Pride Month: Guests to Know and Love

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June is Pride Month, so let’s revisit an array of -ologists who share not only their science, facts, and wisdom, but also their lived experience of being queer in STEM. Start with the Neuroendocrinology episode on sex & gender — or bop around a variety of topics from LGBTQ+ guests we love.

Ologies guests to celebrate for Pride Month — and all year round:

🇲🇬 Lemurology (LEMURS) with Lydia Greene

Witchology (WITCHES & WITCHCRAFT) with Fio Gede Parma

🚗 Detroitology (DETROIT) with Aaron Foley

🪨 Geology (ROCKS) with Schmitty Thompson

🪰 Dipterology (FLIES) with Bryan Lessard

🐌 Conotoxinology (CONE SNAIL VENOM) with Sabah Ul-Husan

🧠 Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) Part 2 with René Brooks

🪖 Bovine Neuropathology (HEADBUTTING) with Nicole Ackermans

🔎 Forensic Ecology (NATURE DETECTIVE) with Tiara Moore

⚙️ Systems Biology (MEDICAL MATHEMATICS) with Emily E. Ackerman

🦈 Elasmobranchology (MORE NEW SHARK STORIES) with Jaida Elcock

🛸 UFOlogy (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena) with Sarah Scoles

🐚 Biomineralogy (SHELLS) with Robert Ulrich

🎭 Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS) with Jay Duckworth

🍑 Gluteology (BUTTS) with Natalia Reagan

🌳 Carobology (NOT-CHOCOLATE TREES) with Megan Lynch

👚 Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING) with Riley Kucheran

🦫 Dasyurology (TASMANIAN DEVILS) with Jarrah Dale

Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER) with Daniel Pfau

Futurology (THE FUTURE) with Rose Eveleth

🌊 Cnidariology (CORAL) with Shayle Matsuda

🦂 Scorpiology (SCORPIONS) with Lauren Esposito

🪐 Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) with Katie Mack

🌋 Volcanology (VOLCANOES) with Jess Phoenix

Also check out Smologies: smaller, kid-friendly versions of classic episodes.


More links you may enjoy:

500 Queer ScientistswebsiteInstagramTwitter
Connecting & amplifying the LGBTQ+ STEM community, aka a powerful source of scientific progress

Queers in SciencewebsiteInstagramTwitter
An organization building community and improving support for LGBTQIA+ people in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) in Australia.

oSTEMwebsiteInstagramTwitter
Student & professional society for the LGBTQ+ STEM community with over 100 chapters across the United States and abroad.

Out to InnovatewebsiteInstagramTwitter
A professional society and global community of LGBTQ+ students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Formerly known as NOGLSTP.

Pride in STEMwebsiteInstagramTwitter
Pride in STEM is a charity run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ scientists & engineers from around the world. Proud of who we are and what we do. We aim to showcase and support all LGBTQIA+ people in STEM fields.

InterEngineeringwebsiteTwitter
To connect, inform and empower LGBTQ+ engineers and their supports to foster greater inclusion in engineering.

The STEM VillagewebsiteTwitter
Creating a platform to improve visibility of the LGBTQ+ STEM community around the world.

Science is a Drag!websiteInstagram
A community-driven show celebrating science through the power of drag in Toronto.

CultureAlie Ward