Lesbians Who Tech Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship Fund

Learning how to code is more than education, it’s economic opportunity. It’s the promise of a six figure job. Our community, like many underrepresented groups, are turning to coding schools because they are more accessible than 4 year Computer Science degrees. However, coding schools are still a significant investment, which is why the Scholarship covers 50% tuition for Scholars, making it crucial for education and support to be even more accessible to the underrepresented talent who need it most. With the Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship Fund, we are encouraging new, incoming Gender Nonconforming and LGBTQ women to kickstart careers in technology. We named our scholarship after Edie Windsor in recognition of heroic victory over DOMA–and to celebrate her technical leadership as a computer programming pioneer at IBM. In love and work, Edie Windsor is one of our community’s greatest role models. We want to be a part of telling her story, so future generations of technical queer women can know her, helping inspire future generations of LGBTQ technical women and gender nonconforming people.

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