500 Queer Scientists

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

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]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Recognition
* 3 Notable people included
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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]
* Jan J. 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]
* Arya Jeipea Karijo[30]
* Autumn Kent[31]
* Nathan H. Lents[32]
* Katie Mack[33]
* Anson W. Mackay[34]
* Jessica Mink[35]
* Shaun O'Boyle[36]
* Jonathon Rendina[37]
* David K. Smith[38]
* Jessica Ware[39]
* Tristram Wyatt[40]
* Jeremy Yoder[41]

## See also

* LGBT people in science
* 500 Women Scientists

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 500 Queer Scientists (4 June 2018). "500 Queer Scientists: A new campaign for a more inclusive STEM future". https://500queerscientists.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/eb0b9c_71f94bbb8f9741a2bbf579817052aa74.pdf.
2. ↑ Walrath, Rowan (5 June 2018). "They're Here. They're Queer. They're Scientists.". Mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/media/2018/06/500-queer-scientists-gay-pride/. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. ↑ "500 Queer Scientists to Make Your Day Smarter". The Advocate. 19 July 2018. https://www.advocate.com/people/2018/7/19/500-queer-scientists-make-your-day-smarter#media-gallery-media-1. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mendez, Kelly (14 March 2019). "Dr. Lauren Esposito honored for 500 Queer Scientists campaign". https://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/dr-lauren-esposito-honored-for-500-queer-scientists-campaign.
5. ↑ Bartlett, Amanda (6 December 2019). "Meet the San Francisco artist with a grisly side gig: Performing whale necropsies". SFGATE. https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Sean-Edgerton-profile-14866922.php.
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". Journal of Homosexuality (Routledge) 63 (1): 1–27. doi:10.1080/00918369.2015.1078632. PMID 26241115. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56b14b283c44d80f317c5948/t/56e1bf7f37013b87984bbbeb/1457635202124/Queer+in+STEM.pdf.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Madhusoodanan, Jyoti (26 June 2018). "Visibility matters: A conversation with the co-founder of 500 Queer Scientists". Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.aau5929. https://www.science.org/content/article/visibility-matters-conversation-co-founder-500-queer-scientists. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
8. ↑ Parsons, David James (20 June 2019). "Elsevier and 500 Queer Scientists to hold NYC event for World Pride". https://www.elsevier.com/connect/elsevier-and-500-queer-scientists-to-hold-nyc-event-for-world-pride.
9. ↑ Duncombe, Jenessa (3 July 2019). "Shining a Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Visibility in STEM". Eos 100. doi:10.1029/2019EO127693. https://eos.org/articles/shining-a-spotlight-on-lgbtq-visibility-in-stem. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
10. ↑ "LGBTSTEM Day, July 5th 2019". 2019. https://prideinstem.org/lgbtstem-day-2019-press-release/.
11. ↑ "APS Celebrates LGBTSTEM Day". APS News. 3 July 2019. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/updates/lgbtstem-day.cfm. 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". 4 February 2019. https://www.noglstp.org/publications-documents/announcements/2019-02-04-noglstp-recognizes-chan-morales-and-freeman-as-lgbtq-educator-engineer-and-scientist-of-the-year-for-2019-esposito-as-walt-westman-award-winne/.
13. ↑ Adger, David (5 February 2020). "David Adger". https://500queerscientists.com/david-adger/.
14. ↑ Barker, Clara (5 February 2020). "Clara Barker". https://500queerscientists.com/dr-clara-barker/.
15. ↑ Bauerle, Cynthia (5 February 2020). "Cynthia Bauerle". https://500queerscientists.com/cynthia-bauerle/.
16. ↑ Bond, Alex (5 February 2020). "Alex Bond". https://500queerscientists.com/alex-bond/.
17. ↑ Britton, Ben (5 February 2020). "Ben Britton". https://500queerscientists.com/ben-britton/.
18. ↑ Coles, Peter (5 February 2020). "Peter Coles". https://500queerscientists.com/peter-coles/.
19. ↑ Conway, Lynn (5 February 2020). "Lynn Conway". https://500queerscientists.com/lynn-conway/.
20. ↑ Diamond, Rochelle (5 February 2020). "Rochelle (Shelley) Diamond". https://500queerscientists.com/rochelle-shelley-diamond/.
21. ↑ Eldridge, JJ (5 February 2020). "JJ Eldridge". https://500queerscientists.com/jj-eldridge/.
22. ↑ Esposito, Lauren (5 February 2020). "Lauren Esposito". https://500queerscientists.com/lauren-esposito/.
23. ↑ Fay, Michael (5 February 2020). "Michael Fay". https://500queerscientists.com/michael-fay/.
24. ↑ Freeman, Jon (5 February 2020). "Jon Freeman". https://500queerscientists.com/jon-freeman/.
25. ↑ Giles, Sam (5 February 2020). "Sam Giles". https://500queerscientists.com/sam-giles/.
26. ↑ "Abhik Ghosh". https://500queerscientists.com/abhik-ghosh/.
27. ↑ Graumlich, Lisa (5 February 2020). "Lisa Graumlich". https://500queerscientists.com/lisa-graumlich/.
28. ↑ Hlozek, Renee (5 February 2020). "Renee Hlozek". https://500queerscientists.com/renee-hlozek/.
29. ↑ Jentsch, J. David (5 February 2020). "J. David Jentsch". https://500queerscientists.com/j-david-jentsch/.
30. ↑ "Arya Jeipea Karijo" (in en-US). https://500queerscientists.com/arya-jeipea-karijo/.
31. ↑ Kent, Autumn (5 February 2020). "Autumn Kent". https://500queerscientists.com/autumn-kent/.
32. ↑ Lents, Nathan H. (5 February 2020). "Nathan H. Lents". https://500queerscientists.com/nathan-h-lents/.
33. ↑ Mack, Katie (5 February 2020). "Katie Mack". https://500queerscientists.com/katie-mack/.
34. ↑ Mackay, Anson W. (5 February 2020). "Anson W. Mackay". https://500queerscientists.com/anson-mackay/.
35. ↑ Mink, Jessica (5 February 2020). "Jessica Mink". https://500queerscientists.com/jessica-mink/.
36. ↑ O'Boyle, Shaun. "Shaun O'Boyle". https://500queerscientists.com/shaun-oboyle/.
37. ↑ Rendina, Jonathon (5 February 2020). "Jonathon Rendina". https://500queerscientists.com/jonathon-rendina/.
38. ↑ Smith, David (5 February 2020). "David Smith". https://500queerscientists.com/david-smith/.
39. ↑ Ware, Jessica (5 February 2020). "Jessica Ware". https://500queerscientists.com/jessica-ware/.
40. ↑ Wyatt, Tristram D. (5 February 2020). "Tristram D. Wyatt". https://500queerscientists.com/tristram-d-wyatt/.
41. ↑ Yoder, Jeremy (5 February 2020). "Jeremy Yoder". https://500queerscientists.com/jeremy-yoder/.

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