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From Grass Roots to Changing National Policy: LGBT Advocacy in Physics

From Grass Roots to Changing National Policy: LGBT Advocacy in Physics

Monday, March 9, 2020 at 4:00 pm
WNGR116
Ramón Barthelemy (University of Utah)

This talk will explore the creation of the LGBT+ physicists and how it launched a movement that created an American Physical Society ad-hoc committee and research project that changed policy for LGBT physicists nationwide. Results indicated the importance of climate and demonstrated gendered differences in experiences of harassment across LGBT persons.

Davide Lazzati