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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 2d

Happy International Lesbian Day! ☀️☀️☀️

Lesbian marching with a sign that says a day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 4d

“The Cass Review's contradictions are striking. It acknowledged some trans young people benefit from [blockers], but its recommendations have made this currently inaccessible to all. It found no evidence psychological treatments improve gender dysphoria, yet recommended expanding their provision.”

Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people

Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

www.mja.com.au

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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 11d

Biological sex is much more complicated than a binary classification.

👉 www.iflscience.com/a-mosaic-spe...

“A Mosaic Spectrum Of Sex Characteristics”: Most Organs In Our Bodies Don’t Fit The Male-Female Sex Binary

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 10d

Researchers at LSBU are recruiting trans and gender nonconforming people (aged 18–24) to take part in in-person "photovoice" workshops into young trans people's experiences of community and inclusive social spaces. Email the researcher at [email protected] to express interest.

#TransResearch

Text reads:

Research participants wanted for a creative photovoice study on young trans adults' experiences of community and inclusive social spaces

Who can take part?
You can take part if you are:
- Aged 18–24
- Identify as trans, non-binary or gender nonconforming
- A UK resident

What would I need to do?
Participat in a creative photography research project
- Take 5–10 photos illustrating your experiences of community and inclusive social spaces
Take part in a full-day in-person storytelling workshop using the photos and stories about your own life

What are the benefits?
You will gain:
- £70 shopping voucher
- The opportunity to have your voice and experiences heard
- The chance to contribute to research highlighting trans community

How do I take part?
Scan the QR code or follow the link below to read the study details and complete the consent form.
https://tinyurl.com/trans-photo-lsbu
QR code

Questions?
Email the researcher at nate.rae@lsbu.ac.uk for more information.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Sep 3

Done!

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Aug 21

This is not a drill! 1 week to deadline! 🚨

Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 16

Pride in STEM's Small Grant Scheme is officially open for 2025!

This year's theme is Strengthening Queer Community in STEM. If you have ideas for a small project in the United Kingdom that fits this, we would love to support you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #QueerInSTEM

More info here:

prideinstem.org/2025/07/16/s...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thinking of applying for our Small Grant Scheme? You can now look at the report from some of the winners from last year's scheme!

prideinstem.org/small-grant-...

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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · Jul 26

London Trans Pride was enormous @prideinstem.bsky.social

A sign that says nature know no binary on trans flag colours

A picture of the seven of us marching in a crowd

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 26

Bench is at the North East corner of the square. In front of number 8. I’m wearing a blue T-shirt

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 24

We will be meeting at 1 pm at the corner of Cavendish Square with the Friendship Bench! If you think you'll be late but still want to join us, let us know!

Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 21

This Saturday, we will be marching in London Trans+ Pride. If you want to march with us, get in touch! 🏳️‍⚧️

www.instagram.com/p/DMX5BwmNzG...

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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · Jul 26

Here and ready to march! ✊🏳️‍⚧️

Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 24

We will be meeting at 1 pm at the corner of Cavendish Square with the Friendship Bench! If you think you'll be late but still want to join us, let us know!

Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 21

This Saturday, we will be marching in London Trans+ Pride. If you want to march with us, get in touch! 🏳️‍⚧️

www.instagram.com/p/DMX5BwmNzG...

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Gendered Intelligence @genderedintelligence.co.uk · Jul 22

After much consideration, we have issued a public statement of support for the Palestinian people, as they continue to face genocidal actions by the state of Israel.

Read our full statement: genderedintelligence.co.uk/news/26-stat...

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Gendered Intelligence @genderedintelligence.co.uk · Jun 25

Hi everyone 👋. We've made it to BlueSky.

Watch this space for updates on how you can join us in creating a world where trans, non‑binary and gender questioning people live healthy, safe and fulfilled lives.💜

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 24

We will be meeting at 1 pm at the corner of Cavendish Square with the Friendship Bench! If you think you'll be late but still want to join us, let us know!

Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 21

This Saturday, we will be marching in London Trans+ Pride. If you want to march with us, get in touch! 🏳️‍⚧️

www.instagram.com/p/DMX5BwmNzG...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 21

This Saturday, we will be marching in London Trans+ Pride. If you want to march with us, get in touch! 🏳️‍⚧️

www.instagram.com/p/DMX5BwmNzG...

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Q.E.D Network @qedmathsnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 11

Did you know our website now has an outlist and an ally list!? Check out our growing community of UK-based academics here sites.google.com/view/qednetw... and click the signup link if you want to be added to the list!

QEDNetwork - Outlist

If you would like to be represented on either of our lists please fill in the form here ! To remove yourself from the list, or update your entry please email us at qedmathsnetwork(at)gmail.com

sites.google.com

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 16

Pride in STEM's Small Grant Scheme is officially open for 2025!

This year's theme is Strengthening Queer Community in STEM. If you have ideas for a small project in the United Kingdom that fits this, we would love to support you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #QueerInSTEM

More info here:

prideinstem.org/2025/07/16/s...

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Akil Wilson @akilwilson.blacksky.app · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day!

💛 🤍 💜 🖤

I made this comic about coming out (to myself?) as non-binary, but I was happy that some other folks were able to find meaning in it also!

Akil Wilson @akilwilson.blacksky.app · May 27

New one page comic by me!

#comicoop

A single page, 9-panel grid comic, composed entirely of words:

It started as something very very small… So small that you almost couldn’t tell it was there.

And as it grew, it grew gradually, in such small increments that, if you stopped and stared at it, it wouldn’t any different than it had

The day before
The week before
The month before
The year before

But eventually its presence was unmistakable. At least to you. And that’s what was so strange about it... Deep down, you knew it was there. At this point you almost couldn’t deny it. But every time you worked up the courage to try to describe it to someone, you came up for air holding nothing.

You could practically trace its contours with your hands, but when it came time to shape it into words

It seemed to disappear.

And then one day someone blessed you with a word to name it by. A single word. You toyed with it a bit, looked at it from different angles, until you realized that yes, yes, this might actually fit.

And the more and more you rolled it around, examining it closely, the more you knew that this was exactly what you hadn’t realized you had been looking for all along. After years of scrambling in the darkness, you had finally found the form that fit you.

The comic is titled Words and it is by me.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jul 5

We had a lovely pride breakfast at @ri-science.bsky.social 🫶🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Kemi showcasing our lovely breakfast spread

$A series of three bubbles with rainbows due to thin film diffraction$ Jin explaining the science of the rainbow bubbles

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jun 30

We still have a few tickets available for this!

We’ll have a lovely breakfast at The @ri-science.bsky.social and then we will be going to have a little picnic in the park!

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jun 26

The small grants scheme for this year will open soon 👀

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering @jwomminsciengr.bsky.social · Jun 26

@prideinstem.bsky.social's grant program funds nationwide projects that empower LGBTQIA+ scientists.

Their goal? Improve representation, grow involvement, and increase retention. That's research-backed change in action.

Nov. 18th = International LGBTQIA+ Day in STEM!

Learn more at prideinstem.org

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Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering @jwomminsciengr.bsky.social · Jun 26

@prideinstem.bsky.social's grant program funds nationwide projects that empower LGBTQIA+ scientists.

Their goal? Improve representation, grow involvement, and increase retention. That's research-backed change in action.

Nov. 18th = International LGBTQIA+ Day in STEM!

Learn more at prideinstem.org

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Jun 18

The research team also believes that, in their preliminary analysis up to 2024, the trend is intensifying over time! #QueerInSTEM

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

LGBTQ-friendly firms more innovative

LGBTQ-friendly policies can have a significant impact on innovation in major US firms. The study found that for every standard deviation increase in a company’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), t...

www.eurekalert.org

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Springer Nature @springernature.com · Jun 12

Scientists face many pressures, plenty of which are about identity. For transgender scientists, that pressure can loom particularly large. For a piece in @natmethods.nature.com, Vivien Marx interviewed scientists who identify as transgender and spoke to allies.

#LGBTQSTEM #PrideInSTEM #TransInSTEM

Some resources for an empowered Pride

Scientists need strength to face the many hurdles they will come across in their trajectory.

spklr.io

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Pride in Microbiology @prideinmicro.bsky.social · Jun 12

Zoom in with us for Game Night on Saturday, June 14th, with the Pride in Microbiology Network! Get ready to compete and connect with fellow microbiology enthusiasts this Pride Month! See you there 🎮 😎 👾
#PrideinMicrobiology #GameNight #PrideMonth #QueerinSTEM

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