Pride Week with Google Developer Groups from Floripa and Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Lorena Locks, a Women Techmakers Ambassador and Google Developer Group lead in Floripa, Brazil, spearheaded a Pride Week initiative to bolster the LGBTQIA+ tech community in Brazil, inspired by her experiences hosting meetups that highlighted a lack of representation in the industry. From June 21st to 25th, the event featured over 12 talks and sessions focused on topics like spotting binary designs, building inclusive tech teams, and developing apps for the LGBTQIA+ community, all aimed at fostering inclusive representation and building trust among developers. The initiative drew attention from LGBTQIA+ tech leaders who volunteered as speakers, with all participants coming from the community, making it a highly impactful program that has inspired similar efforts globally.