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A community that connects, supports, and promotes LGBTQ+ people in the R community and spreads awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism.

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We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz as a keynote speaker for the rainbowR conference!

To find out more about the conference, including how to submit a proposal, and to sign-up for updates, see conference.rainbowr.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Speakers:

Dr Matthew Voigt (Michigan State University) – Solving for X: The Unknowns of Gender and Sexuality in Tertiary STEM Education

Dr Lexi Webster (University of Southampton) – Let’s Talk About Sex (Data)
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Event details:

Identities and challenges in lived experiences of trans and gender diverse people, through contemporary data and statistical analyses

💻 Live on the RSS Celebrating Diversity YouTube channel
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
rainbowR event: Trans Lived Experiences in Data 🏳️‍⚧️

We are partnering with the
@rssdiversity.bsky.social Celebrating Diversity SIG to host an online event next week. More info below!

📅 19th Nov 17:30–18:30 (GMT)
👉 bit.ly/rsscdnov
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up today: Wed Oct 29th, 4:30pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve done 💻

Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups - NEW LINK AND TIME FOR WINTER SERIES
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up tomorrow: Wednesday Sept 24th, 4pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sign-up for the next round of the rainbowR buddies scheme is open! Buddies will be paired/introduced on Sept 2nd 🌈👯‍♂️

If you're LGBTQ+ and code in #RStats, and want an opportunity to connect with someone else in the community (through a random pairing), then this is for you 😃

rainbowr.org/buddies
August 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday August 27th, 4pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
August 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday July 23rd, 4pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
July 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday June 25th, 4pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
June 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Sign-up for the next round of the rainbowR buddies scheme is open until Mar 2nd! Pairs will be introduced on Mar 3rd 🌈👯‍♂️

If you're LGBTQ+ and code in #RStats, and want an opportunity to connect with someone else in the community (through a random pairing), this is for you 😃

rainbowr.org/buddies
May 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: TODAY, Wednesday May 28th, 4pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
May 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
ℹ️ Did you know, you can use #RStats to convert timezones?

library(lubridate)
ymd_hms("2025-04-23 16:00:00") |>
with_tz("America/Los_Angeles")
April 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday April 23th, 4pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
April 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very excited for the final session of our book club tomorrow, where we'll be joined by @kevinguyan.bsky.social to discuss the conclusion of Queer Data, and for a Q&A.

Thursday April 10th, 4pm UTC.

See rainbowr.org/book-club for more details and Zoom link.
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday March 26th, 5pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
March 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sign-up for the next round of the rainbowR buddies scheme is open until Mar 2nd! Pairs will be introduced on Mar 3rd 🌈👯‍♂️

If you're LGBTQ+ and code in #RStats, and want an opportunity to connect with someone else in the community (through a random pairing), this is for you 😃

rainbowr.org/buddies
February 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday February 26th, 5pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
February 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday January 15th, 5pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
January 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The meet-up takes place in 25 hours from now!
December 3, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Based on this chuck of R code, can you figure out when the next rainbowR meet-up takes place?

⤵ The answer and sign-up link are in the replies!
December 3, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Sign-up for the next round of the rainbowR buddies scheme is open! Buddies will be paired/introduced on Dec 9th 🌈👯‍♂️

If you're LGBTQ+ and code in #RStats, and want an opportunity to connect with someone else in the community (through a random pairing), then this is for you 😃

rainbowr.org/buddies
December 2, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Transgender Day of Remembrance 🏳️‍⚧️🕯️

glaad.org/tdor-memoriam/

ggplot(data.frame(x = rep(1:5, each = 5), y = 1:5)) +
geom_tile(aes(x, y, fill = factor(y))) +
scale_fill_manual(values = c('#5BCEFA', '#F5A9B8', "white", '#F5A9B8', '#5BCEFA')) +
theme_void() +
theme(legend.position = "none")
November 20, 2024 at 8:02 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday December 4th, 5pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show/tell us about something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM
🌈📚 rainbowR book club kicks off this Thursday! 📚🌈

Dive with us into 'Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action' by @kevinguyan.bsky.social

➡️ Learn more and sign up at rainbowr.org/book-club
November 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM