{"id":3094546,"date":"2026-02-19T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3094546"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:26:57","slug":"the-boys-club-no-one-was-supposed-to-write-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/19\/the-boys-club-no-one-was-supposed-to-write-about\/","title":{"rendered":"The boys&#8217; club no one was supposed to write about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you work in tech, Wired&#8217;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/inside-the-gay-tech-mafia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cover story<\/a> isn&#8217;t exactly going to shatter your worldview, but it&#8217;s a genuinely great read all the same.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reporter Zo\u00eb Bernard spent months talking to 51 people (31 of them gay men) to map out a subculture that&#8217;s been an open secret in Silicon Valley for years: gay men, at the upper echelons of tech, quietly raising up their own networks the way powerful people have always done.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One angel investor puts it plainly: &#8220;The gays who work in tech are succeeding vastly\u2026 they support each other, whether that&#8217;s to hire someone or angel invest in their companies or lead their funding rounds.&#8221; Another source frames it almost philosophically: &#8220;Straight guys have the golf course. 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