Trans Researchers Are Struggling to Stay in Science. That Has to Change

[stephaniec]

Trans Researchers Are Struggling to Stay in Science. That Has to Change

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/science-needs-to-do-a-better-supporting-trans-scientists/

Wired/By Author: Shayle Matsuda.  Shayle Matsuda   Science  Date of Publication: 12.17.15. Time of Publication: 7:00 am.
7:00 am

"In the spring of 2014, I was scuba diving in the warm, crystal clear tropical waters of the Philippines, scanning for sea slugs. It was my first field expedition as a biology grad student, and I was searching for interesting specimens hiding in the maze of the coral reef. I looked for signs of movement as I hovered weightlessly above the reef, only the sound of my breath breaking the silence. Nothing. Ten minutes of slow, methodical scanning passed—still nothing."

[barbie]

Trans Researchers Are Struggling to Stay in Science. That Has to Change

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/science-needs-to-do-a-better-supporting-trans-scientists/

Wired/By Author: Shayle Matsuda.  Shayle Matsuda   Science  Date of Publication: 12.17.15. Time of Publication: 7:00 am.
7:00 am

"In the spring of 2014, I was scuba diving in the warm, crystal clear tropical waters of the Philippines, scanning for sea slugs. It was my first field expedition as a biology grad student, and I was searching for interesting specimens hiding in the maze of the coral reef. I looked for signs of movement as I hovered weightlessly above the reef, only the sound of my breath breaking the silence. Nothing. Ten minutes of slow, methodical scanning passed—still nothing."

A very helpful article.

I am also a marine biologist, and so far I am fine. Scientists tend to be intelligent, understanding and accepting well transgender people. But some aged ones can be conservative.



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[Zumbagirl]

Wired/By Author: Shayle Matsuda.  Shayle Matsuda   Science  Date of Publication: 12.17.15. Time of Publication: 7:00 am.
7:00 am

It's too bad that it wasn't about the lack of science in understanding the community as opposed to cultural acceptance in scientific professions.

[Willowicious]

As somebody studying marine zoology and in the early stages of transition this is something I'll have to keep in mind