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“I first started in tech and didn’t feel safe to come out as myself. I didn’t want to be known as queer,” Rowden said.“It gets hard to pretend and have a façade and there’s self-doubt. When you are yourself, you’re excited and get to be collaborative.” Click to share quote on Twitter: "It gets hard to pretend and have a façade and there's self-doubt. When you are yourself, you're excited and get to be collaborative."
She created the group with the help of friend Ty McKinney. He said it’s helped the community embrace possibilities. “It’s just a matter of finding opportunities and you only get that in a safe space where you can be yourself,” McKinney said. “If there’s constantly a pressure to conform to be hetero-normative, you don’t feel like you can pursue those opportunities.”McKinney has his own start-up company and said he’s noticing a shift.“The status quo is changing and everyone is being a part of the solution.”
Relocating back to Calgary. Still same situation..200+ applications / job within few hours