Pride in STEM

UK LGBT+ charity

Pride in STEM

Founded| 2016
Founders| Alfredo Carpineti, Chris Carpineti, Matt Young
Legal status| Charitable trust
Website| prideinstem.org

Pride in STEM is a UK-based charity supporting LGBT+ scientists internationally, co-founded in 2016[1][2] by Alfredo Carpineti, a senior staff writer and space correspondent at IFLScience,[3][4] his husband Chris, and Matt Young, a researcher at the University of Nottingham.[1] Its origins, prior to registration as a charitable trust, were as a marching group for the parade at Pride in London.[5] Ben Britton, one of the organisation's trustees, wrote in 2019 that the organisation's "informal mantra is to queer up science spaces and science up queer spaces".[6] "STEM" is an acronym for "science, technology, engineering and maths/medicine".[1]

## Events

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### Out Thinkers

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The organisation organises a series of events called "Out Thinkers", first held in 2016,[7] at which LGBT+ scientists discuss their life and work.[8] Events in the series have been held at the British Science Festival,[9] at Imperial College London,[10] at the Science Museum, London, and at the Cambridge Science Festival.[8] The first international Out Thinkers event was held in 2018.[7]

### LGBTSTEM Day

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They were responsible, along with two other British Isles-based organisations, for organising the first LGBTSTEM Day, which was held on 5 July 2018,[11][12] which promotes visibility and awareness of LGBT+ people in the sciences.[13] The event was supported by the Royal Astronomical Society, Institute of Physics,[11] and the Royal Society of Chemistry.[14]

The following year, nine groups (including Pride in STEM) were involved in organising the day, again on 5 July, with fifty organisations reported to be supporting it.[15] In 2020, the day will instead be held on 18 November, to mark the 60th anniversary of astronomer Frank Kameny's petition to the United States Supreme Court, in a case prompted by his dismissal from the US Army as a result of his sexual orientation.[16]

### Other events

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Pride in STEM has marched as part of Pride in London's march in 2016, 2017, 2018[17] and 2019.[18]

## Recognition

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In 2017, the organisation was nominated for the Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour for excellence in STEM.[19]

The journal Nature announced its support for the organisation in 2019.[20]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Our Organisation". Pride in STEM. 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
2. ^ "PRIDE IN STEM - Charity 1197921". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
3. ^ Brierley, Craig. "Taking pride in our researchers". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
4. ^ "Dr. Alfredo Carpineti". IFLScience. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
5. ^ Pascoe, Michael. "British Science Festival: From Soil to Space-Out Thinkers Research with Pride". British Science Association. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
6. ^ Britton, Ben (1 July 2019). "Get Talking—Pride in STEM". Materials World. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
7. ^ a b "Pride in STEM Branding & Style Guide" (PDF). Pride in STEM. January 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
8. ^ a b "Out Thinkers". Pride in STEM. 29 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
9. ^ "Out Thinkers". British Science Festival. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
10. ^ Haycock, Stuart (17 June 2019). "Pride month kicked off with Out Thinkers at Imperial College White City". Imperial College London. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
11. ^ a b Hollis, Morgan. "LGBTSTEM Day - 15 March 2018". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
12. ^ Pink, Chris (12 July 2018). "A walk on the Pride side". Chemistry World. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
13. ^ Robles, Juaquin (5 July 2018). "What You Need to Know About the First LGBTSTEM Day". Out. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
14. ^ "Celebrating LGBTSTEM Day 2018". Royal Society of Chemistry. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
15. ^ Hoggard, Ellen (5 July 2019). "What is LGBTSTEM Day?". Happiful. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
16. ^ "#LGBTSTEMDay 2020 Will Be On November 18". Pride in STEM. 17 November 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
17. ^ Carpineti, Alfredo (27 July 2018). "Pride in STEM does Pride Proud". Pride in STEM. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
18. ^ Goodman, Sheldon (10 June 2019). "March With Us!". Pride in STEM. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
19. ^ Pengelly, Jack (9 August 2017). "The Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour (Excellence in STEM)". Gay Times. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
20. ^ "Nature is proud to support Pride in STEM". Nature. 571 (7763): 5. 2 July 2019. Bibcode:2019Natur.571....5.. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02022-8. PMID 31267063.

## External links

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* Official website
* Pride in STEM on Twitter