Submissions:2025/Contributing to Worldwide LGBTQIA+ Knowledge
This submission has been noted and is pending review for WikiConference North America 2025.
Title:
- Contributing to Worldwide LGBTQIA+ Knowledge
Type of session:
- Edit-a-thons or Workshops (30-120 min)
Session theme(s):
- Missing pieces
Abstract:
lgbtDB (now hosted at Wikibase.Cloud, https://lgbtdb.wikibase.cloud/) was created in 2021, originally in order to pilot LGBTQIA+-inclusive data practices for Wikidata. As political powers shift around the world, it is more important than ever that queer voices, not just from one corner of the world or in one language, begin to undertake the representation (and non-representation) of our data, and that we consider both the positive and negative use cases. This workshop will discuss how lgbtDB can be a repository for LGBTQIA+ knowledge regardless of notability, and work in tandem to pilot and transfer data to Wikidata. We will also work to build out representation and documentation of ongoing LGBTQIA+-related demonstrations, legislation, language, identities, and crucial resources. An outcome of this discussion should be a preliminary collaborative framework for what data should and should not be collected in the LGBTQIA+ context, in relationship to factors such as personal safety, security, political conflicts and questions, the rapid spread of mis- and disinformation, and potential futures.
Author name(s):
Wikimedia username(s):
- Superraptor123
Affiliated organization(s):
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Estimated length of session
- 60-120 minutes (brief presentation [10-15 minutes], ongoing discussion and edit-a-thon that can be joined)
Will you be presenting remotely?
- I will present in-person
Okay to livestream?
- Livestreaming is okay
Previously presented?
- Yes, I have presented on LGBTQIA+ data security and safety in the healthcare context (more information here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sCulEZoAAAAJ&hl=en).
Special requests:
- Being able to project the presentation would be nice if that's a possibility.