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Samantha Sygier Cayax
Jun 15, 20233 min read
ACP Week of Action: #OnlineForAll
Technology has transitioned from a luxury to a necessity in everyone’s daily lives. Through years of work distributing technology to the...
Carlos Gutierrez, Dep. Director & General Counsel
Nov 1, 20222 min read
We Must Fully Fund the Affordable Connectivity Program to Keep the LGBTQ+ Community Connected
For so many in the LGBTQ+ community, connection to the digital world is a crucial support link. Whether it’s making connections with...
LGBT Tech Team
Apr 27, 20222 min read
The Spectrum Pipeline Can’t Run Dry for the LGBTQ Community
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, internet connection proved a vital lifeline for LGBTQ individuals at a time when traditional meeting...
LGBT Tech Team
Nov 2, 20211 min read
LGBT Tech's Chris Wood appointed as chair of the FCC's CEDC Diversity and Equity Working Group
Today the FCC announced the membership and working group chairs for the Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC). We are proud...
LGBT Tech Team
Sep 10, 20211 min read
LGBT Tech's Ellie Bessette Joins the FCC's Consumer Advisory Committee
LGBT Tech's Ellie Bessette was selected to serve on the FCC's Consumer Advisory Committee from 2020-2022. The committee is responsible...
Kristen Kelley
Jun 18, 20211 min read
LGBT Tech & PowerOn Host Webinar on Emergency Broadband Benefit: How to Get LGBTQ+ Clients Online
On June 8th, LGBT Tech held the webinar “How to Get Our Community Members Online with a $50 Credit Towards Internet Service” featuring...
Carlos Gutierrez, Dep. Director & General Counsel
Mar 19, 20212 min read
New Broadband Maps are Breakthrough Moment in the Fight to Close the Digital Divide
Previous efforts to expand internet service to unserved and underserved communities have been largely stalled by poor record-keeping....
Carlos Gutierrez, Dep. Director & General Counsel
Feb 9, 20213 min read
Internet Access Must Be a Cornerstone of the Biden Technology Agenda in 2021
In just a few short months in 2020, daily life for all Americans underwent a profound transformation. Today, as a result, we live in a...
LGBT Tech
Dec 14, 20201 min read
LGBT Tech's Ellie Bessette Appointed to FCC's Consumer Advisory Committee
Earlier this month, LGBT Tech's PowerOn Program Manager Ellie Bessette was appointed to a two-year term on the Federal Communications...
LGBT Tech
Nov 19, 20203 min read
Making Telehealth Work for All Americans, Especially LGBTQ
This blog was updated on December 14 to reflect LGBT Tech's support of the Advancing America’s Interests Act of 2020, H.R. 8037. The...
LGBT Tech
Aug 12, 20201 min read
LGBT Tech Signs on to Lifeline Letter
On August 9, the United Church of Christ, OC Inc., the National Consumer Law Center and the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet...
LGBT Tech
Jul 8, 20202 min read
LGBTQ+ Americans Need Universal Broadband
For LGBTQ+ individuals, the internet has always been a critically important tool that allows access to vital resources—from education to...
LGBT Tech
Jul 1, 20204 min read
LGBT Tech is Proud to Work with Rep. Schneider (IL-10) on the Don't Block LGBTQ Act of 2020
LGBT Tech is proud to work with Rep. Schneider (IL-10) to re-introduce the Don't Block LGBTQ Act of 2020 along with 60 other...
Carlos Gutierrez, Dep. Director & General Counsel
Jun 23, 20202 min read
FCC Designates '988' As 3-Digit Number for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
This morning, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the FCC is moving forward with a report and order to...
Carlos Gutierrez, Dep. Director & General Counsel
Apr 14, 20202 min read
LGBT Tech Statement on the Establishment of FCC Connected Care Pilot
The FCC last week voted to adopt a $200 million telehealth program to support healthcare providers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic....
LGBT Tech
Feb 17, 20202 min read
LGBT Tech Files Comments on 988
On Friday, February 14, LGBT Tech submitted initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Implementation of the...
Carlos Gutierrez, Dep. Director & General Counsel
Jan 27, 20202 min read
The potential of 5G to reduce the digital divide
There have been a slew of stories coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year about new and advanced cutting-edge...
Dee Williams
Dec 17, 20192 min read
Chris Wood Speaks On-Air About LGBTQ+ Issues and Technology
On October 17, 2019, Executive Director, Chris Wood spoke on DC radio station WJFK to discuss the work of LGBT Tech and PowerOn. In this...
Dee Williams
Nov 19, 20193 min read
FCC Chairman Pai Proposes 988 Code for National Suicide Prevention
For LGBTQ+ people living in the United States, suicide is nothing less than a pandemic. For the general population, suicide is one of the...
LGBT Tech Team
Jul 1, 20191 min read
LGBT Tech's Carlos Gutierrez Re-Elected to FCC's BDAC.
We are proud of the work carried out by LGBT Tech's Carlos Gutierrez on the first charter of the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC)...
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