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Diversity in open-source software
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<p>Researchers and journalists have found a higher <a href="/facts/Gender_disparity_in_computing/91oMQQnN">gender disparity</a> and lower racial and ethnic diversity in the <a href="/facts/Open-source-software_movement/YXplsqjw">open-source-software movement</a> than in the field of <a href="/facts/Diversity_in_computing/LLMfdB9j">computing</a> overall, though a higher proportion of <a href="/facts/Sexual_minorities/KtsP8U9A">sexual minorities</a> and <a href="/facts/Transgender/LuADj6gz">transgender</a> people than in the general <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> population. Despite growing an increasingly diverse user base since its emergence in the 1990s, the field of open-source software development has remained homogeneous, with young men constituting the vast majority of developers. </p>