Current Queer Folks in STEM
This lesbian geologist and volcanologist makes videos online about her experiences being a grad student, and about being queer in STEM
Who is Dykanite?
This queer scientist is considered the father of modern computer science, and helped create foundational science for AI and mathematical theoretical molecular biology.
Who is Alan Turing?
This zoologist, primatologist, and anthropologist is famous for her work with chimpanzees.
Who is Jane Goodall?
As seen in the movie Hidden Figures, Katherine Johnson is famous for doing this.
Who did critical mathematical calculations for many space missions (critically including the Apollo 11 mission)?
This U.S. State has the most queer residents.
What is Oregon?
This trans computer scientist was instrumental in designing the BBC Microcomputer.
Who is Sophie Wilson?
This queer scientist was a Physics professor and the first American woman in space.
This scientist is famous for her work with radiology, specifically radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
George Washington Carver, famed botanist, is known for finding 300 uses for this legume.
What are Peanuts?
This is the number of species in which homosexual behavior has been observed.
What is 1500+?
These queer mathmaticians who invented intersection homology are a married couple.
Who are Robert McFearson and Mark Gorsky?
This queer activist and scientist founded the first sexology clinic and did the first major research on trans identity and gender affirming care.
Who is Magnus Hirschfield?
This mathmetician is lauded as the first person to write a program for a computer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Kimberly Bryant, an electrical engineer is known for establishing a nonprofit dedicated to helping teach this demographic how to code..
What is the demographic of Black Girls?
This is the number of human intersex variations there are.
What is 30+?
This queer astrophysicist is best known for her work proving Einstein's theory about gravitational waves.
Who is Nergis Mavalvala?
This queer scientist made huge discoveries about tuberculosis and also was one of the first people to undergo transgender surgeries.
Who is Alan Hart?
This physicist played a critical role in solving Nuclear Fission.
Who is Lise Meitner?
Kalpana Dhawla, first Asian American to go to space, went on this many missions.
What is two?
The year homosexuality was removed from the DSM.
What was 1973?
This queer arachnologist co-founded the network 500 Queer Scientists and is known for her research on Scorpions.
Who is Lauren Esposito?
This queer scientist created the foundations for neurobiology and was the first trans scientist in the National Academy of Sciences.
Who is Ben Barres?
This woman helped author the De curis mulierum ("On Treatments for Women") in the 12th century, making her one of the earliest pioneers of gynecology.
Who is Trota of Salerno, or Trotula?
(Trotula is another name for the texts, but has been mistaken as the author's name for centuries)
The Okazakis are famous for discovering this in cellular biology/genetics..
What are Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand of DNA?
The first state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation
What is Wisconsin?