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A network for the LGBTQIA+ ecologist community to interact, share, and support each other 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌱 More info at www.britishecologicalsociety.org/co…

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BES ALDER Network @besaldernetwork.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Attending #BES2025? Join the ALDER, REED, & EDGE networks for our triple festive social 🎄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 📍: Roxy Lanes, Edinburgh 🕐: 19:30 Wednesday 17th Dec We hope to see you there! 😁 More info: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... @britishecologicalsociety.org
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Rhian Davies @statsrhian.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Call for abstracts for the first ever @rainbowr.org conference is still open! We're looking for talks that either 🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats 🏳️‍🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data Get in your abstracts before December 1st. conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html #queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay
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Abstracts – rainbowR conference
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Biology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Hello bluesky! We are an LGBTQ+ Biology Journal Club at Uni of Oxford 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. We are interested in topics relevant to queer ecology and amplifying queer voices in academia 🪲🌱. For those in Oxford, we meet every 2 weeks - get in touch for more details! 🥳
A cartoon of 2 rhinocerous beetles clashing. One beetle is saying "I'm just trying to kiss you!" and the other beetle is saying "I'm just trying to kiss you too!". Above them is text reading LGBTQ+ Journal Club in the colours of the progress pride flag.
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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Last year I wrote this for Transgender Awareness Week because of the challenges I've faced in my institution. Sharing it again as this week we celebrate trans identities and remember those who have been targeted for being themselves www.britishecologicalsociety.org/five-steps-t...
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Five steps towards being a trans ally - BES
Five steps towards being a trans ally - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive.
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy Polar Pride y’all 🏳️‍🌈❄️🐧🐻‍❄️🇦🇶 #PolarPride is a declaration of commitment to support, unite and uplift LGBTQIA+ people & enhance diversity in #PolarScience 😎🏳️‍🌈❄️ #PolarPrideDay #PolarPride2026 #PolarPrideDay2026 #LGBTSTEMDay #LGBTQSTEMDay #DiversityInPolarScience #DiversityInUKPolarScience
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BES ALDER Network @besaldernetwork.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy #LGBTQinSTEMDay everybody! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌱 Check out this great thread of podcasts, newsletters, resources, and more from @prideinstem.bsky.social 😁 And don't forget, if you want to hear what the BES ALDER network are up to - sign up to our newsletter at www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join...
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ALDER Network | LGBTQIA+ Ecology Groups & Ecological Network
The ALDER Network connects LGBTQIA+ ecologists through ecology groups and ecological networks, offering support, interaction, and community for members.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM! 🧪⚒️
Photo of a sign in a doorway that shows a pie chart asking who belongs in science where the pie chart shows the pride flag
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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM! How are you celebrating it? #LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
The logo for LGBTQ+STEM Day, with the hashtags below and the date 18 of November, over a rainbow background
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rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 10/11/2025
rainbowR event: Trans Lived Experiences in Data 🏳️‍⚧️ We are partnering with the @rssdiversity.bsky.social Celebrating Diversity SIG to host an online event next week. More info below! 📅 19th Nov 17:30–18:30 (GMT) 👉 bit.ly/rsscdnov
event flyer, see details via http://bit.ly/rsscdnov
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Biology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
LGBTQ+ Journal Club is turning 1! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈To celebrate, here's a bit about what we've been up to over the past year: a thread of interesting papers in queer biology (1/n) ⬇️🧵
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 30/10/2025
During the course of Black History Month, we have been collating a resource page of blogs, networks, literature and more, with the aim of consistently supporting and elevating Black ecologists.
British Ecological Society's Black History Month collection: podcasts, reads, and research curated for Black ecologists.
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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Our LGBTQ+ STEM Day Celebrations are taking place at @zslofficial.bsky.social and then at Zodiac Bar! Join us! Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/... #PrideInSTEM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔭🧪
A circle of rainbow leaves with the details about the event. Pride in STEM and ZSL institute of zoology organising the LGBTQ+STEM Day celebrations. November 18 fom 5pm - tag line hear us roar!
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 22/10/2025
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 BES Awards, honouring 11 distinguished ecologists whose contributions have greatly benefited the scientific community and the Society as a whole.  Huge congratulations to all the winners 👏
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BES ALDER Network @besaldernetwork.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
[🌱Cross-post from the @britishecologicalsociety.org LinkedIn] The Emerging Leaders and Managers (ELM) Network committee is looking for passionate people in ecology to join their committee 📣 lnkd.in/ex6n39fQ 🗓️Due Wed 5 Nov More info about ELM: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/what...
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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
One month to go to the International Day of LGBTQIA+ in STEM! We have something exciting in the works (free tickets coming soon) and a lot of announcements for 2026!
Our poster for LGBTQ+ STEM Day. It says save the date. Free tickets and full program coming soon from Pride in STEM.

November 18 5pm -late at London zoo

Hear us roar!
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Dr Hella Péter @hellapeter.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Next up in the @britishecologicalsociety.org Endemic webinar series, we'll focus on reasonable adjustments in the workplace and at university. Both in the field & in the office, being neurodivergent in ecology can be difficult – but there is help!
A BES Endemic network advertisement for their upcoming reasonable adjustments webinar. It is on 4th November, from 6-7:30 pm BST
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Shana V. Stoddard: How to create an environment for all science students to succeed Grad student Alyssa T. Paparella talks with this computational biochemist about adjusting work styles and leaning on community. #DisabledInSTEM #NDEAM cen.acs.org/synthesis/me...
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Shana V. Stoddard: How to create an environment for all science students to succeed
Grad student <b>Alyssa T. Paparella</b> talks with this computational biochemist about adjusting work styles and leaning on community
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BES ALDER Network @besaldernetwork.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
[🌱Cross-post from the @britishecologicalsociety.org REED Network LinkedIn 🌱] REED Ecological Network Survey – We Need Your Voice! 🌿 Open to REED members, collaborators, allies & friends who have been involved with REED 🔗https://lnkd.in/evCcKquF More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/reuben...
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REED Ecological Network: Impact &amp; Reflections Survey | Reuben Fakoya-Brooks
REED Ecological Network Survey – We Need Your Voice! 🌿🌿 Whether you’ve attended a single event or been with REED from the start, we want to hear from you. We're gathering insights on the impact of t...
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"Inclusive design doesn’t just widen participation; it expands the very structure-function relationship of science itself. We all stand to gain from that." #NDEAM #DisabledInSTEM #chemsky 🧪 cen.acs.org/careers/dive...
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The tools we build become the questions we ask
Why inclusive design is good for more than access—it expands the boundaries of discovery
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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Anyone interested in queer ecology, forests or SDMs... roll up! 🌲🌈📈
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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
1 week to go until our next Quantifying Ecology webinar with @besaldernetwork.bsky.social! Feat. Taiwanese forest SDMs and RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBT+ voices in the R community. Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST Sign up here: bit.ly/3HWpEol
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Quantifying Ecology - British Ecological Society
The Quantitative Ecology SIG are teaming up with a cohort of BES groups to put on a series of free webinars exploring all facets of quantitative ecology.
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Applications for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme close TOMORROW! ⏰🌏 If you'd like to learn more about the peer review process then this voluntary two-year role could be the role for you 🌱🧪 Find out more and apply: bit.ly/47uwYlD
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Ecol. Solutions & Evidence | Applied Ecol. Resources @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Our latest podcast series 'Included in Nature with Clare Rishbeth' explores the barriers to nature inclusion for various communities and the ways in which we can overcome them 🌱 This discussion is based on four reports deposited in Applied Ecology Resources 📚 Listen here 👇 buff.ly/7BpYW1c
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BES ALDER Network @besaldernetwork.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Hi everyone, we're the BES ALDER Network 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌳 Follow us for information about upcoming events, opportunities, community stories, & resources Want more info? Join our newsletter? www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join... @britishecologicalsociety.org
Who are we? ALDER (Advancing LGBTQIA+ Diversity, Equality & Representation) is a Network for the LGBTQIA+ ecologist community to interact, share and support each other.
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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Join us for our next webinar, with @besaldernetwork.bsky.social! Catherine Mercer and Ella Kaye will present their work predicting forest distributions using SDMs, and with @RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBTQIA+ voices in the R community. Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST Sign up: bit.ly/3HWpEol
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