So much of coding culture needs to chill out and the tools should be let to diversity into different communities, if people wanna fight about politics/gender/inclusion/etc, they should use the appropriate channels for that instead of putting everyone into a situation where you have to choose sides.
No, it's a way for programmers to keep doing programming with less distractions, of which we already have a metric ton.
Forgive me if I don't want politics in my work. If I want to do political activism then I know where to go. Unlike many others, you included, apparently.
People who hate those who are different are out there, that's known. But they will not be defeated by annoying literally everyone else.
I know. You'll say something along the lines that not taking a side is defending bullies or whatever. These arguments are extremely tiring and borderline fanatic, so I'm just passing by to give you the perspective of a fairly average guy, and peace out.
It seems people will never learn that shoving stuff in others' faces is not supporting their cause. Oh well. History will keep repeating itself then.
Business and professionalism concerns would make it expedient to avoid bringing political conflicts into the workplace.
There is plenty of time to organize, advocate, etc without inflaming the workplace and creating a toxic environment.
It's like going to a Wendy's and instead of asking "how much for the burger" you start a conversation like "I am bald. Do you like bald people? Is this Wendy's aware of bald people existence? Do you recognize us as people? Do you stand by our side or not?"
Then you review the Wendy's: "Did not speak my language. Not bald. Probably racist. Won't come again."
I've literally never read a single sentence about it nowhere else since 1983 when I got my C64 and wrote my first Basic program.
But I was working in workplaces were LGBTQ+ people were the majority in the middle 90s.
They were called simply gay or lesbian back then.
No one blinked an eye about it, it was already considered normal and not something that should be talked about plenty at work.
In Italy, above all the places...
The LGBT part is barely mentioned (one sentence of a couple paragraphs on the code of conduct), and the overall motif of this point (relatively minor in the article's context) is less "we are propping LGBT coders" and more "we attract a more diverse community because we discourage toxic assholes".