Organization:Pride in STEM

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Short description: UK LGBT+ charity
Pride in STEM
The logo of Pride in STEM
Founded2016
FoundersAlfredo Carpineti, Chris Carpineti, Matt Young
Legal statusCharitable trust
Websiteprideinstem.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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Our Organisation". 27 November 2018. https://prideinstem.org/organisation/. 
  2. ↑ "PRIDE IN STEM - Charity 1197921" (in en-GB). https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5179081. 
  3. ↑ Brierley, Craig. "Taking pride in our researchers". https://www.cam.ac.uk/lgbtstem19. 
  4. ↑ "Dr. Alfredo Carpineti" (in en). https://iflscience.com/authors/dr-alfredo-carpineti. 
  5. ↑ Pascoe, Michael. "British Science Festival: From Soil to Space-Out Thinkers Research with Pride". https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/blogs/bsa-blog/out-thinkers. 
  6. ↑ Britton, Ben (1 July 2019). "Get Talking—Pride in STEM". Materials World. https://www.iom3.org/materials-world-magazine/news/2019/jul/01/get-talking-pride-stem. Retrieved 28 February 2020. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Pride in STEM Branding & Style Guide". January 2019. https://prideinstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/StyleGuide_v01-1.pdf. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Out Thinkers". 29 October 2018. https://prideinstem.org/out-thinkers/. 
  9. ↑ "Out Thinkers". https://britishsciencefestival.org/event/out-thinkers/. 
  10. ↑ Haycock, Stuart (17 June 2019). "Pride month kicked off with Out Thinkers at Imperial College White City". https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/191630/pride-month-kicked-with-out-thinkers/. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Hollis, Morgan. "LGBTSTEM Day - 15 March 2018". https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/lgbtstem-day-5-july-2018. 
  12. ↑ Pink, Chris (12 July 2018). "A walk on the Pride side". Chemistry World. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/a-walk-on-the-pride-side/3009251.article?adredir=1. Retrieved 26 February 2020. 
  13. ↑ Robles, Juaquin (5 July 2018). "What You Need to Know About the First LGBTSTEM Day". Out. https://www.out.com/pride/2018/7/05/what-you-need-know-about-first-lgbtstem-day. Retrieved 26 February 2020. 
  14. ↑ "Celebrating LGBTSTEM Day 2018". 5 July 2018. https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2018/jul/celebrating-lgbtstem-day/. 
  15. ↑ Hoggard, Ellen (5 July 2019). "What is LGBTSTEM Day?". Happiful. https://happiful.com/what-is-lgbtstem-day/. Retrieved 7 March 2020. 
  16. ↑ "#LGBTSTEMDay 2020 Will Be On November 18". 17 November 2019. https://prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/. 
  17. ↑ Carpineti, Alfredo (27 July 2018). "Pride in STEM does Pride Proud". https://prideinstem.org/2018/07/27/pride-in-stem-does-pride-proud/. 
  18. ↑ Goodman, Sheldon (10 June 2019). "March With Us!". https://prideinstem.org/2019/06/10/march-with-us/. 
  19. ↑ Pengelly, Jack (9 August 2017). "The Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour (Excellence in STEM)". Gay Times. https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/honours/82622/barbara-burford/. Retrieved 26 February 2020. 
  20. ↑ "Nature is proud to support Pride in STEM". Nature 571 (7763): 5. 2 July 2019. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02022-8. PMID 31267063. Bibcode: 2019Natur.571....5.. 

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