• Queer Experiences In AI Survey 2022-23

  • I. Motivation and Consent

    The responses from this survey will aid in deepening Queer in AI’s understanding of various issues faced by queer people working in AI and informing relevant policies. This survey should take about 15 minutes to fill in. 
    1. All questions are optional. Anonymity is allowed. If any of the questions are not applicable to you or you feel uncomfortable answering them, feel free to skip them.
    2. Only the survey maintainers have access to this information. All long-form answers will be deleted by oSTEM Inc. (the parent organization of Queer in AI) by the end of the year and will not be shared with any other party or used for any other purpose. 
    3. Please only provide information you would entrust to people from QueerInAI and oSTEM. In addition, never entrust potentially vulnerable computer systems with information that could endanger you.
    4. Aggregated multiple-choice responses may be shared publicly in a way that prevents the personal identification of individuals. We will contact you for permission via the email address you’ve provided in the event we would like to share long answer responses. If no email is given, long answer responses will never be shared publicly. 
    5. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the process or don't want to entrust your personal information to a jotform, you can reach out to the Queer in AI organizers directly via the webpage (queerinai.org) and mail address (queerinai@gmail.com). 

    Please feel free to email us if you want to reach out to the Queer in AI organizers. If you want to permanently delete/modify your information, you may contact privacy@ostem.org.

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  • II. Demographic Data

    Please feel free to self-describe for any questions. We acknowledge that the default options are in no way exhaustive or all-encompassing. Thus, we request that you self-describe below in case you do not fit into any of the default options. QueerInAI aims to use that information to learn and improve our default options in future surveys
  • What pronouns do you use?
  • Which of the following best describe your gender?
  • Are you transgender?
  • Are you Intersex?
  • Which of the following best describe your sexual orientation?
  • Which of the following best describe your romantic orientation?
  • Which of the following best describe your ethnicity? Please select all those applicable to you.
  • Is your country of origin the same as your country of residence?
  • Do you belong to a marginalized group in your country of origin? (for e.g. a marginalized ethnic, religious, caste group etc.) If yes, please select the categories applicable to you. In case you are unsure, you can refer to the table on pages 10-12 in the report linked below:

  • Link to Report containing List of Minorities by Minority Rights Group International

  • Do you belong to a marginalized group in your country of residence? (for e.g. a marginalized ethnic, religious, caste group etc.) If yes, please select the categories applicable to you. In case you are unsure, you can refer to the table on pages 10-12 in the report linked above:
  • Are you neurodivergent?
  • If you are comfortable, please select the identities applicable to you and/or self-describe below:
  • Are you disabled?
  • If you are comfortable, please select the categories where your activity is limited or participation is restricted as a result of your disability. Feel free to refer to the resource by CDC below if you are unsure.

  • Link to Overview of Disabilities and Health by CDC

  • Which of the following options best describe your work?
  • How would you describe your career stage in Academia?
  • Are you tenured?
  • Are you in a tenure-track position?
  • Please select the titles most applicable to you or specify your own:
  • How would you best describe your career stage in the Industry?

  • III. Queer Identity

  • CONTENT WARNING: Some of the questions may bring about memories, events and situations that might have been disturbing such as homophobia, transphobia, harassment and suicide.

    We recommend the helplines provided by our oSTEM partners on this page. You can also check findahelpline.com and helpguide.org if you need help in finding a helpline that operates in your country. 

    Please feel free to email us if you want to reach out to the Queer in AI organizers. 

  • Outness

    Here, Outness refers to the disclosure of your queer identity towards certain groups of people in terms of both gender and sexuality.
  • How out are you (if applicable) about your gender?
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  • How out are you (if applicable) about your sexuality?
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  • Climate towards Queer Identity

    For the purpose of this section, please consider your trans identity as a part of your queer identity.

  • Legal Climate refers to how well you feel supported by your country's laws and judicial system whereas the Social Climate refers to general society's outlook towards your queer identity.

  • How would you best describe both these climates towards your identity in the following contexts on a scale of discriminatory to supportive?
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  • How well do the following policies at your workplace accommodate your queer identity?
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  • How well do the following policies at your university accommodate your queer identity?
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  • Harassment, Discrimination, & Impact

    Queer individuals face harassment and discrimination in various ways in their day-to-day lives. This section aims to understand them better to make spaces safer for queer folks.
  • What are the different types of harassment and discrimination you have encountered? Please select all that are applicable corresponding to different spaces.
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  • How frequently have mental health issues severely impaired your ability to function in the last year? Please select all that are applicable corresponding to different spaces.
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  • How often have you witnessed/experienced transphobia through different forms of harassment and discrimination described below at your university/workplace in the last year?
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  • Emotional Labor

  • Queer individuals invest/perform emotional labor in many subtle and explicit ways while navigating their identities through both physical and online spaces. This section aims to probe the emotional labor expended by queer folks at their workplaces / research labs towards making them safer and more inclusive places that are welcoming for queer folks, especially at the intersections.

    Disclaimer: We acknowledge that a lot of queer individuals encounter barriers such as risking outing themselves, security, and safety among others that prevent them from performing this emotional labor. In case you feel that are you are one of them, for any of the questions below, we recommend that you skip them. Please know that performing this labor itself comes with certain privileges that are associated with one's identity, and the inability to perform it doesn't undermine or undervalue your queerness or identity.

  • How much effort do you put to make your workplace / university more inclusive for the following groups?
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  • How often do you notice racism, transphobia, microaggressions, or other forms of discrimination against the following groups at your university / workplace?
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  • How often do you call out racism, transphobia, microaggressions, or other forms of discrimination against the following groups at your university / workplace?
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  • Barriers

  • What personal barriers have you faced in your journey towards becoming a queer AI/ML researcher or practitioner? Please select all that apply, to the extent they have affected your journey.
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  • What professional barriers have you faced in your journey towards becoming a queer AI/ML researcher or practitioner? Please select all that apply, to the extent they have affected your journey.
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  • What barriers do you encounter in AI-spaces (job, conferences, academia etc.) as a result of your disability? Please select all that apply and the extent to which they limit your participation.
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  • IV. Academic Conferences, Policy & Support

  • What are the conferences you generally attend? Select all that apply.
  • What are your areas of interest, study or expertise with respect to AI? Select all that apply.
  • What barriers do you face in pursuing research? Select all that apply, and the extent to which they prevent your pursuit.
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  • What barriers do you face in attending conferences? Select all that apply, and the extent to which they prevent your attendance.
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  • How would you best describe the following policies currently in place at the conferences you attend?
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