Going forward, the ACM, IEEE, and other organizations in Computer Science should not plan conferences in events with laws that threaten the safety of the members of our community–whether transgender or otherwise.
I call on leaders at SIGPLAN, the ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, and other conference sponsors to come together to discuss this issue & to create policies to ensure that all members of our community are safe and welcomed at our future events.
Full post: https://jonathanaldrich.github.io/2023/06/14/conference-location-and-inclusion.html