Political Appointees Meddled in C.D.C.’s ‘Holiest of the Holy’ Health Reports – The New...
WASHINGTON — Political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services have repeatedly asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to revise, delay and even scuttle weekly reports on...
When Politics Distorts Science – Scientific American
I knew things had changed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early 2018 when my routine request to interview a CDC scientist was held up for days...
Why biological studies on queer people do more harm than good – Massive Science
Recently, a group of researchers claimed to prove that bisexual men exist. This study, rightfully, garnered a lot of criticism, and it is not the only one of its kind. More...
Health Official Tries to Reassure Public That Science Will Set Vaccine Approval – The...
WASHINGTON — Dr. Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, took issue on Wednesday with President Trump’s suggestion that a coronavirus vaccine would be available by Election...
Opinion: STEM isn’t very gay-friendly — and that’s a problem – Varsity
How is your equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM? I’ve never had any complaints!If you excuse the horrible reference to RuPaul’s Drag Race, I have some thoughts on being a LGBTQ+...
The Challenges of Fieldwork for LGBTQ+ Geoscientists – Eos
Fieldwork is often framed as central to geoscience research. What fieldwork comprises varies across geoscience disciplines and can encompass everything from wilderness treks, oceanographic cruises, and class field trips to museum...
Associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and belonging named – Harvard Gazette
Sheree Ohen has been named the inaugural associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of FAS, announced today. Ohen...
Why the Researchers Who Revisited Male Bisexuality Drew Critics – The Wire Science
Featured image: A participant is wrapped in a LGBT flag as he takes part in a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan, October 28, 2017. Photo:...
Claudine Gay Announces Racial-Justice Initiatives – Harvard Magazine
As protests about racial equity continue across the country, Claudine Gay, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), announced a series of initiatives to address racial and ethnic equality—including...
Faculty of Arts and Sciences unveils its anti-racism agenda – Harvard Gazette
Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Claudine Gay announced Thursday a robust anti-racism agenda in a message to faculty, students, and staff, prioritizing six areas of...
The curiosity factor | BrandeisNOW – Brandeis University
The curiosity factorJason Frank '22Aug. 14, 2020Who: Jason Frank ’22, an anthropology major and queer and sexuality studies minor from Peterborough, New Hampshire. A Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social...
Instagrammer and TikToker To Follow: Rob Anderson – Instinct Magazine
In nutshell, this and more is what you will find on Rob Anderson’s IG and TikTok (Photo Credit: Rob Anderson Instagram Page)
If you ever wondered about certain facets of a gay...
Science explains why gay men love iced coffee – LGBTQ Nation
While scientists have spent decades trying to figure out the origin of sexual orientation, some unanswered questions are a little more basic. Like, why do gay men walk so fast?...
‘Muppets Now’ Episode 2: Pepe the King Prawn and ‘gay scientists doing arson’ steal...
Although the second episode may have had some troubles uploading (an irony which the fans did not appreciate), the wait for the episode seems to have been very worth it for...
Back to the Future | Issue 139 – Philosophy Now
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The Many Faces of Bad Science – WIRED
In 1942, sociologist Robert Merton described the ethos of science in terms of its four key values: The first, universalism, meant the rules for doing research are objective and apply to...
Some People Really Are Bisexual, Science Suggests – MedicineNet
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By Alan MozesHealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, July 21, 2020Is male bisexuality real? According to a new review, the answer is a definitive "yes.""The current study found very...
Age of sexual debut among young gay-identified sexual minority men – EurekAlert
Young gay sexual minority men - especially Black and Latino youth - have their first sexual experiences at younger ages, emphasizing a need for comprehensive and inclusive sex education, according...
A science venture firm is moving to the heart of Gay Street — kicking...
When Cocoon Resources Inc. hears about exciting new technology, the scientific venture firm invests. And Cocoon is now banking on downtown Knoxville as the home of its new Scientific Innovation Center and...
Space Is Gay, and it Has an Important Lesson for Us – Thrillist
When my gay friends and I talk about a time “before we were gay,” we’re referring to the years before some beautiful queer disturbance fundamentally changed what we believed was, for...
The FDA’s gay and bi blood-donor ban isn’t just stigmatizing—it’s also likely outdated –...
It took until mid-April for Jack Turban to feel like he had his life back. A few weeks earlier, a cough and slight runny nose morphed into a splitting...
Kenneth Lewes, Who Challenged Views of Homosexuality, Dies at 76 – The New York...
Drawing on some 500 primary sources, Dr. Lewes’s book, which expanded on his doctoral dissertation, found that most analysts had adhered to “popular prejudice” against gay people and clichés about them....
Science thinks it’s unbiased. Queer scientists know that’s not true – Massive Science
I know firsthand the gulf between science's supposed open-mindedness towards new ideas and its attitude towards identities. Science and academia try to give an impression of sociopolitical neutrality and acceptance of queer* identities (*this broadly includes...
Equality Magazine: FDA Loosens Ban on Blood Donations – Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign's Equality magazine, the nation's largest-circulation LGBTQ magazine, is going digital-only for the first time. Read more articles from the Spring 2020 issue at hrc.org/magazine. One of the...
Dr. Richard Friedman, Who Debunked Homosexuality Myth, Dies at 79 – The New York...
In the 1980s, when marriage and adopting children seemed impossible dreams for gay men, the psychoanalyst Richard C. Friedman became their champion.His 1988 book, “Male Homosexuality: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective,” showed...
Phagocytosis of Wnt inhibitor SFRP4 by late wound macrophages drives chronic Wnt activity for...
AbstractHuman and murine skin wounding commonly results in fibrotic scarring, but the murine wounding model wound-induced hair neogenesis (WIHN) can frequently result in a regenerative repair response. Here, we show in...
Scientists push against barriers to diversity in the field sciences – Science Magazine
<!----> Ecologist Gillian Bowser (right) identifies butterflies with students during a biodiversity survey at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. ...
For a Scientist Turned Novelist, an Experiment Pays Off – The New York Times
When he set out to write a novel, Brandon Taylor, a former doctoral student in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, approached it like a scientist.“I have this very technical approach...
15 Of The Best LGBTQ Science Fiction Books – Book Riot
If you were disappointed by the very brief kiss scene in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker despite promises of queer representation, you’re not alone. But luckily, the sci-fi genre has...
#4: What makes someone gay? Science is trying to get it straight. | Top...
ALICE DREGER: We don't actually know the extent to which gender is socially constructed because you can't do an experiment where you remove culture and see what happens. So we don't...
How Earnest Research Into Gay Genetics Went Wrong – WIRED
He says that, at first, he blew it off—until he read about Neale’s study. He told Coletta he wanted to make an app based on its findings. “I couldn’t think of...
Controversial ‘gay gene’ app provokes fears of a genetic Wild West – Nature.com
NEWS 29 October 2019 Debate highlights broader concerns about tools that use the results of direct-to-consumer genetic testing. Amy...
Scientists combing human DNA for ‘gay genes’ spark debate about quest for genetic link...
Neil Risch was vacationing in Hawaii when he started getting calls from journalists and his peers in genetics about a paper about to be published in the prominent journal Science. The...
The ‘Gay Gene’ Is A Myth But Being Gay Is ‘Natural,’ Say Scientists –...
Revelers carry an LGBTQ flag along Fifth Avenue during the New York City Pride March on Sunday, June... 24, 2018, in New York. Photocredit: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Andres...
Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior – Scientific American
Few aspects of human biology are as complex—or politically fraught—as sexual orientation. A clear genetic link would suggest that gay people are “born this way,” as opposed to having made...