#queerinstem — Public Fediverse posts

I found the image on the left online and stole it because bigots forfeit their property rights when they deny basic human rights to trans people.

Anyway, I felt inspired by the bigot's love of basic science, so I made a second picture (on the right) to help support this transphobe's point about basic science being the same forever—you know, like religious dogma! 🙃

#Transgender #AdvancedBiology #TransRights #QueerInSTEM

Ah, a cloudy day with spots of drizzle - Happy Pride! One of the #QueerInSTEM things I'm most proud of is the @[email protected] STEMinar, the one-day conference where queer folks talk about their research in an inclusive & welcoming space. labandfield.wordpress.com/2016/01/16/w...

Why the #LGBTSTEMinar succeede...

It's an event like no other, and I'm delighted that: 1) it's coming back! Nov 2026 at Queen Mary University of London! And free! Sign up! Do it! 2) I'm giving a talk! Come hear about how we queer up conservation science sites.google.com/view/lgbtqst... #PrideMonth #QueerInSTEM

LGBTQ+ STEMinar 2026

So delighted to have been awarded one of the @[email protected] Decadal Awards last night. It was a reminder of how much work we've done in the last 10 years and how much more there is yet to do. #LGBTQSTEM #QueerInSTEM

It's World Book Day (UK & Ireland)! 🌍📚🤩

For young people brandishing book tokens today, there are some marvellous queer-themed science and nature books out there . . . 🏳️‍🌈 🦆 :transgender: 🦋

#WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2026 #LoveLibraries #QueerInSTEM #lgbt #lgbtqia #queer #nature #science #books

My 2023 Notes and Records article 'Mendel's Closet: Genetics, Eugenics and the Exceptions of Sex in Edwardian Britain' is free to read this #OpenAccess week! 🌈🧬

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0036

Download and share while you can . . .

#OAweek #HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci #HistBio #STS #SciComm @histstm #histsex #history #histodons @histodons #sex #queer #queerhistory #QueerInSTEM #lgbtq #biology #science #genetics #eugenics

I'm thoroughly enjoying 50 LGBTQ+ Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme by Ben Paites, especially the botanical and zoological content. 🦒🌸🦆

Makes for a great present . . . 🎅(sorry!)

https://www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-finds.html

#history #histodons @histodons #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride #pridemonth #queerhistory #histsex #sex #nature #naturalhistory #animals #books

WOW! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871),' published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, has now been viewed over 50K times!

I'm working hard on the book. For more about that, watch this space! 🏳️‍🌈🐒

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648

#history #histodons @histodons #histsci #histbio #HistSTM #HSTM #STS @histstm #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride #pridemonth #queerhistory #histsex #sex #biology #nature #naturalhistory #science #animals #Darwin

"there are principles around which all scientists unite—those of evidence, independence, process, and inclusion. "
#science #blackinstem #QueerinSTEM #TransinSTEM
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9972

"there are principles around which all scientists unite—those of evidence, independence, process, and inclusion. " #science #blackinstem #QueerinSTEM #TransinSTEM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Come together, right now

My 2023 article 'Mendel's Closet: Genetics, Eugenics and the Exceptions of Sex in Edwardian Britain,' published in Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, has now been made free to access! 🌈 🧬 🐦

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0036

#HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci #HistBio #STS #SciComm @histstm #histsex #history #histodons @histodons #sex #queer #queerhistory #QueerInSTEM #lgbtq #biology #science #genetics #eugenics

⚰️ Happy Halloween! 🧛

Same-sex sexual behaviours in bats were first documented in 1895.

Here's a more recent study: http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Same-sex-sexual-behaviour-in-bats,77304,0,2.html.

🦇🏳️‍🌈🦇

#Halloween #HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci #HistBio #STS #SciComm @histstm #histsex #history #histodons @histodons #sex #queer #queerhistory #QueerInSTEM #lgbtq #science #biology #zoology #animals #bats

My 2023 Notes and Records article 'Mendel's Closet: Genetics, Eugenics and the Exceptions of Sex in Edwardian Britain' is free to read this #OpenAccess week! 🌈🧬

Download away and share while you can . . .

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0036

#HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci #HistBio #STS #SciComm @histstm #histsex #history #histodons @histodons #sex #queer #queerhistory #QueerInSTEM #lgbtq #biology #science #genetics #eugenics

I was just reminded of that time (in 2015) when the London Natural History Museum tried to turn exhibit-eating moths gay. 🌈 🦋

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/natural-history-museum-is-trying-to-turn-male-moths-gay-to-protect-exhibits-10325195.html

It appears that the 'Pheromone Destruction System' is still a thing, but it has now been purged of all queer anthropomorphism - what a shame!

I wonder if it works on humans? 😍

#museums #STS #QueerInSTEM #gay #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #sex #biology #zoology #naturalhistory #science #animals #moths

Wow! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871),' published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, has now been viewed over 45K times! 😲

Please keep sharing: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648 🦋 🏳️‍🌈 🐒 :transgender: 🐟

#history #histodons @histodons #histsci #histbio #HistSTM #HSTM #STS @histstm #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerhistory #histsex #sex #biology #zoology #naturalhistory #science #animals #Darwin

📺 You wait a lifetime for a queer nature documentary and then two come along at once - typical! Hot on the heels of Queer Planet is Second Nature: Gender & Sexuality in the Animal World, narrated by the wonderful Elliot Page. It looks awesome! 🦒 :transgender: 🐬🏳️‍🌈🐠

https://www.secondnaturedoc.com/

#tv #televsion #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerinstem #prideinstem #sex #gender #science #biology #zoology #nature #naturalhistory #animals #secondnature #elliotpage

'Exploring the Many Dimensions of Sex and Gender in the Genomics Era' 🏳️‍🌈🧬🏳️‍⚧️

I'm delighted to be speaking as part of this phenomenal Zoom Webinar organised by the National Human Genome Research Institute.

July 17 & 18

Registration now open . . .

https://www.genome.gov/event-calendar/exploring-the-many-dimensions-of-sex-and-gender-in-the-genomics-era

#genetics #genomics #science #biology #sex #gender #lgbtqia #lgbt #queer #QueerInSTEM

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: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648 🐟🏳️‍🌈🐒🏳️‍⚧️🐞

#history #histodons @histodons #histsci #histbio #HistSTM #HSTM #STS @histstm #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerhistory #Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTplusHM #histsex #sex #biology #zoology #naturalhistory #science #animals #Darwin

I mustn't let May go by without a nod to my 2009 article on the discovery, during the 19th century, of same-sex copulation among Maybugs (also known as Maybeetles, cockchafers, doodlebugs). Do look out for them at it in your garden! 🌈🌳

https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/E0260954108000703

#history #histodons @histodons #HistSTM #HSTM #histsci #histbio @histstm #sex #histsex #science #biology #zoology #naturalhistory #animals #beetles #maybugs #queer #lgbtq #pride #QueerInSTEM

Wishing everyone a relaxing weekend!✨

One of the many fascinating facts I learnt during my behind-the-scenes visit to NHM London on Wednesday is that there's a species of fly named after the fabulous RuPaul - Opaluma rupaul.

At the same time (in 2020) researchers named another species Opaluma ednae after Dame Edna Everage and another Opaluma fabulosa.

Here's the discovery paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aen.12485

#science #biology #zoology #naturalhistory #animals #flies #queer #lgbtq #QueerInSTEM

I had an enlightening time being shown behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum today. Huge thanks to the brilliant Josh Luke Davis, science writer at NHM, and to Alessandro Giusti, senior curator of Lepidoptera, for showing me the Museum's collection of gynandromorph butterflies. Wow! 🦋💜🦋

I made sure to say hi to Chas . . .

#NHMLondon #museum #science #biology #zoology #naturalhistory #animals #butterflies #Darwin #gynandromorph #queer #lgbtq #QueerInSTEM

Have a jolly weekend, everyone!🎄

DYK, Rudolph is queer! Same-sex sexual behaviour is well documented for reindeer, male and female. Read all about it in Bruce Bagemihl's Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity (1999) from which this image by John Megahan is taken.

#christmas #sex #queer #lgbtq #QueerInSTEM #science #biology #zoology #naturalhistory #animals #reindeer #rudolph

I hope everyone has a restful weekend!

Do catch 'Queer Planet' on Sky Nature on Sunday evening (9pm GMT) if you can. #QueerInSTEM 🌈🐧

Queer zoology has a long and troubled history. Check out my articles 'Darwin's Closet' (https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648) and 'Bounds of Diversity' (https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/195/1/1/6568055).

#tv #television #queer #lgbtq #science #biology #zoology #nature #naturalhistory #animals #queerplanet #queerinstem

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is conducting a study on LGBTQ+ persons in STEMM and available support in #HigherEd.

#STEM #AcademicChatter #LGBTQ #TransInSTEM #QueerInSTEM #BiInSci #LGBTInSTEM

https://qualtrics.uvm.edu/jfe/form/SV_5hhV7UkAMdRsUHI

New #Introduction!

👋 I'm David (or D. or Dave), a queer Fennoscottish physicist.

Although my work is in #physics and you will see #science stuff on here, I write here in a personal capacity expressing my own opinions. I try to draw attention to experiences of being #LGBTQInSTEM and #QueerInSTEM. I'm also interested in becoming a better #teacher and learning more about #pedagogy, as well as putting it into practice.

I'm interested in the outdoors, in #hiking and in understanding the natural world around me. I'm terrible at recognising #birds but I am trying to get better at it. I also love #gardening and adore (non-invasive) #rhododendrons.

Raising awareness about #ClimateChange and engaging in #SlowTravel is important for me. I try to do as much work and personal travel as I can in a low carbon way. Fortunately, I love #trains too.

Feel free to follow me, but I generally only follow people that I have actually interacted with.

(Previous pinned posts: https://tech.lgbt/@davidjamesweir/109575378709990905 and https://tech.lgbt/@davidjamesweir/109545041411539988)

Happy Pride, universe! Especially to — & throughout — the science, nature, conservation, & STEM worlds broadly, & all colleagues, friends, & loved ones within them.
Great #queerinSTEM resources include 500 Queer Scientists (500queerscientists.com), oSTEM (ostem.org), Pride in STEM (prideinstem.org), Out to Innovate (noglstp.org/outtoinnovate), &
LGBTQ+ STEM (lgbtstem.wordpress.com/). / 📷 by Tim Wong

Attention #PlantScience #PlantSci #botany folks here's a #PlantSciJobs

SUNY Geneseo, a #pui, is #hiring a #tenuretrack Asst Prof of Biology!

Geneseo, ~30min from Rochester in WNY is a great place to live & work.

We value #DiversityandInclusion & #UndergradResearch
and welcome #WomeninScience #LatinxinSTEM #QueerinSTEM #BlackinSTEM #DisabledinSTEM

If you study #mosses #ForestEcology #aquaticplants #nativeplants or other #PlantSci consider applying!

More info: https://jobs.geneseo.edu/postings/4254