Wikimedia LGBT+/2022

Global discussion

Members of the User Group participated in the following discussions:

Discussions about supporting Wikimedia volunteers
Wikimedia movement strategy discussions
Wikidata and gender conversation, see: Wikidata:WikiProject LGBT
Discussions about topic coverage and representation in Wikimedia platforms
Organised an Open letter of support for Les sans pagEs published September, 2022.

This letter initiated group conversations about greater collaboration with other groups and affiliates working with underrepresented editors and on underrepresented content areas. There are 77 signatures on the letter as of April 5, 2023.

Discussions about governance and the future directions of the User Group

Programs and Events

Wiki Loves Pride

Wiki Loves Pride is a global campaign to expand and improve LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages that has been operating annually since 2014. In 2022, Wikimedia LGBT+ invited Wikipedia users to participate by improving Wikipedia's coverage of LGBT-related content

See:

Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/2022 project page, which includes Wikimedia Commons contributions during WLP 2022

Wiki Loves Pride/History month

Wikipedia:Category:Articles created or improved during Wiki Loves Pride 2022

Events and activities

Various Wikimedia community organizations hosted LGBT+ themed events. While organizations do their own events, in Wikimedia projects people often are members of multiple projects at once, such as their regional Wikimedia chapter and also Wikimedia LGBT+. Examples of LGBT+ events which included the participation of WMLGBT+ membership and promotion using WMLGBT+ communication channels include the following:

Projet:LGBT/Mois des fiertés/2022 on Wikipédia en français
XPOSED Queer Film Festival 2022, Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Queer Experimental Film: XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, 27-28 May 2022
Wiki Loves EuroPride 2022 International Edit-a-thon, 12-18 September 2022
Photos from Wiki Loves EuroPride Edit-a-thon in Turkey, 17 September 2022
Photos from EuroPride 2022

Queering Wikipedia

Queering Wikipedia 2022 was an LGBT+ themed community organized conference. QW22 featured 2 days of events, October 21-22, 2022. The first day focused on “Networking, social and cultural programme.” The second day focused on “Membership and decision-making.” There were an estimated 300 persons in attendance, with 70 persons initially expected. The events were held in English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation, and translation of documentation.

See:

QW2022 Event Page

Program:

October 21, 2022 Presentations from the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, plus partners and individuals who have contributed in past activities and have plans to share for 2023.

October 22, 2022 Goal-setting and identifying issues and priorities. Agreeing on decision-making processes. Improving the leadership structure and how to appoint or elect representatives. Planning for the coming 12 months, Queering Wikipedia 2023, and evaluation and learning points.

Planning

An organizing committee was developed
Office Hours were held regularly, see: QW Office Hours
Wikimedia LGBT+ worked with André Rodrigues as an Outreachy intern with the project: Hybrid event production for Queering Wikipedia 2023 (December 2022 to March 2023), see: Internship report
Wikimedia LGBT+ began planning for Queering Wikipedia 2023, May 12, 14, and 17, 2023.

Monthly User Group meetings

Our organization hosts a monthly video chat. This meeting is open to anyone and advertised on the Meta-wiki page for the organization.

Organizational improvement

Held discussions about the future of the User Group and processes of administrative support
Held organizational consensus-seeking conversations at QW2022
Significant development of Wikimedia LGBT+'s internal harassment response process
Ongoing participation in the Wikimedia Foundation's Universal Code of Conduct development process
Hired and provided mentorship to an Outreachy intern
Maintained mailing list, provided facilitation to multiple Telegram groups for the User Group, and created a Mastodon page.

Publications

Wikimedia-related academic papers published by members of the User Group include:

Rasberry, Lane, Sheri Tibbs, William Hoos, Amy Westermann, Jeffrey Keefer, Steven J. Baskauf, Clifford B. Anderson, Philip D. Walker, Cherrie Kwok, and Daniel Mietchen (1 April 2022). WikiProject clinical trials for wikidata. medRxiv (2022): 2022-04. doi: 10.1101/2022.04.01.22273328
Rasberry, Lane, & Daniel Mietchen (15 September 2022). Scholia for Software. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 8, e94771. doi: 10.3897/rio.8.e94771
Wexelbaum, Rachel, A Practical Guide to LGBTQ+ Studies, in Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross-disciplinary Approach.(2022) Eds. Amory, D. P., Massey, S. G., Miller, J., & Brown, A. P. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978143849169
Turki, Houcemeddine, Lane Rasberry, Mohamed Ali Hadj Taieb, Daniel Mietchen, Mohamed Ben Aouicha, Anastassios Pouris, and Yamen Bousrih. FHIR RDF-Why the world needs structured electronic health records. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 136 (1 December 2022): 104253. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104253

Grants and reports

The Wikimedia LGBT+ Queering Wikipedia grant proposal was approved in April 2022. Reports: QW22 grant report and QW23 grant report.
The Wikimedia LGBT+ Conversation Series grant was delayed and postponed because of a lack of administrative capacity. We aim to organize a similar conversation series in the future with additional support.