Dear colleagues, The University of Virginia School of Data Science, in partnership with the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, is pleased to announce the sixth session of the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series, scheduled for December 2, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EST). The “Trans-inclusive Technology Governance” talk will focus on the ambivalence of technology for gender-diverse communities, including data governance and human rights. Speakers will be encouraged to address issues such as advancing safe and inclusive trans participation in technology governance, safe visibility, the lessons we can learn from history about gender and technology, and the role tech companies play in shaping policies. Finally, we will discuss how open-source and community-led tech initiatives can support trans-inclusive governance models. We are honoured to welcome two keynote speakers: Blair Attard-Frost (University of Alberta) Mar Hicks (University of Virginia) The webinar is free and open to the public. You can register here: https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender-tech-trans-inclusive-technology-gov... The Gender and Tech Online Talk Series brings together leading scholars, advocates, and practitioners to examine the intersections of gender, technology, democracy, and human rights. Its purpose is to critically explore how digital platforms and technological infrastructures impact women, queer, and gender-diverse individuals, while also identifying pathways toward more inclusive, rights-based models of digital governance. We invite everyone interested in advancing equity and justice in tech governance to participate in this important conversation. The series is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia and is sponsored by the UVA School of Data Science and DTD Lab. Please feel free to share this announcement. Thank you! Jess and Yasmin *Jess Reia, Ph.D. (they/them)* Andrew Carnegie Fellow <https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/jess-reia/> Assistant Professor of Data Science Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>, University of Virginia Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy <https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/main.htm>, Fudan University 2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology <https://cdt.org/> <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/> New book: Urban Music Governance <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo245009492.html> <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo245009492.html> reia@virginia.edu | https://datascience.virginia.edu/