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Amber Brown (HawkOwl)
August 13, 2016
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Falsehoods Developers Have About Identity (PyCon AU 2016 Lightning Talk)
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Transcript
Falsehoods Developers Have About Identity PyCon Australia, 2016
Hello, I’m Amber Brown (HawkOwl)
@hawkieowl atleastfornow.net
Identity
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" What is identity?
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" <poll>
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of
Birth Nationality
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of
Birth Nationality
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Married people Trans &
NB individuals Divorced people Pseudonymous people
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" My name: Amber Hawkie
Brown != my birth name
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" First name [Middle name]
Last name
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity"
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity"
At common law an adult may assume any surname by
using such name and becoming known by it. A surname is not a matter of law but a matter of repute … The law of this country allows any person to assume and use any name, provided its use is not calculated to deceive and to inflict pecuniary loss.
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of
Birth Nationality
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Gender is not binary
Gender is not constant
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Gender is not something
you should care about
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Pronouns != Gender
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Sex != Gender
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of
Birth Nationality
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" It can't change, right?
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" lol, clerical errors
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" lol, historical timezone changes
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of
Birth Nationality
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Countries merging Countries splitting
Countries changing hands
What does your application do wrong?
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Django does names wrong
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Facebook does names VERY
wrong ...but genders sort of right
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Every Australian form does
marriages wrong
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" The only way to
fix this is to have a diverse developer base
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Don't think you know.
You don't know.
The Consequences
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Denying a person their
identity is denying them their humanity
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Excluded Marginalised Upset
@hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Don't make assumptions.