Pride in STEM
{{short description|UK LGBT+ charity}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{infobox organization
|name = Pride in STEM
|logo = Pride in STEM logo.svg
|logo_alt = The logo of Pride in STEM
|founded = 2016
|founders = Alfredo Carpineti, Chris Carpineti, Matt Young
|status = Charitable trust
|website = {{URL|prideinstem.org}}
}}
Pride in STEM is a UK-based charity supporting LGBT+ scientists internationally, co-founded in 2016{{cite web|website=Pride in STEM|url=https://prideinstem.org/organisation/|access-date=26 February 2020|title=Our Organisation|author=|date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412111524/https://prideinstem.org/organisation/|archive-date=12 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=PRIDE IN STEM - Charity 1197921 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5179081 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk |language=en-GB}} by Alfredo Carpineti, a senior staff writer and space correspondent at IFLScience,{{cite web|website=University of Cambridge|title=Taking pride in our researchers|last=Brierley|first=Craig|date=|access-date=27 February 2020|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/lgbtstem19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711190613/https://www.cam.ac.uk/lgbtstem19|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Dr. Alfredo Carpineti |url=https://iflscience.com/authors/dr-alfredo-carpineti |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=IFLScience |language=en}} his husband Chris, and Matt Young, a researcher at the University of Nottingham. Its origins, prior to registration as a charitable trust, were as a marching group for the parade at Pride in London.{{cite web|website=British Science Association|title=British Science Festival: From Soil to Space-Out Thinkers Research with Pride|last=Pascoe|first=Michael|date=|url=https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/blogs/bsa-blog/out-thinkers|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001657/https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/blogs/bsa-blog/out-thinkers|archive-date=28 February 2020|url-status=live}} Ben Britton, one of the organisation's trustees, wrote in 2019 that the organisation's "informal mantra is to queer up science spaces and science up queer spaces".{{cite magazine|magazine=Materials World|url=https://www.iom3.org/materials-world-magazine/news/2019/jul/01/get-talking-pride-stem|title=Get Talking—Pride in STEM|last=Britton|first=Ben|date=1 July 2019|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228004653/https://www.iom3.org/materials-world-magazine/news/2019/jul/01/get-talking-pride-stem|archive-date=28 February 2020|url-status=live}} "STEM" is an acronym for "science, technology, engineering and maths/medicine".
Events
=Out Thinkers=
The organisation organises a series of events called "Out Thinkers", first held in 2016,{{cite web|title=Pride in STEM Branding & Style Guide|date=January 2019|website=Pride in STEM|access-date=28 February 2020|url=https://prideinstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/StyleGuide_v01-1.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226160948/https://prideinstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/StyleGuide_v01-1.pdf|archive-date=26 February 2020|url-status=live}} at which LGBT+ scientists discuss their life and work.{{cite web|url=https://prideinstem.org/out-thinkers/|title=Out Thinkers|author=|website=Pride in STEM|date=29 October 2018 |access-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816180835/https://prideinstem.org/out-thinkers/|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}} Events in the series have been held at the British Science Festival,{{cite web|website=British Science Festival|title=Out Thinkers|access-date=26 February 2020|author=|url=https://britishsciencefestival.org/event/out-thinkers/|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226162608/https://britishsciencefestival.org/event/out-thinkers/|url-status=dead}} at Imperial College London,{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/191630/pride-month-kicked-with-out-thinkers/|website=Imperial College London|first=Stuart|last=Haycock|title=Pride month kicked off with Out Thinkers at Imperial College White City|date=17 June 2019|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624153404/http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/191630/pride-month-kicked-with-out-thinkers/|archive-date=24 June 2019|url-status=live}} at the Science Museum, London, and at the Cambridge Science Festival. The first international Out Thinkers event was held in 2018.
=LGBTSTEM Day=
They were responsible, along with two other British Isles-based organisations, for organising the first LGBTSTEM Day, which was held on 5 July 2018,{{cite web|title=LGBTSTEM Day - 15 March 2018|last=Hollis|first=Morgan|website=Royal Astronomical Society|access-date=26 February 2020|url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/lgbtstem-day-5-july-2018}}{{cite magazine|title=A walk on the Pride side|date=12 July 2018|magazine=Chemistry World|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/a-walk-on-the-pride-side/3009251.article?adredir=1|access-date=26 February 2020|last=Pink|first=Chris}} which promotes visibility and awareness of LGBT+ people in the sciences.{{cite magazine|magazine=Out|title=What You Need to Know About the First LGBTSTEM Day|date=5 July 2018|last=Robles|first=Juaquin|access-date=26 February 2020|url=https://www.out.com/pride/2018/7/05/what-you-need-know-about-first-lgbtstem-day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629105948/https://www.out.com/pride/2018/7/05/what-you-need-know-about-first-lgbtstem-day|archive-date=29 June 2019|url-status=live}} The event was supported by the Royal Astronomical Society, Institute of Physics, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.{{cite web|website=Royal Society of Chemistry|author=|title=Celebrating LGBTSTEM Day 2018|url=https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2018/jul/celebrating-lgbtstem-day/|access-date=26 February 2020|date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629230637/https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2018/jul/celebrating-lgbtstem-day/|archive-date=29 June 2019|url-status=live}}
The following year, nine groups (including Pride in STEM) were involved in organising the day, again on 5 July, with fifty organisations reported to be supporting it.{{cite magazine|url=https://happiful.com/what-is-lgbtstem-day/|magazine=Happiful|last=Hoggard|first=Ellen|title=What is LGBTSTEM Day?|date=5 July 2019|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226112724/https://happiful.com/what-is-lgbtstem-day/|archive-date=26 February 2020|url-status=live}} In 2020, the day will instead be held on 18 November, to mark the 60th anniversary of astronomer Frank Kameny's petition to the United States Supreme Court, in a case prompted by his dismissal from the US Army as a result of his sexual orientation.{{cite web|website=Pride in STEM|url=https://prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/|title=#LGBTSTEMDay 2020 Will Be On November 18|date=17 November 2019 |access-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220185203/https://prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/|archive-date=20 December 2019|url-status=live}}
=Other events=
Pride in STEM has marched as part of Pride in London's march in 2016, 2017, 2018{{cite web|website=Pride in STEM|last=Carpineti|first=Alfredo|url=https://prideinstem.org/2018/07/27/pride-in-stem-does-pride-proud/|title=Pride in STEM does Pride Proud|date=27 July 2018|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510204911/https://prideinstem.org/2018/07/27/pride-in-stem-does-pride-proud/|archive-date=10 May 2019|url-status=live}} and 2019.{{cite web|website=Pride in STEM|last=Goodman|first=Sheldon|url=https://prideinstem.org/2019/06/10/march-with-us/|title=March With Us!|date=10 June 2019|access-date=27 February 2020}}
Recognition
In 2017, the organisation was nominated for the Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour for excellence in STEM.{{cite magazine|magazine=Gay Times|title=The Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour (Excellence in STEM)|date=9 August 2017|last=Pengelly|first=Jack|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/honours/82622/barbara-burford/|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421215119/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/honours/82622/barbara-burford/|archive-date=21 April 2019|url-status=live}}
The journal Nature announced its support for the organisation in 2019.{{cite journal|title=Nature is proud to support Pride in STEM|author=|journal=Nature|date=2 July 2019|volume=571|issue=7763|page=5|doi=10.1038/d41586-019-02022-8|pmid=31267063|bibcode=2019Natur.571....5. |doi-access=free}}
References
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External links
- [https://prideinstem.org/ Official website]
- [https://twitter.com/PrideinSTEM/ Pride in STEM] on Twitter
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Category:2016 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:LGBTQ organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Science advocacy organizations
Category:Charities based in England