LGBTQ+ Scientist Highlights
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Tom Welton
“I have always thought that it’s not so much that I am ‘out’ about being gay, but more that I have never had any desire to pretend otherwise.” Tom Welton is an…
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Joan Roughgarden
“When scientific theory says something’s wrong with so many people, perhaps the theory is wrong, not the people.” Joan was born in 1946 in New Jersey. She received her bachelor’s in biology…
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Frank Kameny
“Society can go its way so long as it does not get in my way. But if it does, there’s going to be a fight” Frank was born in New York City…
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Walter Westman
Founder of the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (1980)
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Mark Harrington
Co-founder of the Treatment Action Group and prominent activist and researcher in the field of HIV/AIDS.
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Lauren Esposito
“Visibility is important for mental health, for standing up to injustices, and for mentoring current colleagues and future scientists.” – Lauren Esposito
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Martin P. Gouterman
Political activist and chemist who made significant contributions towards the field of quantum chemistry.
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John Pham
Editor-in-Chief of Cell journal.
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Sally Ride
“Studying whether there’s life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there’s something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge” – Sally Ride
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Ben Barres
“I lived life on my terms: I wanted to switch genders, and I did. I wanted to be a scientist, and I was . . . I stood up for what I…
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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
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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
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Lynn Conway
“If you want to change the future, start living as if you’re already there.” – Lynn Conway
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Florence Nightingale
“Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.” – Florence Nightingale
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Alan Turing
“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing
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Carolyn R. Bertozzi
The inventor of the field of biorthogonal chemistry.
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Bruce Voeller
A pioneer in the field of AIDS research and one of the first inductees into the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor.