I'm not salty or anything, and I don't live in America anymore - but I absolutely checked a couple major cybersecurity events with rotating venues because surely by now in 2026, they must have moved to places safe for women and trans attendees, surely, surely, surely,
nah of course not
I work at a bank and FS-ISAC's Spring Summit at the beginning of the month was in Florida so... nope. My coworkers have said they would stand up for me but I'm not risking that nor am I going to put that on them.
The one before that was New Orleans, before that Atlanta.
The response when I ask is usually either "we booked this years in advance", "that's where we get the best rates", "other cities can't meet our needs", or, my favorite, "nobody else has brought it up". Have you heard of Chicago? San Francisco? Also, nobody should have to tell you about it. Do you watch the news or check social media or pay attention to anything? Do you care about people who aren't able-bodied, cisgender, heterosexual, or white? Do you have a team of people who plan these things out or do you just randomly pick a spot based on cost savings and vibes?
@jrdepriest @hacks4pancakes I'm a white cishet male, even a Christian (don't judge, I'm not a US Domesday evangelical and just want people to be nicer to people that are different, like Christ did it).
I won't travel to the US at the moment.
I want to. I want to meet old friends, see new places, enjoy the chance meetings in pubs. The current politics (worldwide) make me angry, they took from me what I experienced after the cold war: the world getting so much closer and friendlier.
US Evangelical Christianity is not what most of the world would consider "Christ-like".
Thanks for appropriately distancing yourself from it. More people should lead with that.
Lesley Carhart 
J. R. DePriest 
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Joe W