#rainbowR
📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉

The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.

pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...

#RStats #LGBTQ
rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
pretix.eu
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Wow #rainbowR conference was a blast! Even in these dark times, we have our community. Hoping this would be annual event!

#rstats
February 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
rainbowR is gonna have a conf! They have a call for talks open until Dec 8th. Submit for full or lightning talk in these categories:
- showcasing how rainbowRers use R
- working with LGBTQ+ data
conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html

You can follow them at @rainbowr.org ✨ #rstats #databs #rainbowR
Abstracts – rainbowR conference
conference.rainbowr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Last day to sign up for this round of the rainbowR buddies scheme! See rainbowr.org/buddies for details.
December 8, 2024 at 1:20 PM
🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉

🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026

📣 Call for submissions is open

👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members

conference.rainbowr.org
– rainbowR conference
conference.rainbowr.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hello 👋

🌈 rainbowR is a community that connects, supports, and promotes LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and spreads awareness of LGBTQ+ issues.

We run monthly online meet-ups, a Slack group, a buddy scheme, a book club and a repo of LGBTQ+ datasets.

rainbowr.org
rainbowR
rainbowr.org
November 5, 2024 at 8:40 AM
📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...
Interested in a rainbowR Conference?
rainbowR (https://rainbowr.org) is hosting a virtual conference (tentative date: February 26, 2026). The aim of the conference is to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community, and to showca...
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September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🌈 rainbowR meet-ups: Sept 25th and 30th 🌈

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

➡️ Registration & timezones via rainbowr.org/meetups
September 23, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🚀 We've launched a rainbowR starter pack 🚀
go.bsky.app/S3t9LbZ
↩️ Reply to be added!
December 2, 2024 at 9:41 AM
🌈 rainbowR meet-ups: June 24th & 29th 🌈

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

➡️ Registration & timezones via rainbowr.org/meetups
June 23, 2026 at 11:23 AM
🌈 rainbowR is next week!

⏳ Registration closes this Sunday at 23:59 UTC.

If you’re planning to join us, now’s the time to sign up 💜

🔗 pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...

#RStats #LGBTQ #QueerInTech #DataScience
rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
pretix.eu
February 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Very excited to see some talks at the #rainbowR 🌈 conference tomorrow. Many #Rladies will give workshops and attend so please feel welcome to tag this account if you post about it. Also, let me know in the comments if you will attend! 📈🌈 @rainbowr.org #RStats
Program: pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...
rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
pretix.eu
February 24, 2026 at 6:45 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
rainbowR is flourishing! The rainbowR team wants to ensure that the community continues to grow and is sustainable for the long term future. 🌈🌞

We've written a blog post about our proposals and next steps:

rainbowr.org/future-of-ra...
Securing the future of rainbowR – rainbowR
Ensuring the long-term sustainability of rainbowR
rainbowr.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🌈 🌐 rainbowR conference: online, early 2026 🌐 🌈

Are you LGBTQIA+, do you code in R, and would you like to get involved in rainbowR’s first-ever conference? We are looking for people to join our conference organising committee!

➡️ rainbowr.org/conference
🗓️ 1st meeting: July 9, 4pm UTC
Conference – rainbowR
Join our conference organising committee! See our conference page for more info.
rainbowr.org
July 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We are committed to the well-being of rainbowR and its members. It is essential that rainbowR is a safe and healthy community, which is open, welcoming, diverse, and inclusive 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We have established a dedicated Code of Conduct committee and updated our CoC and procedures.

rainbowr.org/coc-update
Updates to the rainbowR Code of Conduct – rainbowR
Ensuring rainbowR is a safe and healthy community with an improved CoC and procedures, and dedicated CoC committee
rainbowr.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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
🌈 rainbowR conference is over, but we're still glowing!

Massive thank you to all the organisers, speakers, & attendees (incl. pets shown off via the Discord server!). Wanna keep it going? ➡️ conference.rainbowr.org/after & keep an eye out for the recordings 👀 #rainbowRconf
March 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
🌈 Due to popular demand, we have RE-OPENED registration for the rainbowR conference until 15:45 UTC today (Feb 26th) (15 minutes before the program starts - when Zoom links will be sent) 🎉

pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...
rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
pretix.eu
February 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM
In our final talk from Shiny in Production 2024, Ella Kaye introduces the rainbowR community for LGBTQ+ R-coders.

#RStats #RainbowR
Ella Kaye: rainbowR
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚀 ...and we're off!!

The rainbowR conference kicks off with the parallel workshops 'Introduction to R' & 'If You Can Write a Function, You Can Build an R Package' conference.rainbowr.org/workshops.html

#rainbowRconf #RStats
February 25, 2026 at 4:46 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 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
One of the warmest and most empowering communities I’ve found in the R world is @rainbowr.org 💜

✨ Their mission?

To connect, support, and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism. 🌈📊

#RStats #RLadies
rainbowR
rainbowr.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
▶️ Videos from the rainbowR conference are now on YouTube 🎉

Catch-up with talks on wide-ranging subjects in R, Shiny, and working with LGBTQ+data, from our fabulous speakers (listed in next post)

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
rainbowR conference 2026 - YouTube
The inaugural rainbowR virtual conference brought together LGBTQIA+ users of R, and their allies, to promote their work and foster connections within the com...
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2026 at 9:14 PM