Largest-ever survey exposes career obstacles for LGBTQ scientists – Nature.com
NEWS 27 January 2021 Study of thousands of US-based researchers finds those from sexual and gender minorities are more likely to experience workplace prejudice and...
7 Podcasts About the Wonders of Science – The New York Times
Starter episode: “Urban Rodentology”The premise behind this decade-old show is simple: We all have science stories to tell, because simply existing in the world means we’re interacting with science all the...
Biden cabinet: Does this diverse team better reflect America? – BBC News
"Even though we have certainly seen greater diversification, these fields are among the most male dominant, especially at the highest levels," says Prof Dittmar. "There's all sorts of biases going on...
Study defines small-cell lung cancer subtypes and distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities for each type: Previously...
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed the first comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) into four unique subtypes, based on gene expression, and...
Biden administration taps gay man as presidential environmental advisor – Metro Weekly
Jeff Marootian – Photo: Facebook.
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Jeff Marootian, the openly gay director of the D.C. Department of Transportation, to serve as a key environmental advisor in his administration.
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Joe Biden adds another gay man to his administration as key environmental adviser –...
In their latest round of staffing announcements, the Presidential transition team for President-elect Joe Biden (D) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (D) announced yet another out LGBTQ person will join...
Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM – Science Advances
INTRODUCTIONThe diversification of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields has lagged behind that of other previously white male-dominated professions in postindustrial societies like the United States (1, 2). The underrepresentation...
Torchwood is essential queer television masquerading as science fiction – SYFY WIRE
Last week’s Doctor Who New Year's Special, “Revolution of the Daleks,” gave us — in addition to the introduction of a new companion and the departure of Graham and Ryan — our...
One of the most anti-gay countries is about to host a conference on LGBTQ...
Homosexuality is illegal in the United Arab Emirates and even cross-dressing is forbidden, but Dubai will host the International Conference on Gender Identity and LGBT Rights in May.
The country has...
The gay man who created a Covid-19 vaccine – attitude.co.uk
As the Attitude 101 list shines a light on some of the trailblazing LGBTQ people changing the world right now, Dr Paul McKay may just have the biggest impact of all as...
LGBTQ People Are at Higher Risk in Disasters – Scientific American
The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned yesterday that minorities; single parents; and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are “more likely than others to be severely impacted by disasters” and...
“We’re moving from stigma to science”: FDA funding study on restrictions on blood donation...
December 16, 2020 DELMARVA – The United States Food and Drug Administration made a historic announcement: it’s funding a study that could lead to the removal of...
How many scientists are LGBTQ? Federal survey delays frustrate researchers – Science Magazine
<!----> ISTOCK.COM/AK2 By Katie LanginDec. 16, 2020 , 1:20 PM In 2018, the U.S....
The NBA bubble gave scientists a unique opportunity – Inverse
Today marks a major intersection of science and the fight for social justice. Today, in 1973, the American Psychological Association took the important step of reversing themselves by officially declaring that...
The science of addiction: Do you always like the things you want? – BBC...
The most startling evidence that the dopamine system fires wanting, and not liking, comes once again from the unfortunate laboratory rat. In one experiment, Kent Berridge attached a little metal stick...
Four Dumont HS Teachers Suspended For Anti-Gay Comments In Zoom Class – Bergenfield Daily...
UPDATE: Four Dumont High School science teachers were suspended for anti-gay remarks about a female colleague during a Zoom class.The teachers will continue to be paid as an investigation continues, with...
Bullied lesbian, gay and bisexual students more likely to carry weapons – EurekAlert
(Boston)-- Prior research has revealed sexual minority youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual) are more likely to carry weapons both outside of and within school. However, until now, no study has examined the...
Anti-Vaccine Doctor Has Been Invited to Testify Before Senate Committee – The New York...
WASHINGTON — A doctor who is skeptical of coronavirus vaccines and promotes the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment will be the lead witness at a Senate Homeland Security and...
Scientific journal purges anti-gay UW-Madison paper published in 1951 – Madison.com
.tnt-restrict-img-7334d664-6c2d-5fa6-a0f5-439a963d3ade { max-width: 1765px; } UW-Madison recently opened a new Gender and Sexuality Campus Center inside...
San Antonio gay couple shares their experience adopting a child during pandemic – KSAT...
SAN ANTONIO – Clint and Wellington Rankin-Gibson fostered to adopt under two circumstances that could have come with barriers: one, in the middle of a pandemic, and two as a same...
Imagine Learning Your Anti-Gay Dad Got Paid For Gay Sex – Instinct Magazine
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This may be the perfect Holiday revenge story.
TikTok is a social media platform full of funny moments, shocking videos, and iconic viral posts. And the latest post to...
Scientist explains why starfish will risk being eaten just to have gay sex –...
Many species of starfish will reach out their "mating arm" to the closest lover, regardless of sex. (Myburgh Roux/ Pexels) A scientist has explained why starfish will risk being eaten to...
This is why starfish will risk being eaten just to have gay sex –...
Many species of starfish will reach out their "mating arm" to the closest lover, regardless of sex. (Myburgh Roux/ Pexels) A scientist has explained why starfish will risk being eaten to...
Politics, Science and the Remarkable Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine – The New York...
The president was especially enthusiastic about that aim. At a March 2 White House meeting, as Mr. Bancel and other pharmaceutical executives outlined their vaccine plans, Dr. Fauci cautioned that it...
Charlemagne Life beyond Europe’s rainbow curtain – The Economist
Nov 21st 2020IRELAND AND Lithuania have much in common. Both are small, Catholic, Europhile, enjoy a tricky relationship with a larger neighbour and have cuisines heavy on potatoes. Both also left...
Science says queer people at higher risk for dementia – Queerty
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A new study of gay, lesbian and bisexual people has revealed that members of the community are at a higher risk for dementia than their heterosexual counterparts.
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Gay physician named to federal CDC HIV post – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that a gay physician has been named director of the agency's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a longtime leader in...
Gay men ‘significantly under-represented’ in science – Times Higher Education (THE)
Gay male students appear to face disadvantages obtaining scientific degrees at least as great as those confronting racial minorities, especially in fields with relatively few women, a study of US graduates...
Study finds gay men are attracted to cues of fertility — just like their...
Homosexual men view both highly fertile women and men as more attractive compared to women and men who are less fertile, according to new research published in Personality and Individual Differences....
The True Story Behind the Movie ‘Ammonite’ – TIME
You have reached your limit of 4 free articles. Get unlimited access to TIME.com.Subscribe and get 1 year for just $15. Subscribe Now Thank you for reading TIME. You...
Torres and Jones Win and Will Become 1st Gay Black Members of Congress –...
Assuming, as some researchers do, that Americans who are gay, bisexual or transgender represent 4.5 percent of the population, and Black Americans represent 12 percent of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, Congress would...
A Groundbreaking New History of Gay Sex and Capitalism – The New Republic
The chief authority Chitty takes aim at in Sexual Hegemony is Michel Foucault, the theorist whose work made HistCon possible. His History of Sexuality had an explosive effect on the twentieth-century...
Gay Republicans really are self-loathing according to science – LGBTQ Nation
A new study from the Williams Institute seems to prove a long-standing assumption about queer Republicans. A large portion of them are unhappy with their sexual orientation and don’t want...
Dr Pamela Gay from the Planetary Science Institute on Citizen Science – InfoQ.com
00:21 Introductions 00:21 Shane Hastie: Good day folks. This is Shane Hastie for the InfoQ Engineering Culture Podcast. I'm at QCon, San Francisco, 2019, and I've got the privilege of sitting...
A Post-Trumpean New Morality – Falls Church News Press
To whatever degree it is appreciated now, the November 2020 election will go down in history as a great referendum on morality. It is caused to be such by the extreme...