Posts tagged “gender”

Google, Yahoo, and Facebook all released diversity reports using identical categories, making comparison easy. The gender gap is worst in engineering (averaging only 16% women). Racial diversity is also poor, though Yahoo's engineering staff is surprisingly majority Asian. Solid data confirming what we already knew.

Saw *Beautiful Boxer* at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Stunning during transition, less so before or after. I'm still not sure if I wanted him or wanted to be him. Great film, but I won't be taking up kickboxing or changing sex anytime soon.

I'm a gay man who finds locker room nudity baffling and unpleasant. Straight guys shrug it off as "just guys," but that logic doesn't work for me. Why is public nudity suddenly acceptable the moment you enter a changing room? Scrotums are not attractive. Put them away.

The Kobe Bryant rape case has American media debating whether to publish his accuser's name and photo. A tabloid went all in, sparking the usual arguments. One editor asks why the accused gets destroyed while the accuser gets a "journalistic burka." No easy answers. Also, got busted blogging at work. Hi, Simon!