Pride Month: Guests to Know and Love
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June is Pride Month, so let’s revisit an array of -ologists who share not only their science, facts, and wisdom, but also their lived experience of being queer in STEM. Start with the Neuroendocrinology episode on sex & gender — or bop around a variety of topics from LGBTQ+ guests we love.
Ologies guests to celebrate for Pride Month — and all year round:
🪰 Dipterology (FLIES) with Bryan Lessard
🐌 Conotoxinology (CONE SNAIL VENOM) with Sabah Ul-Husan
🧠 Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) Part 2 with René Brooks
🪖 Bovine Neuropathology (HEADBUTTING) with Nicole Ackermans
🔎 Forensic Ecology (NATURE DETECTIVE) with Tiara Moore
⚙️ Systems Biology (MEDICAL MATHEMATICS) with Emily E. Ackerman
🦈 Elasmobranchology (MORE NEW SHARK STORIES) with Jaida Elcock
🛸 UFOlogy (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena) with Sarah Scoles
🐚 Biomineralogy (SHELLS) with Robert Ulrich
🎭 Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS) with Jay Duckworth
🍑 Gluteology (BUTTS) with Natalia Reagan
🌳 Carobology (NOT-CHOCOLATE TREES) with Megan Lynch
👚 Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING) with Riley Kucheran
🦫 Dasyurology (TASMANIAN DEVILS) with Jarrah Dale
⚧ Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER) with Daniel Pfau
⏩ Futurology (THE FUTURE) with Rose Eveleth
🌊 Cnidariology (CORAL) with Shayle Matsuda
🦂 Scorpiology (SCORPIONS) with Lauren Esposito
🪐 Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) with Katie Mack
🌋 Volcanology (VOLCANOES) with Jess Phoenix
Also check out Smologies: smaller, kid-friendly versions of classic episodes.
More links you may enjoy:
500 Queer Scientists • website • Instagram • Twitter
Connecting & amplifying the LGBTQ+ STEM community, aka a powerful source of scientific progress
Queers in Science • website • Instagram • Twitter
An organization building community and improving support for LGBTQIA+ people in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) in Australia.
oSTEM • website • Instagram • Twitter
Student & professional society for the LGBTQ+ STEM community with over 100 chapters across the United States and abroad.
Out to Innovate • website • Instagram • Twitter
A professional society and global community of LGBTQ+ students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Formerly known as NOGLSTP.
Pride in STEM • website • Instagram • Twitter
Pride in STEM is a charity run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ scientists & engineers from around the world. Proud of who we are and what we do. We aim to showcase and support all LGBTQIA+ people in STEM fields.
InterEngineering • website • Twitter
To connect, inform and empower LGBTQ+ engineers and their supports to foster greater inclusion in engineering.
The STEM Village • website • Twitter
Creating a platform to improve visibility of the LGBTQ+ STEM community around the world.
Science is a Drag! • website • Instagram
A community-driven show celebrating science through the power of drag in Toronto.