Pride in STEM

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Pride in STEM
Founded2016
FoundersAlfredo Carpineti, Chris Carpineti, Matt Young
Legal status Charitable trust
Website prideinstem.org

Pride in STEM is a UK-based charity supporting LGBT+ scientists internationally, co-founded in 2016 [1] [2] by Alfredo Carpineti, a senior staff writer and space correspondent at IFLScience, [3] [4] his husband Chris, and Matt Young, a researcher at the University of Nottingham. [1] Its origins, prior to registration as a charitable trust, were as a marching group for the parade at Pride in London. [5] Ben Britton, one of the organisation's trustees, wrote in 2019 that the organisation's "informal mantra is to queer up science spaces and science up queer spaces". [6] "STEM" is an acronym for "science, technology, engineering and maths/medicine". [1]

Contents

Events

Out Thinkers

The organisation organises a series of events called "Out Thinkers", first held in 2016, [7] at which LGBT+ scientists discuss their life and work. [8] Events in the series have been held at the British Science Festival, [9] at Imperial College London, [10] at the Science Museum, London, and at the Cambridge Science Festival. [8] The first international Out Thinkers event was held in 2018. [7]

LGBTSTEM Day

They were responsible, along with two other British Isles-based organisations, for organising the first LGBTSTEM Day, which was held on 5 July 2018, [11] [12] which promotes visibility and awareness of LGBT+ people in the sciences. [13] The event was supported by the Royal Astronomical Society, Institute of Physics, [11] and the Royal Society of Chemistry. [14]

The following year, nine groups (including Pride in STEM) were involved in organising the day, again on 5 July, with fifty organisations reported to be supporting it. [15] In 2020, the day will instead be held on 18 November, to mark the 60th anniversary of astronomer Frank Kameny's petition to the United States Supreme Court, in a case prompted by his dismissal from the US Army as a result of his sexual orientation. [16]

Other events

Pride in STEM has marched as part of Pride in London's march in 2016, 2017, 2018 [17] and 2019. [18]

Recognition

In 2017, the organisation was nominated for the Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour for excellence in STEM. [19]

The journal Nature announced its support for the organisation in 2019. [20]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Our Organisation". Pride in STEM. 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "PRIDE IN STEM - Charity 1197921". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Brierley, Craig. "Taking pride in our researchers". University of Cambridge . Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Alfredo Carpineti". IFLScience. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Pascoe, Michael. "British Science Festival: From Soil to Space-Out Thinkers Research with Pride". British Science Association . Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Britton, Ben (1 July 2019). "Get Talking—Pride in STEM". Materials World . Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Pride in STEM Branding & Style Guide" (PDF). Pride in STEM. January 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Out Thinkers". Pride in STEM. 29 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Out Thinkers". British Science Festival . Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Haycock, Stuart (17 June 2019). "Pride month kicked off with Out Thinkers at Imperial College White City". Imperial College London . Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  11. 1 2 Hollis, Morgan. "LGBTSTEM Day - 15 March 2018". Royal Astronomical Society . Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  12. ↑ Pink, Chris (12 July 2018). "A walk on the Pride side". Chemistry World . Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Robles, Juaquin (5 July 2018). "What You Need to Know About the First LGBTSTEM Day". Out . Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Celebrating LGBTSTEM Day 2018". Royal Society of Chemistry . 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  15. ↑ Hoggard, Ellen (5 July 2019). "What is LGBTSTEM Day?". Happiful. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "#LGBTSTEMDay 2020 Will Be On November 18". Pride in STEM. 17 November 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  17. ↑ Carpineti, Alfredo (27 July 2018). "Pride in STEM does Pride Proud". Pride in STEM. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  18. ↑ Goodman, Sheldon (10 June 2019). "March With Us!". Pride in STEM. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  19. ↑ Pengelly, Jack (9 August 2017). "The Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour (Excellence in STEM)". Gay Times . Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  20. ↑ "Nature is proud to support Pride in STEM". Nature . 571 (7763): 5. 2 July 2019. Bibcode:2019Natur.571....5.. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-02022-8 . PMID   31267063.

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