Peter is the former President of the New Zealand Open Source Society. He is currently working on Business Workflow Automation, and is the core maintainer for Gravity Workflow a GPL workflow engine.
The point is that he was punished for being gay. He ended up committing suicide because he was vilified in public despite having made huge contributions to winning the war. Pride is about being able to be who you are without repression. We never want to see another case where someone like him is lost for the sake of bigotry and intolerance.
I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
The point is that he was punished for being gay. He ended up committing suicide because he was vilified in public despite having made huge contributions to winning the war. Pride is about being able to be who you are without repression. We never want to see another case where someone like him is lost for the sake of bigotry and intolerance.
Spot on, Peter!
Thank you for dropping this comment.