Thread by @AJLUnited

ICYMI:
Transgender Awareness doesn't end with a week.
THE TROUBLE WITH GENDER BINARY ALGORITHMS for FACIAL RECOGNITION & AI
(a thread)
#TransAwarenessWeek #tdor2021

AI systems are trained to think like those who designed them — typically with a binary, cisnormative conception of gender.

So-called Automated Gender Recognition (AGR) — Tech that attempts to automatically classify people as either male or female - a binary conception of gender. "The input is either a picture, video, or social media post of someone.

towardsdatascience.com/towards-trans-…

When trans people are stopped and searched at airports, [sometimes] the sex on their travel documents does not match their gender presentation. @imajeanpeace
law.unimelb.edu.au/news/caide/mac…

In the intro to their book Design Justice, AJL's Dir of Research & Design @schock, who is nonbinary & trans, wrote about how her own experience constantly flagged as a risk by airport security scanners teaches us a larger lesson about how tech design tends to reproduce inequality

Systems that rely on so-called Automated Gender Recognition are dangerous. They are inaccurate, they are non-consensual, and they can result in harmful and potentially fatal outcomes, depending on how they’re used.

engr.washington.edu/news/article/2…

What can be done?

1. In general, so-called Automated Gender Recognition should not be used. The best way to learn about someone's gender is to ask them!

2. Check out @heathfoggdavis book Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?

amazon.com/Beyond-Trans-D…

3. Have you been misgendered by an AI system? Share your story with us! ajl.org/connect/expose…

Learn more about Trans Day of Remembrance here: tdor.tgeu.org #TDOR2021

Finally, if you are an ally, please amplify trans voices and commit to concrete actions, especially donating to organisations that are led by and focus on Black trans folks.

Here is a list:
docs.google.com/document/d/1dd…