Law360 (June 10, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT) — Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have made an impressive array of contributions to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields.
Perhaps the best-known LGBTQ mathematician is Alan Turing, whose work was instrumental in securing the Allied victory in World War II and became the basis for modern artificial intelligence.
Lynn Conway, a patent holder and computer science pioneer, invented methods that greatly simplified the design and fabrication of microchips that are still being used in production today. Conway was fired by her employer after announcing her intention to undertake a gender transition in 1968.[1]
