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."

Quote from: stephaniec on December 17, 2015, 11:02:01 PM
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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Quote from: stephaniec on December 17, 2015, 11:02:01 PM


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.

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