mental health, legal, and crisis care.

msmichellegar commented 8 years ago

More inspiration (NSFW): http://www.grunt.org.au/

Grunt is about hot, fun, informed sex between trans guys and cis guys. A space to get accurate, inclusive and sex-positive sexual health information.

msmichellegar commented 8 years ago

A site pooling donations from charities which offer free queer sexual health supplies. I know there are a lot of charities that offer free sexual health supplies IRL, but not so much online. Given not all queers gather in gay bars or live in urban areas which have active sexual health charities, it could be an effective way to spread free supplies to those who need them. Current online outlets seem convoluted/out of date: https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/how-to-get-free-condoms-on-the-internet

msmichellegar commented 8 years ago

Some sort of infographic tracking trans* deaths or hate crimes against trans* individuals. Purpose would be to make violence against trans* folk more visible. Something like the Guardian's interactive database on police killings in the US: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database

dzifabiga commented 5 years ago

Some sort of multi lingual digital tool that allows folks to discreetly obtain sexual health information, self report incidents and obtain judgement free assistance from pre-vetted professionals globally.

A well publicized digital platform where non-profits/charities focused on sexual health issues can collaborate, share resources, collectively work to raise funding to scale their problem solving capabilities