The scholarships are tend for unrgraduate and graduate stunts pursug gre science, technology, engeerg, or mathematics (STEM) programs who are eher lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or an active ally of the LGBTQ+ muny.
Contents:
- THE NEW STEM GAP: STUDY CONFIRMS GAY MEN ARE LS LIKELY THAN STRAIGHT MEN TO BE IN STEM FIELDS
- GAY MEN 'LS LIKELY' TO HAVE GREE SCIENCE, TECH, ENGEERG OR MATHS
- OPN: STEM ISN’T VERY GAY-IENDLY — AND THAT’S A PROBLEM
THE NEW STEM GAP: STUDY CONFIRMS GAY MEN ARE LS LIKELY THAN STRAIGHT MEN TO BE IN STEM FIELDS
The world of science is still ght wh challeng for members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni, speakers say * stem gay *
I've often felt isolated my bisexualy—tucked the space between two muni—not que gay and not que straight. Growg up North Carola as a non-passg gay boy, science served as a haven for me.
At this pot, I've done that work and love beg a gay man the world. It is very important to me bee I have the secury and the support my life to be out whout a signifint triment—no more than the average threat of physil vlence as an outwardly-prentg gay man. What's really been neat is havg a genr exprsn that mov between mascule and feme as a gay man, and havg that prentatn occur the workplace as well as my personal life.
GAY MEN 'LS LIKELY' TO HAVE GREE SCIENCE, TECH, ENGEERG OR MATHS
I've gotten to share that experience particularly wh folks the queer muny whose genr exprsn is not of a bary, and have had amazg nversatns about what means to be a cisgenr gay man who, for example, wears lorful bobby ps to a work terview. The partment uld have been homophobic, but really what mattered most was if my lab group [was].
JN: Along wh OSTEM, there's also Natnal Organizatn for Gay and Lbian Science Technil Profsnals (NOGLSTP). Gay and bisexual stunts are ls likely to follow an amic reer (2018 Comg out STEM: Factors affectg retentn of sexual mory STEM stunts).
OPN: STEM ISN’T VERY GAY-IENDLY — AND THAT’S A PROBLEM
The date is symbolic of the 60th anniversary of Amerin Astronomer and gay activist Frank Kameny’s US Supreme Court fight agast workplace discrimatn. A study that suggts straight men outnumber gay men might be easily dismissed as “no duh.
NEW YORK, NY: Marchers and spectators high-fivg each other durg the Gay Pri March on June 30,... A 2019 Gallup poll showed that most Amerin adults believe that almost one four of is eher gay or lbian. A study published by Statista 2017 termed that about only one 100 Amerin women, and two 100 Amerin men, intify as gay: Put another way, that’s 1% of the U.
2% of all Amerin men are gay. For the first time, rearchers have nfirmed another gap exists, this one impactg gay, lbian and bisexual people studyg and workg STEM.