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queer liberation history

Why is the hacker scene so damn queer? - EMF 2026

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The speaker introduces himself as Nick Swifer, a philosopher and former student of computer science who has been active in the hacker scene since 2010. He notes that upon returning to this community after a period of absence, he observed a significant shift: the scene had become markedly queer. He d …