Category: LGBTQ+ Scientist Highlights

Jane Rigby

“When a person can be their authentic self at work, I strongly believe that they will do more brilliant, creative science.” – Jane Rigby

Sara Josephine Baker

“All my life, I have maintained that the prejudice of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.” – Sara Josephine Baker

Lynn Conway

“If you want to change the future, start living as if you’re already there.” – Lynn Conway

Florence Nightingale

“Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.” – Florence Nightingale 

Alan Turing

“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing

Carolyn R. Bertozzi

The inventor of the field of biorthogonal chemistry.

Bruce Voeller

A pioneer in the field of AIDS research and one of the first inductees into the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor.