Change homepage to reflect Athena is for girls or girl-identifying, not girls or non-binary teenagers.

[lordbagel42]

Hi there. If you've come here from an archived gitlab page or otherwise: I did not consent to being on that. Please email me at raygenrrupe@gmail.com the site and how you found it. Not a single person who was screenshotted is OK with their messages being shared publicly like that. The gitlab is also full of misinformation and out of context messaging, created by someone who did not and still does not understand the entire situation surrounding Athena. Please--try and get that archive removed, and don't support people who are linking you to it.

"girls and nonbinary teenagers" has been changed to "girls or girl-identifying teenagers", in line with the rules for Sleepover, as stated by Christina Asquith.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the description of Athena's target audience from "girls and nonbinary teenagers" to "girls or girl-identifying teenagers" on the homepage to align with the rules for Sleepover.

Changes:

• Updated the homepage hero section text to use new inclusive terminology

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[pmnlla]

tl;dr for spectators: the branding for the new Athena hackathon, Sleepover, explicitly excludes non-binary persons. Asking why results in a non-answer.

There's a few other things worth noting. Previously, an Athena invite was revoked from someone for "not being trans enough". This is a rumor, yes, but was never disproven. Anyone coming across this thread is more than welcome to disprove it and I'll retract this statement.
update 17/01/26: damn that was quick. see next comment. consider this retracted

I personally see no problem with non-binary people attending Athena! they are another gender minority and are also underrepresented within Hack Club (1.6% of the population, 0.7% of HC). While I am not trans, or a girl, many of my [trans]fem peers agree and i did kinda steal this statistic from a few of them so take it as you will.

I would like to turn the issue into an open discussion in the public eye and urge Christina Asquith to drop by and explain her reasoning for the distinction which excludes non-binary persons, as this PR was made based off a display of her philosophy. And if this should be done in private (and no, it shouldn't!), find my signal.

[lordbagel42]

also: I'm a close friend of the person who's invite was revoked. I'm not going to give details as it's both not mine to give and complex, but I will confirm it was not because she wasn't trans enough, her gender identity was not related.

[whatbeato]

Hi there - regarding the text in the original issue post: I am mentioned a few times there.

I did not consent or authorize this. I am not okay with being mentioned there.

Cheers, and goodnight.