QueersInScience
Building LGBTQIA+ community and promoting queer visibility, advocacy, education and inclusion in STEMM in Australia.
- Reposted by QueersInScienceFolks in #Melbourne - there's a really good day of expert queer scientist talks, and opportunities to network coming up in just over a week. Check out the links below to register for this event at Swinburne University (in-person only) in Melbourne. Line up looks good! pass it on! 🧪🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
- Guess what, QueerFam? We’re hosting the #LGBTIQA+ STEMM Day symposium at Swinburne Uni (MELB.) on 18 Nov. 2025. We’d love for you to join us — incl. special session on Trans+ health & wellbeing + networking. Info: queersinscience.org.au/event/lgbtqi... Tickets: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
- Guess what, QueerFam? We’re hosting the #LGBTIQA+ STEMM Day symposium at Swinburne Uni (MELB.) on 18 Nov. 2025. We’d love for you to join us — incl. special session on Trans+ health & wellbeing + networking. Info: queersinscience.org.au/event/lgbtqi... Tickets: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
- Our fab queer panel at the #QueersInScience event last night in Melbourne with: Chloe Mackallah, @cosmicrami.com, @astrokatie.com, Deanne Fisher, Krystal de Napoli and Catriona Vi Nguyen-Robertson. 🫶🏽🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ This was a really nice event with lots of great stories and background from queer scientists! ❤️
- Excited to announce that our upcoming special #QueersInScience event in Melbourne with @astrokatie.com + our wonderful local QIS scientists has now sold out! Doors open: 5pm Short talks start: 5:20pm (runtime: 1 hour) Catch you folks on Thursday!
- Reposted by QueersInScienceAnd last, but def. not least - our @queersinscience.bsky.social is super excited to be hosting this event with all these fabulous queer scientists (I'm in this one too, because I am a gay). I had to pick the snacks menu for this, and it went all fancy! Free food and free queer science! Come along!
- And lastly, for #Melbourne, come along to a special @queersinscience.bsky.social event at The Oxford Scholar to hear from our queer scientists across different fields, as well as @astrokatie.com This is at around 80% capacity already, so get in quick! (FREE) queersinscience.org.au/event/queer-...
- #Melbourne fam - come along to this special QiS event next week!
- And lastly, for #Melbourne, come along to a special @queersinscience.bsky.social event at The Oxford Scholar to hear from our queer scientists across different fields, as well as @astrokatie.com This is at around 80% capacity already, so get in quick! (FREE) queersinscience.org.au/event/queer-...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceHappy Pride Month from all of us here at the Museum! Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
- Reposted by QueersInScienceAnd last but not least, come along to a special @queersinscience.bsky.social event, where @astrokatie.com and four other queer scientists will be sharing about their work and how their queerness has shaped their professional journey in STEM. queersinscience.org.au/event/queer-... #Melbourne 6/6
- Hey #Melbourne - QIS and @spaceaustralia.com have got an exciting event coming your way! Come along to our #QueersInScience event on 17 July, feat. @astrokatie.com and our panel of queer scientists! Free event, but limited spaces! More info / tickets: queersinscience.org.au/event/queer-...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceToday also marks the start of Pride month globally. So, the aurora show is perfect - paint the sky rainbow! Happy Pride from Sydney, folks! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 📸 Sydney Mardi Gras
- Reposted by QueersInScienceHere's pack two: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ And here is pack three: bsky.app/starter-pack... Pass it on! #Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️at://did:plc:p3lpf4yg2i7y5sk5e4w5534h/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3layaz4h5vj2l
- Reposted by QueersInScienceWell, it being #Pride month and all, let's kick things off with a couple of starter packs I haven't shared in a while ... The awesome folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social have made it super easy for you to queerify your TL, by following the good folks in these three starter packs: 1/2 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️at://did:plc:p3lpf4yg2i7y5sk5e4w5534h/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l6rjiqraf62w
- Reposted by QueersInScienceAstronomer and gay rights leader Frank Kameny was born 100 years ago today. His fight for justice helped foster change in and beyond STEM. doi.org/10.1063/pt.s... #HistSci #Physics #Astronomy
- Reposted by QueersInScienceThis includes working with all these excellent partners: - Intl. Science School - @spaceaustralia.com - @sydney.edu.au - @ozgrav.bsky.social - ARC CoE Dark Matter - Swinburne Uni. - Wheeler Centre - @queersinscience.bsky.social Keep an eye out for event pages and ticket links! 2/3 🔭
- Folks in Melbourne - the #QueersInScience team will be hosting a special Queers in Science panel with @astrokatie.com and several of our own queer scientists at The Oxford Scholar in Melbourne City on the evening of 17 July. Keep an eye out for upcoming event links! [free event but limited spaces]
- Yo, #Sydney and #Melbourne! Some exciting news! Over last few months have been planning an excellent #SciComm event for our cities. We're hosting @astrokatie.com here in Oz for two weeks to talk about 'The End of Everything!' and more fun science. Got a fantastic program planned for you! 1/3 🔭
- Reposted by QueersInScienceIf you feel like your identity aligns well and you're open to being interviewed, please fill out this Google form no later than May 4th at 11:59 PM EST: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... Astrobites will compile all of our entries and decide the final list of interviewees. (3/4)
- Reposted by QueersInScienceFor Pride month this year, Astrobites is looking to highlight transgender astronomers and we want YOU! We are planning to interview four astronomers about their experience being transgender in science, how they've dealt with barriers throughout their career . . . (1/4)
- Hi folks! 🌈 Queers in Science VIC is putting on a board game night in Melbourne THIS THURSDAY! 🚀 We'll be meeting up at Fortress to enjoy games, drinks, and the company of our fellow science queers! ✨ Sign up here: www.eventfinda.com.au/.../roll-for...
- Protect Trans Youth - Join the National Day of Action! on Feb 8th, 2025! The Queers in Science team encourages our communities and allies across the STEMM fields to join this rally, supporting Trans Youth in Australia. Find an event near you: transjustice.org.au/youth/ #LGBTIQA+
- Your organisation can endorse these events, you can organise a local event, or you can help this movement cover costs: transjustice.org.au/youth/ The QueersInScience team also provides many resources / reports that are available here: linktr.ee/QueersInScie... #LGBTIQA+
- Reposted by QueersInScience2/ The Details There are paid commissions and 'equipment for life' available for: 🔵 7 Writers and journalists ⚪️ 7 Illustrators and artists 💗 6 Audio and podcast producers www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
- Reposted by QueersInScience🏳️⚧️ Paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives! Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? Trans+!? This is for you. With @transhistoryweek.bsky.social we're investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to create official content for Trans+ History Week Deadline 16th Feb 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🧵 The details 👇
- Reposted by QueersInScienceMyself and @the-quantum-ace.bsky.social will be doing a talk next month about asexual, aromantic & agender experiences in STEM. We are looking for folks to share their experiences with us via a form. Please repost for visibility! Read thread for more info ⬇️ (1/4) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- We would love to see LGBTQIA+ individuals awarded Prime Minister's Prizes for Science! Nominations for 2025 PM's Prizes for Science are open until 17 Dec 2024. 7 Prizes from $50k - $250k celebrate scientific research, innovation & excellence in science teaching: www.industry.gov.au/science-tech...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceIt's #TransgenderAwarenessWeek and I want to re-up this really wonderful and moving essay by SciCommer Kade Huckstep. We posted some quotes from the essay as tiles below, but def. take some time to read this piece. 🏳️⚧️💙🩷🤍🩷💙 🏳️⚧️
- Neuroscientist, PhD Candidate & Science Communicator Kade Huckstep wrote an essay for #TDoV that is well worth the read. Because supporting and elevating trans & gender-diverse voices goes well beyond a single day. Read it here communikade.wordpress.com/2024/03/31/t... #TransInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
- Don't forget we've got LGBTQIA+ in STEMM day coming up on Monday! Queer Scientist Talks, Networking, Nibbles! Sign up to join for FREE in Melbourne or Sydney! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lgbtqia-st...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceThis week (13-19 Nov) is Transgender Awareness Week. It’s a week where we share and lift the voices of trans people (should do this all the time, actually), build stronger ally networks for our Trans communities and acknowledge / mitigate the discrimination this community faces. 🏳️⚧️
- The most fabulous day in STEMM is coming up, and we can’t wait to celebrate LGBTQIA+ STEMM Day 2024 with you on November 18! 🌈✨ Follow the link to find more info and register for FREE to join in Melbourne, Sydney or online: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lgbtqia-st... See you there!
- Reposted by QueersInScienceFriends, another starter pack - created by the good folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social. It features #LGBTIQA+ people across STEM. So .... a) Give folks on this list if you like b) if you are a queer person in STEM, let the Pride in STEM folks know to add you to this pack! go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
- It's TODAY! 🎉 It's #GiveOUTDay24 so now's the time to support your LGBTQIA+ in STEMM community! Together we can build a sector where LGBTQIA+ people thrive & queer excellence drives our next breakthroughs. Donate now for double the impact! giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- 1 more day! The LGBTQIA+ community is chronically underfunded, receiving less than 5 c per $100 of philanthropy. You can be part of the solution by funding our work. You have until TOMORROW to double the impact of your donation: giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc... #GiveOUTDay24
- Reposted by QueersInScienceIf folks have some spare change - this is a good cause to donate to, as we build a more inclusive STEMM community in AUS. You have about 24 hours before the end of GiveOutDay!
- We are tackling the unique challenges & barriers for LGBTQIA+ people in STEMM, to support the current & upcoming generation of queer scientists. Help us keep queer people in science by donating to us today, and together we can stop the queer brain drain. giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- 2 days left to donate and support your LGBTQIA+ in STEMM community! See our other posts for what we've been doing, what we've achieved, and what we're trying to do as an organisation! Donate anytime up until Thursday! giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- The LGBTQIA+ community is chronically underfunded in Australia, receiving less than 5c per $100 philanthropic dollars. Our volunteers already give so much time & energy in-kind, and we can’t do it on volunteer resources alone. Share & donate by this Thursday! giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- We are tackling the unique challenges & barriers for LGBTQIA+ people in STEMM, to support the current & upcoming generation of queer scientists. Help us keep queer people in science by donating to us today, and together we can stop the queer brain drain. giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceThere's lots great things going on at @queersinscience.bsky.social and more good things in the future! If you can spare some change to help us achieve these things for GiveOUT day, it would be going to an excellent cause! Please also spread the word. Oh, and donations are tax-deductible.
- Look how much we've achieved since we began in 2018! 🤩🙌💪 Please help us continue our work by making a tax-deductible donation that will be doubled by GiveOUT! We're taking part in GiveOUT Day which means this opportunity to donate ends October 17th: giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- Are you an ally? Want to back up your words with actions? If you're in a position to donate money in support of the LGBTQIA+ in STEMM community, we would really appreciate it! You can be part of the solution by funding our work. giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- Look how much we've achieved since we began in 2018! 🤩🙌💪 Please help us continue our work by making a tax-deductible donation that will be doubled by GiveOUT! We're taking part in GiveOUT Day which means this opportunity to donate ends October 17th: giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- Your donation is tax deductible and will be doubled by GiveOUT and their partners! 🌈 #QueerInSTEM #LGBTSTEM #LGBTQSTEM #LGBTQIA #STEMM #QueerSTEM #QueerScience #QueerScientist #DiversityInSTEM
- We are tackling the unique challenges & barriers for LGBTQIA+ people in STEMM, to support the current & upcoming generation of queer scientists. Help us keep queer people in science & STEMM by donating to us today, and together we can stop the queer brain drain! giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- We are tackling the unique challenges & barriers for LGBTQIA+ people in STEMM, to support the current & upcoming generation of queer scientists. Help us keep queer people in science & STEMM by donating to us today, and together we can stop the queer brain drain! giveoutday.org.au/o/queersinsc...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceHappy #BiVisibilityDay to all our Bi friends out there today! 🩷💜💙
- Happy #BiAwarenessWeek! Join us next Monday #BiVisibilityDay for an online Q&A with bi+ scientists! We give multi-gender attracted people working in science the microphone to share their stories, perspectives & experiences. All welcome! Get your link: events.humanitix.com/queersinscie...
- Happy #BiAwarenessWeek! Join us next Monday #BiVisibilityDay for an online Q&A with bi+ scientists! We give multi-gender attracted people working in science the microphone to share their stories, perspectives & experiences. All welcome! Get your link: events.humanitix.com/queersinscie...
- Read our Statement on LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in the 2026 Census: queersinscience.org.au/resources/st... "It is vital to recognise that data and mathematics are not neutral tools; they wield significant power. As scientists, we know that evidence-based policy is at the heart of sound decision-making."
- Reposted by QueersInScienceUpdate: Learn more about each image used in the flag and download a high resolution, print-friendly version from this NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio page! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14627/
- #WearItPurple Day! Starting in 2010, Wear it Purple Day has been recognised annually on the last Friday of August, and aims to spread awareness and support for LGBTIQA+ youth. See how some of our QiS members marked the occasion across VIC! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💜
- Reposted by QueersInScienceFriends! This Friday is #WearItPurple day - a day to show your support for young #LGBTIQA+ folks! (in other places in the world it is sometimes called Spirit Day). Here are some handy resources for you, your schools, workplaces and homes: www.wearitpurple.org/wip-day-reso... pass it on! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
- Reposted by QueersInScienceFriends! Do you identify as queer? 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Are you in the sciences? 🧪🔭📡👩🔬🧑🔬👨🔬 Do you live in Australia? 🇦🇺🦘🐨 Then …. Come join us, and be a part of the the Queers In Science National Board! Can vouch and say it’s a fun, fab and fantastic org to be in! Deets below 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 (pls share with networks)
- You can guide the future for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in STEMM: We are building a @queersinscience.bsky.social National Board! We are seeking individuals to provide input for decisions & guide the direction of QIS, as well as state/territory representatives. More info: mailchi.mp/68de26e99f38...
- You can guide the future for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in STEMM: We are building a @queersinscience.bsky.social National Board! We are seeking individuals to provide input for decisions & guide the direction of QIS, as well as state/territory representatives. More info: mailchi.mp/68de26e99f38...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceHey, it's me! I'll be there for most of the conference covering for @iflscience.bsky.social and will take part in the All Inclusive AGN panel at end of the day on Tuesday 13! Come say hi and chat about your research!🔭🧪#LGBTQSTEM 🌈
- 🌈 Join us at IAU GA 2024 in Cape Town for an inclusive AGN session! Dr. Alfredo Carpineti invites everyone to discuss equity and LGBTQIA+ representation in astronomy. Let's shape a more diverse and welcoming future together! astronomy2024.org/detailed-dra... 🔭 youtube.com/shorts/aIOfK...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceLynn Conway was a legend. Her genius revolutionized the modern world. And for the trans community she represented something hugely important: a quiet, happy life. She wrote me exactly once but I’ll never forget the kind and encouraging person she was. news.engin.umich.edu/2024/06/the-...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceTalking of #PrideMonth, I'm giving this talk in Oxford next week... www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/pride...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceYou might think that Godzilla: Minus One finally coming out (pun intended) on streaming on the first day of Pride is a coincidence. You might also be wrong.
- STEMM in Colour III: Naarm Drift Join us next week on May 29th 2024 at the Motley Bauhaus (VIC) for the third annual edition of our panel discussion series for scientists of colour. Leave your binaries at the door and get read for some spicy takes! Tickets: www.eventfinda.com.au/2024/stemm-i...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceKnow any queer high school students in CT, MA, or RI that might be interested in a free one day Queer Science conference? This is organized by queer scientists (like me!) for future queer scientists. Registration and more information inclusion.engr.uconn.edu/queer-scienc...
- This #IDAHOBIT, read stories and perspectives from our queer in STEMM community on the barriers they faced and what would have made STEMM more inclusive and accessible for them. Overcoming Barriers in STEMM - read it in the latest edition of Science Victoria by @royalsocietyvic.bsky.social!
- Link to magazine here: rsv.org.au/wp-content/u... #LGBTSTEM #LGBTQIA #STEMM #QueerInSTEM #QueerScience #QueerScientist #DiversityInSTEM
- For #IDAHOBIT, our national co-conveners Mohammad Taha and Chloe Mackallah wrote about our History of Queerness in STEMM 🌈 This article has just been released in the latest edition of Science Victoria by @royalsocietyvic.bsky.social! 🎉 Read it here: rsv.org.au/wp-content/u...
- Mohammad's words: "Who gets to pursue STEMM & have aspirations is just as important as what we achieve. ... It's central to the expansive ideals STEMM embodies. We need to apply those ideals to who participates in STEMM, actively inviting diverse voices because it won't happen by chance."
- Today’s the day, it’s 17 May! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Get your workplace, school and socials ready for #IDAHOBIT with this fab list of resources we’ve threaded below. Let’s celebrate our wonderful communities and fight discrimination and bigotry for all of us. Let’s share our stories!
- Tomorrow (17 May) is #IDAHOBIT International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We're acknowledging this important day in the LGBTIQA+ communities today & tomorrow - today we're going to provide some guides, tools, and resources and tomorrow we're going to share your stories. 🧵👇
- Tomorrow (17 May) is #IDAHOBIT International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We're acknowledging this important day in the LGBTIQA+ communities today & tomorrow - today we're going to provide some guides, tools, and resources and tomorrow we're going to share your stories. 🧵👇
- We really like a few guides that our friends over at Minus18 have put together. www.minus18.org.au/resources/lg... is a great tool for using language respectfully and inclusively with LGBTIQA+ folks.
- www.minus18.org.au/resources/ho... - an excellent, easy-to-follow guide on how to be a fab Trans ally.
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View full threadAnd lastly, don't forget to change your social profiles tomorrow - here are a few templates you can choose from! www.idahobit.org.au/resources/so... Tag us in your pics and we'll signal boost where we can tomorrow on #IDAHOBIT and check out some of the stories we'll be sharing!
- Reposted by QueersInScienceToday, we have an interview with Dr Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social, a queer scientist interested in the #evolution of flowers, the structures that give its name to the most diverse groups of plants nowadays: the flowering plants botany.one/2024/05/herv...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceLGBTQ Ph.D. graduates will soon be counted in key U.S. survey All it took was years of lobbying and formal complaints to NSF’s Office of Scientific Integrity and the House of Representatives to force the NCSES to follow its own data www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceInvitation to Participate in a Study: Understanding Factors Leading Queer and Trans People to Leave STEM If you are queer or trans and left a STEM career, the team would like you to be involved more info below. usd.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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- Neuroscientist, PhD Candidate & Science Communicator Kade Huckstep wrote an essay for #TDoV that is well worth the read. Because supporting and elevating trans & gender-diverse voices goes well beyond a single day. Read it here communikade.wordpress.com/2024/03/31/t... #TransInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
- Reposted by QueersInScienceI didn't see this in time for #TDOV, but I'm a 🏳️⚧️/NB/GF environmental scientist who works on the dynamics of coupled socio-environmental systems: how environmental change affects individuals & society, and how individual & collective human behavior affects the environment.
- Reposted by QueersInScienceReminding all y'all that it's just that easy. (Also reminding all y'all that Transgender Visibility Day always happens on March 31st.)
- Reposted by QueersInScience👋 #TDoV is what people need it to be for themselves. I am fully out and 'visible' every day. I do trans/gnc inclusion work all year. I look at the intersection of sensory systems, fishes, and biomechanics. How things work is a great interest of mine, and #wobbegong sharks! #TransInStem
- Thanks so much to everyone who sent in their experiences and quotes for #TDoV - we have several to share over the next few days. We've also received a really wonderful essay that we'll be sharing too. Here's a thread with the first few responses with more to come! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ #TransInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
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View full threadCouple more posts to come over next few days, but we think that #TDoV should be just an everyday thing, so link is still open for you to let us know about what #TDoV means for you, about your work in science, or whatever you’d like to voice and we’ll signal boost: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by QueersInScienceMarch 31st, tomorrow for US time zones.
- Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! 🏳️⚧️ Today we celebrate our wonderful Trans and Gender Diverse communities and acknowledge that there are still many challenges that we face daily. To begin the day, read about how #TDoV started: 19thnews.org/2021/03/hist... #TransInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
- Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! 🏳️⚧️ Today we celebrate our wonderful Trans and Gender Diverse communities and acknowledge that there are still many challenges that we face daily. To begin the day, read about how #TDoV started: 19thnews.org/2021/03/hist... #TransInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
- We also want to hear from, and amplify the voices, of our Trans and Gender Diverse communities in science - so if this is you (and you are comfortable doing so), reply to this thread about what #TDoV means for you, about your work in science, or whatever you'd like to voice and we'll signal boost!
- Reposted by QueersInScienceAdding #QueerInSTEM #TransInSTEM so that feed will pick it up.
- Hi BlueSky friends! 🧪 We’ve started to migrate our QueersInScience account away from the bad place, and build our community here. 🏳️🌈 Would love a follow and signal boost to get things going! And March 31 is #TDoV so we’re wanting to hear from the Trans science community to share your stories. 🏳️⚧️
