LGBTQ+ (Data Pride) Tableau User Group

The LGBTQ+ (Data Pride) Tableau User Group is a virtual group focused on highlighting, elevating, and bringing together the LGBTQ+ community in data & its allies.

Interested in Presenting?

If you'd like to present a topic at a DataPride TUG event, we'd love to have you! We're always looking to highlight/feature members of the community, as well. If you're interested, please us know via our Presenter Interest Form!

Latest Session

Thank you everyone who attended our Prepping for Tableau Conference discussion in early April. We shared tips and chatted about what to pack, how to meet people, sessions you're looking forward to, and more. DataPride is all about building community among LGBTQ+ people and allies, and we prepped for #TC25 together. 📊🌈

Here's a document that outlines all of the great advice shared: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzALrSYW6hTE03TIcPsZFXzlX7B5Uncen_v2hWTE1VE/edit?usp=sharing 

Latest News

Look out for our next event in early April, where we’ll be ramping up to Tableau Conference 2025!

We are so excited that for the 3rd year in a row there will be a DataPride Meetup at Tableau Conference!

Join Lawrence Durbin, Sarah Carr, Kyle Massey and other LGBTQ+ Members of the DataFam for connection and networking on Day 1 of TC25 at 12pm Pacific Time.

Reserve/Favorite the session here: https://reg.salesforce.com/flow/plus/tc25/sessioncatalog/page/catalog/session/1742409680024001scXT

If you're local to New York City, check out the DataPride NYC Tableau User Group! They host events on a quarterly basis, both in-person and virtually, offering a wide range of activities tailored to all skill levels and backgrounds. More info on their group page: https://usergroups.tableau.com/data-pride-nyc/

Pride Datasets

• June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month - Uplift the queer community and create a pride-related viz on Tableau Public!

  • Diversity in Data - Data in Diversity is celebrating all things Pride this June, with two great data sets to choose from: Pride Flags Across History and Pride Celebrations Around the World.

  • Access the datasets here: https://data.world/diversityindata/june-2024-pride-month 

  • Back 2 Viz Basics - In recognition of PRIDE month, the 2024 Wk 12 data set is a collaboration about the history of the Gay Games. The Gay Games website describes the games as “the world's largest LGBTQ+ sports and culture event, hosted once every four years in a different location around the world.” 

    • Your task this week is to identify an insight from this data set, display it with a chart, and use an annotation to call attention to a specific data point.

    • Access the dataset here: https://data.world/back2vizbasics/2024week-12 

• Makeover Monday - Can you uncover insights and create compelling visuals to showcase the trends in LGBT identification across different generations in the United States? 📊✨

  The dataset reveals the percentage share of U.S. adults who identify as LGBT, broken down by generation—Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Baby Boomers, and Traditionalists—over four survey years: 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2022.

  Access the dataset here: https://data.world/makeovermonday/2024w23-lgbt-identification-in-us