If you are more interested in learning about current LGBTQ+ scientists, take a look at 500 Queer scientists, the Twitter account PrideInSTEM or this article about LGBTQ+ people in STEM. This list is more on the historical side and includes mostly (though not entirely) people who are no longer working scientists. So I've included in this list people who were public about their identity and/or orientation as well as people who are thought to have been LGBTQ+. It's important to learn about the contributions LGBTQ+ people have long been making. But I also know that the good that comes from the visibility of those historical figures is significant. Many LGBTQ+ people in history couldn't come out publicly (and the truth is that many today still can't), and it feels a little intrusive to guess based on a letter or some ambiguous anecdote. I often feel uncomfortable with these lists, especially when sexual orientation and/or gender identity is speculative. To celebrate Pride Month, I wanted to share a bit about LGBTQ+ scientists of the past. It was an inflection point in the gay liberation movement. June is Pride Month, which commemorates the Stonewall riots of 1969, when patrons of a gay bar, The Stonewall Inn, in New York City fought back against a police raid.
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