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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pride in STEM's Small Grants scheme is open! The theme this year is “Empowering Queer People With STEM”. The deadline is October 31, and it is for projects exclusively in the United Kingdom! prideinstem.org/2026/10/01/s...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

For those coming to our Pride Picnic in Green Park - look for and get in touch with @drcarpineti.bsky.social

Alfredo, a white man in his 40s wearing a tank top that says are you sci-curious? And blue sunglasses

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Come join our annual Pride Picnic on July 4! www.outsavvy.com/event/37491/...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Full Statement: prideinstem.org/2026/05/26/s...

After the release of the new EHRC draft guidelines, we, the trustees of Pride in STEM condemn this guidance for the potential harm it poses to trans people in their everyday lives within the UK, and its lack of consideration towards improving the welfare of cis women here.

Both the cis and trans members of the committee stand in solidarity with our trans siblings at Pride in STEM, in STEM more broadly, and the wider trans community.

This is an urgent issue that affects all of us in the STEM community. Inclusive access and participation for trans people in STEM, from youth engagement to employment is, and will continue to be a solid foundation of Pride in STEM. We urge our community to object to this guidance as a result.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We are at the emergency protest against the extremely discriminatory EHRC guidelines #TransRightsAreHumanRights🏳️‍⚧️

Trans flags and signs and people at the protest in parliament square

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

And if you want to join our celebration, why not buy our limited edition 10th anniversary, glow-in-the-dark pin badge designed by the wonderful @canopyrobin.com? prideinstem.org/product/10th...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Pride in STEM is 10, so we had to throw ourselves a little party! prideinstem.org/2026/04/23/p...

The Pride in STEM decadal award winners and the trustees of Pride in STEM

A view of the party room filled with people

the two cakes showing the lightbulb symbol for the celenration and one of them saying "10th anniversary."

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Pride in STEM is 10 this month, and we are so proud to celebrate these 10 change-makers who were proposed and voted in by the community. Read about their work, their impact, and their commitment to improving the lives of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM and beyond, here: prideinstem.org/2026/04/01/t...

An image showing a mosaic of the 10 winners of our awards.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Come To Celebrate 10 Years Of Pride in STEM on April 17 in London!! www.outsavvy.com/event/34281/...

A poster for the event. it says pride in stem 10th anniversary celebration. Royal society of Chemistry April 17, 6:30 pm

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

What a fantastic evening we had celebrating the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM! We are very thankful to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us and the team to deliver so many insights into Queer(ing) Ecology! #LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM

Our panel and presenter Dr Eleanor Armstrong on stage

One of our small grant awardees presenting their project Transforming STEM

A ZSL scientist on stage. She has a slide with multicoloured frogs

The four panelist on stage. The two joshes, Kemi, and Jazmeen

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

To hear insights about the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people across a variety of fields and industries, check out our podcast: prideinstem.org/category/pod... All presented by the fantastic @pokubakes.com! #LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you are interested in educational resources, especially ahead of @lgbthm.bsky.social in February, there are posters, guidelines, and material available on our resource page: prideinstem.org/resources-2/ Our collaboration with Pop'n'Olly for HM2026 is there and will be expanded in January!

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you are looking for resources, @shaunoboyle.bsky.social produced an extremely comprehensive document with a long list of articles, papers, books, and more: prideinstem.org/2024/11/18/t...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

We will also be introducing the winners of our Small Grant Scheme 2025, projects that will have a real impact on queer people across the UK. prideinstem.org/2025/10/28/p... #LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM

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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

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

We are very happy to share the first part of our our LGBT+ History Month UK resources in collaboration with Pop'n'Olly! prideinstem.org/primary-scho...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We are very proud to announce the five winners of our Small Grant Scheme for 2025! We strongly believe that these projects (and our contribution to them) can truly make a positive impact on our community! #PrideinSTEM 🧪🔭🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 prideinstem.org/2025/10/28/p...

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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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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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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Happy International Lesbian Day! ☀️☀️☀️

Lesbian marching with a sign that says a day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Bench is at the North East corner of the square. In front of number 8. I’m wearing a blue T-shirt

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This Saturday, we will be marching in London Trans+ Pride. If you want to march with us, get in touch! 🏳️‍⚧️ www.instagram.com/p/DMX5BwmNzG...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Pride in STEM's Small Grant Scheme is officially open for 2025! This year's theme is Strengthening Queer Community in STEM. If you have ideas for a small project in the United Kingdom that fits this, we would love to support you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #QueerInSTEM More info here: prideinstem.org/2025/07/16/s...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

We had a lovely pride breakfast at @ri-science.bsky.social 🫶🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Kemi showcasing our lovely breakfast spread

$A series of three bubbles with rainbows due to thin film diffraction$ Jin explaining the science of the rainbow bubbles

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Happy Pride Month! We will be in Edinburgh on Thursday supporting this fantastic event! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🎟️: www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...

A poster for the Queer Data showcase on 5-7pm
5 June 2025
Cabaret Bar, Pleasance
Edinburgh

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

In a world filled with so many crucial challenges to humanity, transphobia is not just sad and anger-inducing. The demonisation and targeting of vulnerable minorities is simply pathetic. prideinstem.org/2025/04/26/s...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We are sharing this networking event for Black researchers in the UK that is being organised by one of our trustees. It’s an excellent opportunity shorturl.at/MnP82

A poster of the initiative taking place at Imperial on May 29 in the afternoon. It's called empower connecting Black researchers in the UK

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Today marks the beginning of #LesbianVisibilityWeek. In STEM lesbians tends to face more harassment and more professional devaluation compared to straight and even gay male colleagues. Challenging this toxic culture is the collective responsibility of the community!

The lesbian flag. It has five colours orange, peach, white, pink, and purple

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

If you are joining the protest and want to be with us, we are currently waiting for peeps up the stairs from exit number 4 of Westminster station, near cafe Nero

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. There’s much to do everywhere so that trans and non-binary people can live without fear. Our single point of reflection is this: what’s your organisation doing to support trans+ people?

Digital drawing of The trans flag as painted stripes.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

One of the projects we funded with our small grant program is starting in a few weeks. If you are in Northern Ireland, do check it out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/code-with-...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

And the demo of the Royal Institution made us a little chemical rainbow flag

Five snaps of a member of the demo team creating colourful flames creating a rainbow red, orange, yellow, green, and the methane is just blu

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

We were blessed by brilliant speakers and a phenomenal venue to mark the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM #QueerInSTEM @gabastorga.bsky.social @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social

Gabriel Astorga presenting in the RI lecture theatre with a slide that says one health over him

Khalil and Rachael presenting a slide with the work of science and sorcery with the upcoming GM for their February season

Jonathan presenting a slide about the plan for CODE WITH PRIDE that says.
• Workshops to introduce LGBTQ+ individuals to fundamentals in programming.
• From non-programming backgrounds.
• Open to those not in higher education.
• Using computing facilities in EEECS.

Emily presenting her project. Her slides says: Co-creation is the only response to an increasingly hostile reality - we must build communities and share knowledge as an intercospected neum on phonesins
or knowerge exchange ces be liberation
for all through radical community connection

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The fantastic @shaunoboyle.bsky.social has put together a vast list linking many studies and reports focusing on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people studying or working in STEM. You can read it here. prideinstem.org/2024/11/18/t...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I had to add trustees and collaborators currently to pad it out otherwise I couldn't start it and would lose track of the new peeps that requested to be in.

A clip from nighty night with Jill saying Everybody please! I am not an octopus

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Our latest podcast is out! @pokubakes.bsky.social s hosted an important discussion around the question: Is Data Bias Harming The LGBTQ+ Community? The episode featured Kevin Guyan, Paul Sharkey, and Erika Gravina. Transcript & recording below: prideinstem.org/2024/10/23/i... linktr.ee/prideinstem

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

On November 18, we are back at the @ri_science to celebrate the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM! Join us for a night of pride pyrotechnics, amazing activities, exclusive announcements about new projects, and a fantastic talk by Gab Astorga www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pride-in-s...

A poster for the event with the details found at the link.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

We are opening a small grants scheme, where we will fund up to £1,000 for projects that support and develop LGBTQIA+ communities in STEM. We are excited to receive your applications to do brilliant stuff along the theme: "Queer in STEM beyond visibility" #QueerInSTEM prideinstem.org/2024/06/25/s...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Pride in STEM is not marching in Pride in London but we will be having a picnic on the day, in Green Park. If you'd like to join us there's no need to RSVP. Please bring your enthusiasm and some libations!

A satellite view of green park with a red x about 60 percent of the way from the route that goes from the station exit to the first crossing. Two threes are near the X

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Celebrate Pride Month 2024! On June 28, join us at the Royal Institution for brilliant talks and activities featuring Sarah Cosgriff, Jasmine Qureshi, @drtalksalot.bsky.social, Katherine Holmes, and @drcarpineti.bsky.social ! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧪🔭 www.rigb.org/whats-on/big...

An image showing the name of the event (The big science pride party), the location (the royal institution) and time and date (June 28 19:30-21:30)

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Is the world of data harming the LGBTQ+ community? To kickstart Pride month, @pokubakes.bsky.social es will be hosting a live panel discussion in collaboration with Datasparq on Thursday 6th June at 7 pm at Queer Britain www.outsavvy.com/event/20147/...

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Invitation to Participate in a Study: Understanding Factors Leading Queer and Trans People to Leave STEM If you are queer or trans and left a STEM career, the team would like you to be involved more info below. usd.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A poster that says: STEM FOR EVERYONE?
MAYBE NOT.
Do you identify as LGBT+? Have you left a STEM degree or career?
We value your experience and would like to learn more from you about how you made this decision.
Please scan this QR to complete a brief survey about your availability to work with us.
Questions? Contact the PI, Dr. Bryce Hughes, at bryce.hughes@montana.edu
This study has been approved by the Montana State University IRB under 42024-930-EXEMPT.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

The fantastic @Sarah_Cosgriff and Stella Schneckenburger have written about #asexuality in the latest issue of Nature Review Urology. 🖤🩶🤍💜 l1nq.com/nature-ace

A screen shot of the article and abstract. The text on the image is the following.

Asexuality: the invisible orientation
Sarah Cosgriff & Stella Schneckenburger ~
Nature Reviews Urology (2024)

Asexuality is often neglected in education and conversations around sexuality,
making it essentially an 'invisible orientation'. This lack of knowledge is associated with harmful misconceptions, which need challenging within the medical profession and in the general population to ensure inclusion of people who identify on the asexual spectrum.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

Very happy with our first ever Big Rainbow Quiz at the @Ri_Science last night (mc’d by @drcarpineti.bsky.social) Thanks for everyone who came out despite the rain! 🌈❔

An image of room with the empty tables ready and the quiz title slide on the screen.

Alfredo presenting a slide about who he is. It says dr Alfredo Carpineti (he/him) astrophysicist, journalist, science communicator, activist and author.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Our very own trustee Dr Craig Poku (@pokubakes.bsky.social) is one of this year’s Attitude 101 LGBTQ+ Trailblazers - saying that this honour is well deserved is an understatement! 👏 www.attitude.co.uk/life/attitud...

Craig laughing and having a great time on the red carpet

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

On Trans Day of Remembrance we remember the trans people murdered across the world. Members of the scientific community should reflect if they are contributing to a culture of respect, inclusion, and support, or providing a haven for transphobic hate and discrimination.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Our chair @drcarpineti.bsky.social joining the discussion on diversity in the work at the Department of Science, Innovation & Technology

A photo of the screen showing the participants. Sarah Munby, DSIT Permanent Secretary
Presentation by Dr Ilaria Meazzini, Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Adviser for the NHS,
Dr Clara Barker, Royal Society, Diversity and Inclusion Committee & University of Oxford,
Dr Alfredo Carpineti, Founder of Pride in STEM

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