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Welcome to Bluesky, @sciam.bsky.social! 🦋

More of this, please . . .

Here’s Why Human Sex Is Not Binary: Ova Don’t Make a Woman, and Sperm Don’t Make a Man, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, May 1, 2023.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/here... #lgbtq #queer #science #QueerInSTEM #pride 🌈🔬🏳️‍⚧️🧪
July 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
prismexeter.bsky.social
Join us on 21st November, 18:30 at Exeter Library (or online) to celebrate #LGBTSTEMday. Dr Anna Puglisi (an astrophysicist) and Megan Coles (a microbiologist) will talk about navigating their careers while LGBTQ+. 🏳‍🌈
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/prism-spea... #queerInSTEM
PRISM Speakers for LGBTQ+ STEM Day 2023
Megan Coles and Anna Puglisi talk about their work for LGBTQ STEM Day 2023.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 6, 2023 at 5:58 PM
mcsinton.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨Super excited for @TheSTEMvillage Immunology Symposium (#SVIS2024) next month! Just look at the lineup! #QueerInSTEM #Immunosky #Academicsky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Although we don't have any in-person spots left, you can still register to attend online to hear these fantastic talks: forms.gle/vPwBcogRLeMA...
The STEM Village Immunology Symposium
We are delighted to invite you to our first ever in-person event, which is taking place on the International Day of Pride in STEM! This event aims to bring together LGBTQ+ immunologists and the wider ...
forms.gle
November 10, 2024 at 8:48 PM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
A #QueerInSTEM win for this year's Dance Your PhD contest, featuring kangaroo behaviour researcher Dr WELI from ANU
🧪🌎🏳️‍🌈
youtu.be/RoSYO3fApEc
May 4, 2024 at 10:09 PM
rossbrooks.co.uk
LGBTQ+ Bridging Binaries Guided Tours, Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Four new dates just announced: 11th & 18th November, 9th & 16th December. Highly recommended - such an enlightening experience! 🐘🏳️‍🌈🐧

#QueerInSTEM

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtq-brid...
LGBTQ+ Bridging Binaries Guided Tour
Our volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 31, 2023 at 10:15 AM
sebastianrvh.bsky.social
Over 250 signatories! 🎉

If you want to help spread the word, consider using the poster below 👇

Thank you to all who signed, and those who might in the future! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

#PhDSky #LGBTSTEM #QueerInSTEM
jack-d-barber.bsky.social Jack 🦠 @jack-d-barber.bsky.social · May 8
we now have a ✨️poster✨️ you can print and put up on your campus - a great way to demonstrate your support!

link: drive.google.com/file/d/1CvF0...

#transphobia #transrights #LGBTSTEM #QueerInSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
May 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
rossbrooks.co.uk
It's #WorldBeeDay! 🐝💛🍯🖤

This gorgeous gynandromorph potter flower bee is described in a 1845 article in The Zoologist by English entomologist Frederick Smith. It's pictured from above (left) and below (right).

#HistSci #HistBio #QueerInSTEM 🌈🗃️
Image of part of a page of The Zoologist (1845) featuring two images of a 'hermaphrodite' (gynandromorph) bee as viewed from above (left) and below (right).
May 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
drdorea.bsky.social
Brittany @britshmit.bsky.social founded the @lgbtqhealthexce.bsky.social and is one of my heroes. 👩‍🔬🏳‍🌈🧬
#queerinstem #medsky #standupforscience
britshmit.bsky.social Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · Apr 2
🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH

Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸

Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social

Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇

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April 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
rossbrooks.co.uk
Gay, lesbian and intersex whales: our queer sea has much to teach us 🐳🌈🐬 #QueerInSTEM

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Gay, lesbian and intersex whales: our queer sea has much to teach us
The first documented sex between two male humpback whales is just the latest challenge to our presumptions about sexuality
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2024 at 2:16 PM
cbdawson.bsky.social
Ok, hive mind. I need suggestions! I’m looking for a good “queer in science” or “trans in science” t-shirt that is also work-appropriate + non-partisan. Got any recommendations ?

Last time I had a specifically trans in science one, I made it with glitter + glue + markers 😆🌈🦄

#QueerInSTEM
Baby Yoda The Mandalorian GIF
Alt: Grogu in a silver sparkling sequined cloak
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2024 at 3:50 AM
claudistics.bsky.social
I am proud to be one of several #LGBTQIA scientists featured by the Royal Society for Int’l #LGBTQIAinSTEMDay! 🌈

I talk ab how being #intersex has informed my research interests as an evolutionary biologist & biological anthropologist and how I do science 🟨🙆‍♀️🟨 #IntersexInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
Beyond the binary: How my intersex identity shaped my path in evolutionary biology | Royal Society
Claudia Astorino (she/her, they/them) discusses how her intersex identity motivated her to explore intersex variation through the lens of evolutionary biology.
royalsociety.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM
rossbrooks.co.uk
Have a great weekend, everyone!✨

Just published in Orion Magazine: an interview with John Megahan, the artist who created the images in Bruce Bagemihl's momentous 1999 book ‘Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity.’

#QueerInSTEM #STS 🌈🎓

orionmagazine.org/article/homo...
Orion Magazine - A Work of Love
IN THE EARLY 1990s, a young scientific illustrator named John Megahan got a call to work on a secret project: an encyclopedia of all known scientific
orionmagazine.org
December 8, 2023 at 4:31 PM
sebastianrvh.bsky.social
After years of no public commitment from UoA to protect their #trans and #queer students, we have decided to publish this letter in hope for positive change

With the Supreme Court ruling in the UK, this is more important than ever

If you can, please sign below 👇🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

#PhDSky #LGBTSTEM #QueerInSTEM
April 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
rossbrooks.co.uk
Whoop, whoop! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871)' has now been viewed over 40K times! 😲

Please keep sharing: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... 🐟🏳️‍🌈🐒🏳️‍⚧️🐞

#histsci #histbio #QueerInSTEM #Pride #PrideMonth 🗃️
Photograph of the statue of Charles Darwin in Shrewsbury viewed through progress pride flag-coloured filter.
June 10, 2024 at 9:05 AM
rebee.bsky.social
Calling all queer microbiologists 🏳️‍🌈🦠🧫

Applied Microbiology International are hosting a webinar TODAY 3pm-4.30pm GMT. It’s free.

Delighted to be one of the panel members for this event 😁

appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...

#queerinmicro #queerinstem
AMI Webinar: connecting, inspiring and advocating for LGBTQIA+ researchers in microbiology
appliedmicrobiology.org
November 26, 2024 at 10:43 AM
glamreadytolead.bsky.social
This #pridemonth, GLAM celebrates the #LGBTQIA+ community. 🏳️‍🌈 🩷 🏳️‍⚧️

We stand together in #allyship & #equity every day. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

#GLAMReadyToLead #DiversityInSTEM #TransInSTEM #PrideInSTEM #QueerInSTEM #visibility #diversity #equality #inclusion #belonging #loveislove #lovewins
June 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
dgrijseels.bsky.social
Happy International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM!

I wanted to reshare this commentary I had the privilege to be a part of last year on why we as scientists must continue to address barriers that trans people face: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

#QueerinSTEM #LGBTQSTEMDay 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
Rigorous science demands support of transgender scientists
To build a just, equitable, and diverse academy, scientists and institutions must address systemic barriers that sex and gender minorities face. This Commentary summarizes (1) critical context informi...
www.cell.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
cbdawson.bsky.social
I figured this was a suitably science nerdy joke (if quite niche) t-shirt for doing science career outreach at 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 pride this year 🌈😆

⚒️ #QueerInSTEM #TransInSTEM #LGBTQ
T-shirt with a progress pride flag. The flag stripes are like a structural geology cross section, with a fault line representing a normal fault cutting across it and offsetting the stripes. Caption says: “It’s normal.” Plus the triangle section is like a glorious angular unconformity. .
June 22, 2024 at 12:56 AM
torrancehanley.bsky.social
Recognizing and celebrating the many contributions, achievements, and inherent value of LGBTQIA+ community members today and every day! 🧵 of a few papers describing how we can better support 🏳️‍🌈 and 🏳️‍⚧️ individuals in STEM. #QueerInSTEM #LGBTQStemDay
November 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
springernature.com
Arachnologist Lauren Esposito develops community platforms to share LGBTQ+ voices and wants to shed light on the overlooked intersectional barriers affecting queer people of colour.

#PrideInSTEM #QueerInSTEM 🌈
Championing queer scientists of colour: ‘I don’t think we’ve scratched the surface on systemic exclusion’
Arachnologist Lauren Esposito develops community platforms to share LGBTQ+ voices and wants to shed light on the overlooked intersectional barriers affecting queer people of colour.
spklr.io
June 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
prideinmicro.bsky.social
TODAY is our first Virtual Coffee Hour of 2025! 🌈
Come chat with our global network of microbiologists on topics that are most affecting our community. Queer joy is welcome here 🏳️‍🌈
#PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinSTEM
January 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
rossbrooks.co.uk
❤️ Happy Valentine's Day! 💕

'Communal nesting of two male Swans' (Scottish Naturalist, May/June 1926). 🌈🦢🌈🦢🌈

#ValentinesDay #birds #ornithology #histsci #histbio #queer #gay #LGBTplusHM #QueerInStem 🗃️
B&W photograph of two bonded male swans, published in the Scottish Naturalist in May/June 1926. It is titled 'Communal nesting of two male Swans.' In an accompanying letter, ornithologist John Peacock (!) Ritchie told how he had spotted a pair of mute swans nesting together at the side of Renfrewshire loch in the spring of 1923. He was puzzled that there were no eggs in the nest on any of the occasions that he saw the birds. Only after multiple visits did Ritchie realise that both were male, readily identified by his own admission by the large knob at the base of the male mute swan’s bill. ‘Naturally this explains why no eggs were to be found’, he wrote.
February 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
mcsinton.bsky.social
On 18th November 2024 we’re going to host the first in-person STEM Village Immunology Conference! We’ll showcase research from LGBTQ+ immunologists, but invite the whole immunology community to participate. Would super appreciate responses to our 30 second survey to gauge interest! #QueerInSTEM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
STEM Village Immunology Conference
For International Pride In STEM Day (18th November), we’re planning to host a 1 day immunology conference in Manchester UK. The aim is to showcase the work of LGBTQ+ immunologists to the wider immun...
forms.gle
December 6, 2023 at 10:03 PM
mcsinton.bsky.social
We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented backgrounds & marginalised groups #BlackInSTEM #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM @prideinstem.bsky.social @disabledinstem.bsky.social @carersinstemm.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 PM
mebenitez.bsky.social

Hi! I’m Marcela Benítez (she/her)
#anthropologist 🧑‍🔬| #primatologst 🐒| #queerinstem🌈

•Co-director of Capuchinos de Taboga in Costa Rica 🇨🇷

•Director of SoCaP lab @Emory

•Broadly interested in social behavior 🤝, cognition 🧠, hormones & behavior 🧬, field experiments 🌴, queer animals 🌈🦍, soccer ⚽
November 18, 2024 at 11:35 PM