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Photo courtesy of Aflah Hanafiah
The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco continues New Science, a new exhibition which tells first-person stories of LGBTQ + women and gender minorities of color working in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math and medicine) professions. The exhibit, which features nearly a dozen profiles of individuals who reflect a radical shift in queer representation in STEMM, aims to recognize and amplify the significant contributions of historically under-represented groups in science, and in the process, diversify faces and lived experiences. of modern science.
The exhibition debuted at the sold-out Academy Pride Nightlife event on Thursday June 24, an annual event for adults 21 and over that celebrates Pride Month with after-hours access to museum exhibits, music and more. Online that same evening, viewers can tune into Evening school: queering sciences, a virtual event featuring scientists whose queer perspectives and identities help generate new ideas, discoveries and previously unasked questions in their respective fields. The free, live-streamed event will feature many of the scientists featured in the New Science exhibit, created in partnership with 500 queer scientists and with funding from an IF / THEN® Gender Equity Grant. (Continued on next page.)
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