{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5eb421821df890643971afff/60ccbe26287fd50013f09651?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Algorithms For Equality","description":"<p>Our Pride Month podcast take over culminates this week.&nbsp; For the past four weeks we have been bringing you a series of interviews conducted by Journalist Amelia Abraham with leading figures from the LGBTQ+ community who are impacting our world&nbsp; for the better.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This week Amelia speaks to Kelly Rakowski, the CEO and founder of LEX – a queer dating app based on personal ads. Queer visibility online, and coding LGBTQ+ platforms for inclusivity are just a couple of the topics they talk about.</p><p><br></p><p>Lex is a lo-fi, text-based dating and social app for lesbian, bisexual, asexual, and queer people. Lex is for womxn and trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Inspired by old school newspaper personal ads, Lex (formerly known as Personals) lived on Instagram for years before evolving into an app.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>If you missed the previous episodes with Vincent, Desmond, Lucas Larochelle and Os Keyes then we strongly recommend that you check it out in our feed.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Links:&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"http://xprize.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://xprize.org</a>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://thisislex.app/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thisislex.app/</a>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"XPRIZE Foundation"}