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5 LGBTQ Scientists Who Made History to Celebrate LGBTSTEM

Staying under the haze of gender discrimination was once claimed to be only for women. Over time, the facts disclosed as an epiphany for many people that beneath those layers of downright partial treatment was another group-the LGBTQ. The subject has been carried on for all these years to be a sensitive one to be talked about. The air we breathe, and the red blood that flows have the same density for these humans that are considered to be of lower standards.

Although the disguise of elegance lets no portion of the distaste people in STEM have for the LGBTQ community, there has been a history that holds valid for the blatant partiality they have faced. The international celebration of LGBTSTEM day has washed off the stigmatizing face of STEM to a great degree. Many of the transgender people have endured the worldly claws of devilry in the form of incessant harassment both at the workplace and other public spots. Several reports of the LGBTQ students being tormented surfaced in STEM in the past years, which has alleviated to a great extent; one of its biggest indications being the LGBTSTEM day. Here are some of the queer scientists in history who are believed to have contributed immensely towards the celebration of the LGBTSTEM day.

 

1.Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson’s biography was in a lot of ways life-changing to many people, especially to the lovers of science. In the biography, Leonardo da Vinci, a man of great wisdom who has contributed to the field of art and science is presented as a gay man who lived his life openly.

2.Sir Francis Bacon

Besides the tag of a scientist, Bacon was also a philosopher, jurist, and a politician. He has been considered the father of modern science and a figure of inspiration for all the people at STEM for the life he led. Despite the backlash he supposedly received for his sexuality, the contributions he made to the field were praiseworthy.

3.Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton

 

He is the man, most commonly, known for the discovery of gravity through the incident of an apple falling to the ground. What else do people know about this scientist, apart from such scientific contributions of his? It has not yet been proven that he was a homosexual, but allegedly there have been several past reports saying that he was a repressed homosexual. He was supposed to be suffering from a few mental issues, which some people believe was the spur to realizing his true self.

4.Florence Nightingale

A world-famous icon of selfless service, Florence Nightingale, was recognized by people after the period of Crimean War where she nursed the soldiers. This religious woman, who was also the founder of modern nursing, was said to be a repressed homosexual. Although there has been no substantial evidence for this, the LGBTQ community consider her as a muse.

5.Alan Turing

The Enigma machine that Alan Turing invented was a ground-breaking one which played a key role in the victory of the Allies in World War II. He was well-known for the mathematical marvels he created, but also did he conquer the hearts of many people through the purgatory half of his life. He was made to undergo hormonal treatment for being a homosexual, which resulted in impotence and finally, suicide.

How to fight STEM’s Unconscious Bias against LGBTQ People

Men have entry to the world of science, technology, and mathematics, while others are bound to stay away from it. People might put out arguments to that statement, with a whole lot of them strongly expressing their disagreement with the existence of such a bias. You don’t get to see the other side of this world easily since the obvious adroit side is highly focused on to be displayed.

Not many studies or investigations have gone into this subject of partisanship within the walls of this renowned institution. As the climate has taken a sharp shift into progressive coexistence, there isn’t much to be morose about; but an unconscious bias happens to be lurking in the shadows. History of STEM was laid out with an unobvious twitch of disgust for the LGBTQ, which has now subsided so much so that there happens to be an International Day of LGBTQ People at STEM. While so many taboos and dogmas are being denounced these days, let us have a closer look at the underlying layers of the otherwise composed and elite group of people that existed (could be still active) in the organization.

Biased Incidents

No form of racial or gender discrimination is encouraged in the grounds of STEM anymore, especially not for recruitment. Gone are the days where women or transgender people weren’t allowed to access the institute, be it either for employment or for graduate courses. Although STEM has got a different set of stories to tell today, that wasn’t the case until a few years back.

Biased incident

Not at a single point of time was the persecution categorical, but every candidate had to fit into STEM’s environment, which was in most cases denied to the ones from the LGBTQ community. Departments in the institution had strict norms on how every recruit should comply with the stereotype which had been followed for all those years. Being a homosexual had a heavy impact on a trainee being rejected at nine faculty-job interviews, all of which she had performed impeccably. Denial of opportunities to thrive wasn’t the only way of undermining the efforts of these ingenious humans. Several reports about severe harassment against LGBTQ were also perfect manifestations of the regressive phase that remained intact within STEM.

Gradual Change of STEM

The National Science Foundation, in 1980, was charged by the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act with the duty to ensure participation of underrepresented groups in all fields of STEM. A census system was introduced by NSF to keep a tab on all such organizations. For almost two decades the trend was reverting to almost zero opportunities for women and the black undergraduates. Measures such as ethnicity, gender, race, and disability were considered by NSF while collecting information but not that of the people with a different sexual orientation or gender identity.

After a whole lot of protests and requests made to the NSF, there had been positive responses. From the piloting stage of executing the rights for LGBTQ, in 2020, the US Census and other federal data collection units have been asked to constantly check through the discrimination that the community is facing at such institutes. The implicit level of bias has, to a great extent reduced today, but hasn’t been annihilated.

Networking event for LGBTQ

How people can contribute to the fight is a question that matters. Networking events for LGBTQ through the role models for such a community can make a huge difference. Biases also need to be tracked using some mechanism at universities, which can be supported by scientific societies and funding agencies.
Living LGBTQ scientific geniuses like Carolyn Bertozzi, Lynn Conway, and Nergis Mavalvala are the living testaments to the changing face of science and the fight the community has led to representing their identity in the form of their talent.

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