Why Aren’t More LGBT+ Scientists Out: Student’s Question Sparks Debate

Asked why there weren’t more visible representatives from the LBGT+ community when he interviewed, neuroscience grad student got a lot of answers but none of them suggested bigotry was uncommon.

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The Fighty Squirrel is very thin pseud for a molecular and cellular neurobiology type who runs a lab studying neurodegeneration. She is mother to a 14yo half child/half honey badger and 16yo half child/half border collie and a Reviewing Editor at Journal of Neuroscience. She also sort of a badass at air hockey. She speaks for herself unless her employer likes it, in which case it's patented.