In this talk Alex will share their experiences working as a queer person across academia and industry, and offer some advice for how you can deal with noise yourself.

The talk will invite the community to reflect on what spaces they have found inclusive, and what qualities make it so. How can we get our allies to do more of the heavy-lifting in creating inclusive spaces?

This presentation depicts the findings from a pilot study conducted for a PhD thesis exploring issues of exclusion and participation of queer youth (LGBTI+) in secondary school science education.

I research pharmaceuticals as contaminants in the environment. I will also talk about how growing up in a binary world, I didn’t have the words to describe my identities. And without knowing my options, I couldn’t find who I am.

As a current PhD student at the University of Bath, I will be talking about my journey to where I am now in both my STEM career and my gender. I will be talking about my struggles coming from a working-class background, growing up as a woman in physics, and then navigating gender changes alongside studies. I aim to share my experience of things that helped me through difficulties and raise awareness of the lack of visibility for LGBTQ+ people in physics.

I’m going to talk a little about my experiences of coming out as trans as I started my postgraduate studies, and how I finally found (and helped build) a community in the chemistry department. I’ll also talk in depth about our campaign for gender-neutral toilets in the department, and how (not) to try and change things in a system that’s rather resistant to change.

This talk will discuss my experiences as a transgender woman and, in particular, transitioning as a lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Hull.

I would like to introduce you all to the world of the IGR (International Gay Rugby) and talk about how my academics and rugby team have worked for me and allowed me to grow in the world of STEM.