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Upcoming Events
LGBT Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Denver, CO
Sheraton Denver Downtown, Governer's Square 11
The LGBT+ Physicists group welcomes those who identify as gender sexual minorities, as LGBTQQIAAP+, or as allies to participate in a round-table discussion on mentoring physicists. The session will provide an opportunity to learn and discuss successful mentoring strategies at different career stages for physicists in all environments, including academia, industry, etc. Attendees are encouraged to attend a social event to follow the panel to continue to network. Allies are especially welcome at this event to learn how to support and mentor LGBT+ physicists.
Our session will unfortunately overlap with that of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP); however, they will be meeting right next door to us at the Sheraton. Attendees are encouraged to freely move between the two sessions as they wish. Attendees are also encouraged to attend the Diversity Session following both sessions.
We welcome everyone to attend! Light refreshments will be provided.
We gratefully thank COM, CSWP, oSTEM, NSBP and APS for their kind sponsorship and support of this event.
Past Events
Sexual and Gender Minority Issues in Physics Session at APS March Meeting
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
11:15am - 2:00pm
Boston, MA
Room 253 C
Cost: Free to attendents of APS March Meeting
This session will include talks from LGBT+ physicists and from researchers working on understanding what issues affect LGBT+ academic professionals. It will include a number of talks and a panel discussion.
Please see our flyer here.
Oh, the Places You'll Go (From Particles to Programming) at oSTEM National Meeting
Friday, September 23, 2011
2:15pm - 3:10pm
Westin Washington, DC Center
1400 M Street NW
Washington, DC
Cost: Free to attendents of oSTEM National Meeting
Elena Long, founder of LGBT+ Physicists, will be on a panel discussion along with Trevor Brown, a scientist/biochemist at the Naval Medical Research Center, Michael Hong, a consultant at IBM, Richard Lu a molecular biologist/virologist at Harvard, Dana Zircher, a software engineer at Microsoft, and Kandice Fields, a mechanical design engineer at WL Gore & Associates.
LGBTIQQAP+ Issues in Physics at APS April Meeting
Monday, May 2, 2011
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orange County
11999 Harbor Boulevard
Anaheim, California
Salon VII-VII
Currently there is extremely little in the way of resources for LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, asexual, pansexual, etc.) physicists. This meeting will be an open conversation to continue creating these resources. The session is open to both LGBT+ physicists as well as straight and cisgender people who are interested in helping those who are not.
Some topics that will be on the discussion floor:
· Lack of employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression
· Lack of data on the LGBT+ physicist demographics
· Health insurance policies that cover domestic partners
· Transgender related health care
· "2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People" - Campus Pride
· Making networking resources available so that LGBT+ physicists have a means of communicating with one another
LGBTIQQAP+ Issues in Physics at APS March Meeting
Tuesday, March 22th, 2011
8:00pm-10:00pm
Dallas, TX
Hyatt Hotel
Windsor Room
Currently there is extremely little in the way of resources for LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, asexual, pansexual, etc.) physicists. This meeting will be an open conversation to continue creating these resources. The session is open to both LGBT+ physicists as well as straight and cisgender people who are interested in helping those who are not.
Some topics that will be on the discussion floor:
· Lack of employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression
· Lack of data on the LGBT+ physicist demographics
· Health insurance policies that cover domestic partners
· Transgender related health care
· "2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People" - Campus Pride
· Making networking resources available so that LGBT+ physicists have a means of communicating with one another
Making Science More Trans Friendly
Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference
June 4th, 2010
4:00pm-5:20pm
Room 105 A
Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
The workshop presenter has been working on creating resources for LGBTIQQAP+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, asexual, pansexual, etc.) Physicists. Although much is still in the beginning phases, progress is being made to make physics more trans friendly such as changing EEO policies and attempting to gather data on our demographics. This workshop is an opportunity to have a conversation with trans folk working in science to discuss ways in which we can make the different fields of science more trans friendly.
LGBTIQQAP+ Issues in Physics at APS March Meeting
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
7:00pm-9:00pm
Portland, OR
Hilton Portland & Exectuive Tower
921 SW Sixth Ave.
Main Building
Room: Cabinet Suite
This meeting will provide an opportunity for people interested in LGBTIQQAP+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, asexual, pansexual, etc.) issues in physics to meet, network, and discuss issues faced by this community. Some suggested topics for discussion include: lack of employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, lack of data on the LGBTIQQAP+ physicist demographics, health insurance policies for domestic partners and transgender related health care, and creating networking resources so that LGBTIQQAP+ physicists have a means of communicating with one another.
LGBTIQQAP+ Issues in Physics Gathering at AAPT/APS "April" Meeting
February 15th, 2010
7:00pm-9:00pm
Washington, DC
Wardman Park Marriott Hotel
Room Cleveland II
Currently there is extremely little in the way of resources for LGBTIQQAP+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, asexual, pansexual, etc.) physicists. This meeting will be an open conversation to start creating these resources. The session is open to both LGBTIQQAP+ physicists as well as straight and cisgender people who are interested in helping those of us who aren't. Some topics that will be on the discussion floor: lack of employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, lack of data on the LGBTIQQAP+ physicist demographics, health insurance policies that cover domestic partners and transgender related health care, and creating networking resources so that LGBTIQQAP+ physicists have a means of communicating with one another.
