500 Queer Scientists

500 Queer Scientists is a visibility campaign for LGBTQ+ people working in the sciences.^[1] Queer scientists submit short descriptions of their lives to the organization; these are manually checked and proof-read before being posted to the group's website.^[2] In collating submissions, the organization intends to show queer people currently working in science that there are others like them, to provide role models for future generations of researchers, and to create a database that can be used when planning events to ensure representation.^[3]

500 Queer Scientists

Founded	4 June 2018
Founders	Lauren Esposito, Sean Vidal Edgerton
Website	500queerscientists.com

History

The group was founded in San Francisco on 4 June 2018,^[1] by Lauren Esposito, an arachnology professor at the California Academy of Sciences^[4] and Sean Vidal Edgerton, a science illustrator and evolutionary virologist at the academy.^[5] In the press release announcing its foundation, the organization referenced, as part of its motivation, a 2016 paper in the Journal of Homosexuality^[6] that found that, in 2013, more than 40% of respondents to a survey who identified as LGBTQ+ had not revealed that they were to their colleagues.^[1] The campaign was inspired by the group 500 Women Scientists;^[7] the two groups are separate, but consider themselves to be "informally partnered".^[1] At launch, the site contained 50 scientists' stories; within a week this had reached 250, and by 26 June there were 550. The first stories were all written in English.^[7]

In June 2019, they held an event with publisher Elsevier to mark World Pride.^[8] The site had over 900 profiles by July 2019;^[9] in that month, the group was involved in organizing the second LGBTSTEM Day.^[10][11]

Recognition

For founding 500 Queer Scientists, the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals awarded the 2019 Walt Westman Award to Lauren Esposito.^[4][12]

Notable people included

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• David Adger^[13]
• Clara Barker^[14]
• Cynthia Bauerle^[15]
• Alex Bond^[16]
• Ben Britton^[17]
• Peter Coles^[18]
• Lynn Conway^[19]
• Rochelle Diamond^[20]
• JJ Eldridge^[21]
• Lauren Esposito^[22]
• Michael Francis Fay^[23]
• Jon Freeman^[24]
• Sam Giles^[25]
• Abhik Ghosh^[26]
• Lisa Graumlich^[27]
• Renée Hložek^[28]
• J. David Jentsch^[29]
• Autumn Kent^[30]
• Nathan H. Lents^[31]
• Katie Mack^[32]
• Anson W. Mackay^[33]
• Jessica Mink^[34]
• Shaun O'Boyle^[35]
• Jonathon Rendina^[36]
• David K. Smith^[37]
• Jessica Ware^[38]
• Tristram Wyatt^[39]
• Jeremy Yoder^[40]

See also

• LGBT people in science
• 500 Women Scientists

References

1. 500 Queer Scientists (4 June 2018). "500 Queer Scientists: A new campaign for a more inclusive STEM future" (PDF). 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 18 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. Walrath, Rowan (5 June 2018). "They're Here. They're Queer. They're Scientists". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. "500 Queer Scientists to Make Your Day Smarter". The Advocate. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. Mendez, Kelly (14 March 2019). "Dr. Lauren Esposito honored for 500 Queer Scientists campaign". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
5. Bartlett, Amanda (6 December 2019). "Meet the San Francisco artist with a grisly side gig: Performing whale necropsies". SFGATE. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
6. Yoder, Jeremy B.; Mattheis, Alison (2016). "Queer in STEM: Workplace Experiences Reported in a National Survey of LGBTQA Individuals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Careers" (PDF). Journal of Homosexuality. 63 (1). Routledge: 1–27. doi:10.1080/00918369.2015.1078632. PMID 26241115. S2CID 4514344.
7. Madhusoodanan, Jyoti (26 June 2018). "Visibility matters: A conversation with the co-founder of 500 Queer Scientists". Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.aau5929. S2CID 150274178. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
8. Parsons, David James (20 June 2019). "Elsevier and 500 Queer Scientists to hold NYC event for World Pride". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
9. Duncombe, Jenessa (3 July 2019). "Shining a Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Visibility in STEM". Eos. Vol. 100. doi:10.1029/2019EO127693. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
10. "LGBTSTEM Day, July 5th 2019". Pride in STEM. 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
11. "APS Celebrates LGBTSTEM Day". APS News. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
12. "NOGLSTP Recognizes Chan, Morales, and Freeman as LGBTQ+ Educator, Engineer, and Scientist of the Year for 2019, Esposito is Walt Westman Awardee". National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals. 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
13. Adger, David (5 February 2020). "David Adger". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
14. Barker, Clara (5 February 2020). "Clara Barker". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
15. Bauerle, Cynthia (5 February 2020). "Cynthia Bauerle". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
16. Bond, Alex (5 February 2020). "Alex Bond". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
17. Britton, Ben (5 February 2020). "Ben Britton". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
18. Coles, Peter (5 February 2020). "Peter Coles". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
19. Conway, Lynn (5 February 2020). "Lynn Conway". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
20. Diamond, Rochelle (5 February 2020). "Rochelle (Shelley) Diamond". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
21. Eldridge, JJ (5 February 2020). "JJ Eldridge". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
22. Esposito, Lauren (5 February 2020). "Lauren Esposito". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
23. Fay, Michael (5 February 2020). "Michael Fay". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
24. Freeman, Jon (5 February 2020). "Jon Freeman". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
25. Giles, Sam (5 February 2020). "Sam Giles". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
26. "Abhik Ghosh". 500 Queer Scientists.
27. Graumlich, Lisa (5 February 2020). "Lisa Graumlich". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
28. Hlozek, Renee (5 February 2020). "Renee Hlozek". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
29. Jentsch, J. David (5 February 2020). "J. David Jentsch". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
30. Kent, Autumn (5 February 2020). "Autumn Kent". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
31. Lents, Nathan H. (5 February 2020). "Nathan H. Lents". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
32. Mack, Katie (5 February 2020). "Katie Mack". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
33. Mackay, Anson W. (5 February 2020). "Anson W. Mackay". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
34. Mink, Jessica (5 February 2020). "Jessica Mink". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
35. O'Boyle, Shaun. "Shaun O'Boyle". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
36. Rendina, Jonathon (5 February 2020). "Jonathon Rendina". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
37. Smith, David (5 February 2020). "David Smith". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
38. Ware, Jessica (5 February 2020). "Jessica Ware". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
39. Wyatt, Tristram D. (5 February 2020). "Tristram D. Wyatt". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
40. Yoder, Jeremy (5 February 2020). "Jeremy Yoder". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

External links

• 500 Queer Scientists