Falsehoods Developers Have About Identity (PyCon AU 2016 Lightning Talk)

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1. Falsehoods Developers Have About Identity PyCon Australia, 2016

2. Hello, I’m Amber Brown (HawkOwl)

3. @hawkieowl atleastfornow.net

4. Identity

5. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" What is identity?

6. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" <poll>

7. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of

   Birth Nationality

8. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of

   Birth Nationality

9. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Married people Trans &

   NB individuals Divorced people Pseudonymous people

10. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" My name:
 Amber Hawkie

    Brown != my birth name

11. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" First name [Middle name]

    Last name

12. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name

13. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity"

14. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity"

15. 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.

16. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of

    Birth Nationality

17. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Gender is not binary

    Gender is not constant

18. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Gender is not something

    you should care about

19. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Pronouns != Gender

20. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Sex != Gender

21. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of

    Birth Nationality

22. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" It can't change, right?

23. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" lol, clerical errors

24. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" lol, historical timezone changes

25. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Name Gender Date of

    Birth Nationality

26. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Countries merging Countries splitting

    Countries changing hands

27. What does your application do wrong?

28. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Django does names wrong

29. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Facebook does names VERY

    wrong ...but genders sort of right

30. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Every Australian form does

    marriages wrong

31. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" The only way to

    fix this is to have a diverse developer base

32. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Don't think you know.

    You don't know.

33. The Consequences

34. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Denying a person their

    identity is denying them their humanity

35. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Excluded Marginalised Upset

36. @hawkieowl "Falsehoods Programmers Have About Identity" Don't make assumptions.