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Wired Magazine Faces Backlash for “Gay Tech Mafia” in Silicon Valley Article
Techloy ^ | 19 Feb 2026 | Louis Eriakhaa

Posted on 02/21/2026 7:05:20 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

A look at the backlash surrounding WIRED’s investigation into a so called gay tech mafia and why critics are questioning its reporting and framing.

...not one but two White Lotus–themed gay tech parties, both equally extravagant. “Girls are not present,” says that same angel investor. “They are just not there.” There is also a “Gay VC Mafia” group chat that is, as one member describes it, “60 percent business” and “40 percent hee hee ha ha” about “classically gay topics.” With a steady churn of tech events aimed at gay men, the social incentives stack up fast. Connections blur—“professional, physical, or sometimes romantic,” as an AI founder puts it. The pull of this bubble is so strong, he continues, that it’s “an uphill battle to socialize with straight people.”

(Excerpt) Read more at techloy.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: gaytruth; genderdysphoria; grooming; homosexualagenda; loafers
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To: dfwgator

Good one.


21 posted on 02/21/2026 9:21:55 AM PST by MikelTackNailer (Spreading metal gospel on Sesame Street - Pastor of Muppets.)
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To: Salman

Also opposite. Lesbians sometimes see gay men as more misogynist. Many gay men like to collect attractive women.


22 posted on 02/21/2026 9:25:41 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Gay Mafia is noted in othere fields as well.

Health care. On the 70s they evening and night staffed hospitals.

Now they are in management.

I had no idea how many gay doctors there were until recently.


23 posted on 02/21/2026 9:26:04 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Chickensoup

Gay Mafia is noted in othere fields as well.

I thought you meant this kind of gay mafia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJbo2683doQ


24 posted on 02/21/2026 9:28:07 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Never saw that before.

Funny sad.


25 posted on 02/21/2026 9:48:15 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Sirius Lee

Yoe never seen a woman that didn’t flaunt being gay.

You need to get out of the basement and away from the computer more and see what the real world is doing you sound like a fool and proud of it.


26 posted on 02/21/2026 10:56:23 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Lee N. Field

Yes the ones that don’t show it don’t make a statement.


27 posted on 02/21/2026 10:57:14 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: null and void

Agree


28 posted on 02/21/2026 10:57:32 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The Gay Mafia showed up in Silicon Valley in the mid to late 90’s.
Suddenly unless you were gay, you didn’t get hired.


29 posted on 02/21/2026 11:45:09 AM PST by Zathras
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There have always been “Mafias” in Silicon Valley. I would hazard a guess that almost every individual in any position of leadership is a member of one or more of them. Perhaps the most commonplace is Stanford Alumni. There was a French “Mafia” back in the day purported headed by Jean-Louis Gassée. There was a German “Mafia” featuring Andy Bechtolsheim. There was also a fairly dominant “Mafia” of Princeton Alumni. There is a very low profile Mormon “Mafia” allegedly involved with several companies, notably Roku. They’re there, they always have been. It’s part and parcel of how the valley works. No surprise at all that gays do the same thing.


30 posted on 02/21/2026 11:48:06 AM PST by atomic_dog
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Then there are the “not openly”...


31 posted on 02/21/2026 12:13:25 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Vaduz

“Strange how most gay women don’t flaunt it like males do...”

Dykes don’t need to flaunt !


32 posted on 02/21/2026 1:16:51 PM PST by A strike (GB,F,D : "Let's you and him fight" u.s,russia)
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