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The Transgender ScientistsĀ That Changed the World of Science.
As this week is Transgender Week of Awareness (12th - 19th November) I felt it was a good time to bring awareness to some of the more well-known transgender scientists that changed science. Trans people have always been apart of scientific discovery but like most minorities within STEM have struggled to gain recognition for their contributions.Ā Ā
Alan Hart (1890ā1962) |Ā EpidemiologyĀ
A Yale-trained epidemiologist, radiologist and physician, Hart one of the first trans men in the US to undergo a hysterectomy and live openly as a man, taking testosterone treatments when they became available after World War II. Hart alsoĀ become a prominent figure in the fight against tuberculosis, which at the time was the leading cause of death in Europe and the US. He graduated with a medical degree in 1912 and later in 1928 received a masterās degree in radiology. He eventually became an expert on tubercular radiology and published several articles on X-ray medicine and its use in the detection of tuberculosis and went on to gain another masterās degree in public health in 1948.Ā
Hart then served as the director of hospitalization and rehabilitation at the Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission and continued to dedicate his professional life to tuberculosis research.Ā
Ben Barres (1954 - 2017) | NeuroscienceĀ
Barres was the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences in 2013 and talked openly about his experience of sexism pre-transition and advocated for better gender equality within science. Barres research focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Barres showed that the gila, which at the time were often dismissed by neurologists as simple the support structure for the brain, had important functions in helping neurons to mature and producing connections between memory and learning functions. This discovery revolutionised neruobiologists understanding of the brain.Ā
Barres also went on to mentor many young scientists and repeatedly spoke about the systemic barriers and biases that kept marginalised groups such as women, poc and LGBT people, from succeeding or furthering their careers and research within science.Ā
Sophie Wilson |Ā Computer Science
Sophie Wilson is a British computer scientist who is known for designing the Acorn Micro-Computer, the first computer sold by Acorn Computers. She also designed the instruction set of ARM processor which is used in 21st-century smartphones and is considered one of the most important woman in tech history.Ā Ā
Lynn Ann Conway | Computer Science
A pioneer of a number of technological advancements and inventions, Conway is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer and inventor. She first worked at IMB in the 1960ā²s designing a super computer and is credited with the invention of generalised dynamic instruction handling, now used by modern computer processors in order to improve performance. She was fired after she revealed her intention to transition and was denied access to her children.Ā
After she transitioned she restarted her career and authored the MeadĀ & Conway revolution in VLSI design, that was considered groundbreaking work that quickly become a standard textbook in chip design.Ā
Joan Roughgarden | BiologyĀ
known for her critical studies on Charles Darwinās theory of sexual selection and LGBT biology, Roughgarden is an American ecologist and evolutionary biologist, having published over 180 scientific articles and books. Roughgarden has carried out ecological studies on barnacles, Caribbean lizards but is most known for her published book critiquingĀ Darwinās sexual selection theory based on the fact it fails to answer and consider animals which do not follow traditional sex roles of intrasexual and intersexual selection. She was met with bitter andĀ vitrioli criticism from other scientists for publishing such views, to which she was not surprised.Ā
Roughgarden went on to publish a second book further pointing out over 26 phenomena which the current sexual-selection theory does not explain, and instead suggests the social-selection theory. She continues to make analytical studies that social selection is a more credible explanation.
Honorable mentions to these transgender scientists:Ā
Audrey Tang
Angela Clayton
Kate Craig-Wood
Mary Ann Horton
Christa Muth
And to all the unseen and unnamed transgender scientists.Ā
My body is the old decrepit house at the end of the block that all the kids swear is haunted. My spine is the creaky staircase that threatens to break at any second, sending you plummeting to your death. Every corner you turn, there is a feeling as if you have just missed someone avoiding you. Who knows how many people have died here and how many more it shall claim
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Physics is the only tolerable thing about a Monday when Iām here for 10 hours
I can tell how annoyed/stressed I am by how thick/dark my handwriting becomes
Iāll regret saying this later but the beginning of the semester is always so boring
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Iām so sick of being a back burner. Unless you already have the front two burners going, you probably never even touch the back one. Unless someone is desperately bored, they never reach out to me. I always text first; ten texts out, maybe one back in. Zero out? Zero in. Iām exhausted always being reliable and there, but itās not in my nature to do otherwise. Whether I have 2 or 10 āfriendsā, itās still the same. Please, someone light my flame. Iām more than just a back burnerā¦
A Rafflesia Arnoldii ācorpse flowerā in Taba Penanjung, Bengkulu province, Indonesia, The flower is endemic to the rainforests of Sumatra and produces an odour of decaying flesh and is known for producing the worldās largest flower. Photograph: Diva Marha/AFP/Getty Images.
Not only is it Big and Gross (mood), but this lovely lass is also parasitic in nature! Rafflesiaās are nearly impossible to spot unless flowering because the bud is the only visible part with everything else being encased in the root and stems of thick vines, living off its nutrients. Her only form of pollination is by attracting flies with that lovely rotten scent, coating them with sap, and hoping that they find another flowering friend. Perhaps thatās why she blooms so immensely (a single flower can be up to 3ft across)
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