Hello wiki editors in Bangladesh,
I am writing to share news of Queering Wikipedia, an April 2019 conference
in Austria for LGBT+ Wikipedia editors and people who edit LGBT topics. See
the conference page here.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queering_Wikipedia
At this three day conference about 70 people will convene to discuss how to
manage coverage of LGBT+ topics in Wikipedia and also support LGBT editors.
This is a 3-day conference and the first wiki LGBT major event. If anyone
in Bangladesh is interested in attending then I would like to support any
applicants who themselves have some support from the local community to
attend. Geographic diversity is a goal in awarding scholarships, so if
anyone editing in Bangla has a history of LGBT editing or experience in
LGBT advocacy, then I expect the scholarship committee would award at least
one scholarship if anyone from Bangladesh applied. Apply before 18 January
at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queering_Wikipedia/Scholarships
Thanks - if anyone has questions then feel free to post on the conference
talk page, ask your colleagues in the Wikimedia Bangladesh chapter, or
write to me.
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Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com