Hello, twitter! We are an online community for transgender and non-binary physicists -- from enthusiasts to professors! -- to socialise, network and support one another. To join our Discord, just shoot us a DM!
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility!🏳️⚧️
Today we celebrate our wonderful Trans & Gender Diverse communities & acknowledge that there are still many challenges that we face daily.
To begin the day, read about how #TDoV started: 19thnews.org/2021/03/history…#TransInSTEM#QueerInSTEM
ALT Queers in Science image tile showing the title: "Transgender Day of Visibility" and then followed by the paragraph: "Today we celebrate the lives, work and achievements of members across our Trans and Gender Diverse communities, whilst also acknowledging that many Trans folks continue to face discrimination and challenges on a day-to-day basis. Read about how Transgender Day of Visibility began"
Happy #TransAwarenessWeek to all! It's a great week to be aware of our very snazzy poster, so please share it with any trans and/or non-binary people in physics or physics-related fields who might benefit from our little community 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💛🩶💜🖤
ALT Cool poster for the Trans & Non-Binary Physicists Discord server. Text reads:
The Trans & Non-Binary Physicists Discord server is an online community for transgender and non-binary physicists -- from enthusiasts to professors! -- to socialise, network and support one another. All are welcome, and so far we have over 250 members from across the world!
For more information or to join our Discord server, shoot us an email or give us a shout on twitter
Email: transphysicists@gmail.com
It's our birthday!! 🥳 ISNBS was founded 3 years ago on November 2, 2020. 🎂 Nonbinary scientists, what are two things that our community has meant to you in the last 3 years? 💖#ISNBSTurns3✨
Applications are now open for the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund for full/part-time graduates wishing to study towards a doctorate in physics from groups that are currently under-represented in physics. Find out more about the fund: iop.org/about/news/bell-burn…
ALT Image of the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund.
Applications open for AGN Populations Across Continents & Cosmic Time! Form must be completed by November 30th if you wish to attend. We will discuss AGN population science, with an additional focus on building research networks with institutes in Africa
agnacrosscontinents.org/
ALT Animated text: "Abstracts Open" and showing the logo for AGN Populations Across Continents and Cosmic Time
We're trying to collate a load intiatives that are working hard to improve, educate, and open up the academic landscape, over on our website
sites.google.com/view/phd-yo…
If there are any we've missed out that you know of please send them my way!
I’m proud to announce that after over four years of work, GENDER INCLUSIVE METHODS IN STUDIES OF STEM PRACTITIONERS is finally out in the world.
arxiv.org/pdf/2307.15802.pdf
If you're 5 years post-PhD, identify as a woman or other minority gender, and working in astronomy, we'd love to host you for a Visiting Fellowship at ICRAR.
Applications are open until August 31 - details here: icrar.org/about/visiting-fel…
#Congrats to Allison Zec, who was awarded the 2022 JSA Thesis Prize for recounting experiments that achieved the world record in the precise measurement of an electron beam’s polarization! jlab.org/news/releases/preci…
ALT Allison Zec presents her research at the 2023 Jefferson Lab Users Organization Annual Meeting. Jefferson Lab photo/Aileen Devlin