What Science Loses to LGBTQ Bias

A Groundbreaking Study Reveals Widespread Discrimination and Suggests Just How Much Poorer STEM Fields Are as a Result

In 1981, an influential letter was published in Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Written by Shirley Malcom, then the head of AAAS’ Office of Opportunities in Science, the letter delivered an urgent warning: Discrimination against gay and lesbian professionals presented a problem to the field as a whole. “While we do not deny the effects on the persons who are discriminated against,” Malcom wrote, “we seldom see the effects on science and technology, which is poorer for the loss of any talent …

by Barbara Davenport | August 2, 2021

Change the Equation’s Linda Rosen

Committed to What’s True and What’s Real

February 9, 2015

Linda Rosen is the chief executive officer of Change the Equation, an organization that promotes STEM literacy. She has also worked as a senior advisor to U.S. Education Secretary Richard …

Tucson Unified School District’s Joan Gilbert

Inspired by Science Fairs, Neil deGrasse Tyson—and the Wonder of the Real World

February 8, 2015

Joan Gilbert is science program coordinator for the Tucson Unified School District. Before participating in a panel on what other countries can teach us about teaching STEM, she sat down …

‘Arizona Daily Star’ Education Reporter Alexis Huicochea

The Perfection of a Sunday Morning with No Plans

February 7, 2015

Alexis Huicochea is the Arizona Daily Star’s education reporter. Before moderating a panel on what other countries can teach us about teaching STEM, she sat down in the …

ASU Science Education Scholar Dale Baker

Likes Latin, Chaise Lounges, and Dune

February 6, 2015

Dale Baker is a scholar of science education in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Before participating in a panel on what the U.S. can learn …

The City of Riyadh Sends More Students to American Universities Than the Entire Country of Mexico

Why the U.S. Has a Strategic Need to Attract More Mexican Nationals to Its Campuses

by Andrés Martinez. | October 20, 2014

My Mexican father applied to colleges in the United States in the late 1940s and was offered scholarships by the University of Arizona and Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve) …

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