A conversation on building safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community in the geosciences.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34172726.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-24020-z and PMC identifier 8233324.
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Abstract
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) scientists are an invisible minority that still faces harassment and discrimination. Fostering safe, designated LGBTQ+ environments is a way for the community to connect with each other and raise awareness. In honor of Pride Month (June 2021), Dr. Keisling (postdoctoral fellow at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University), Dr. Le Bras (scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and Dr. Ludka (postdoctoral researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) share with <i>Nature Communications</i> their experiences bringing together the LGBTQ+ community at geoscience conferences, and offer advice for how other disciplines can do the same.
Medical subject headings
- Community Networks
- Earth Sciences
- Sexual and Gender Minorities