Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome/Events and Workshops/UCL LGBTQ+ 2020

Info about the event

Take part in a LGBTQ+ Wikipedia Edit-a-thon that will to celebrate the LGBTQ+ people who deserve a more prominent place in the online record.

Useful links

Click here to go to the Dashboard so we can log your involvement! There are several articles on the Dashboard that you might like to improve - lots of them need infoboxes, for instance. You can also find more basic articles to improve on this list of articles that the folks at Wikiproject LGBT have classfied as "start class".

Suggested Wikidata edits

If you'd like to edit Wikidata, take a look at WikiProject LGBT and especially the section "How can I help?"

Suggested Wikipedia pages for creation

• 500 Queer Scientists resource 1, resource 2, resource 3, resource 4, resource 5, resource 6
• Pride in STEM resource 1, resource 2, resource 3

Suggested Wikipedia biographies for creation

Be cautious of pronouns (he/him/his, she/her/hers, them/their/theirs), dead-naming someone (using their previous name prior to transition), or revealing personal information that may out somebody (i.e. reveal their sexuality w/o it being publicly known prior). If in doubt, use their surname rather than pronouns or avoid writing about their personal life.
There is excellent advice on writing about LGBTQ+ people on WikiProject LGBT studies.
To check notability guidelines for academics: Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)

Listed resources are not complete!

• Cynthia Yeung, COO at Cafe X, expert in robotics resource 1, resource 2, resource 3
• David Adger, linguist, President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, editor of Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics and former editor of Syntax resource 1, resource 2, resource 3, resource 4
• Edgardo Sanabria-Valentín, microbiologist & Associate Director of the Program for Research Initiatives in Science and Math at John Jay College starting point for info
• Gregory Youdan, Kinesiology at Teachers College & professional dancer with Heidi Latsky Dance resource 1 resource 2
• Alfredo Carpineti, astrophysicist & science journalist & founder of Pride in STEM resource 1 resource 2
• Shubhangi Karmakar, medical scientist, philanthropist & activist, president of the main Irish branch of Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) & first treasurer of the Women in Medicine Ireland Network (WiMIN) resource 1 resource 2 resource 3
• Jamie Gallagher, inorganic chemist, winner of Famelab (Scotland heat), science communicator, named in top 100 scientists by the Science Council resource 1 resource 2
• Savannah Garmon, physicist resource 1 resource 2
• Michael Ramsey-Musolf, physicist & Episcopal priest resource 1 resource 2
• Kimberlee J. Kearfott, physicist, resource 1
• Laura McCollough, physicist & United States Delegate to 6th International Conference on Women in Physics in 2017, resource 1 resource 2
• Kaki Flynn, explorer and scientist [1]
• Jesus Ramirez-Valles, professor of Community Health Sciences and writer [2]
• Allison Mattheis, Associate professor in Applied and Advanced Studies in Education co-author of Queer in STEM survey [3] [4]
• Walt Westman, founder of the NOSGLSTP and ecologist, topic of the Walt Westman papers [5]
• Ana Arriola, product designer at Microsoft [6] [7]
• Sara Sperling, Former Facebook head of diversity [8] [9]

As well as the articles suggested on the dashboard, there are also lots of articles you can find to edit in the Wikipedia category for sexual orientation and science and here as suggested by the folks at Wikiproject LGBT Studies. And for some nice easy edits, check that all people are in the right categories, translate information between different language versions of Wikipedia (see the bar at the left of every article to find the different language versions), check that people and their research are mentioned on relevant pages, and check that biography articles are included on relevant lists.

Resources to find information for profiles of LGBTQ+ scientists

• 500 Queer Scientists.
• Advocate article on 500 Queer Scientists, including selected profiles.
• LGBTSTEM interviews.
• Pink News piece on historical LGBTQ scientists.
• Curiosity piece on historical LGBTQ scientists.
• Gay Star News article with 9 profiles of LGBTI scientists and engineers.
• Interesting Engineering article with 27 profiles of LGBTQ entrepreneurs, including some engineers and technologists.
• Interviews with people who are out in STEM.
• UCL The Queer Tapestry exhibition on histories and voices of UCL’s LGBTQ+ community from the past 50 years and beyond.
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Articles written by or interviewing named LGBTQ+ scientists

• Spokes article on the role of science centres and museums on LGBTQ+ diversity in STEM.
• Guardian article by Tom Welton on being a gay scientist.
• Boston University post that explores lack of data and mentions lots of LGBTQ people in STEM.
• Nature article on not being 'out', including interviews with LGBTQ scientists.
• Nature Jobs piece that interviews LGBTQ scientists.
• Alfredo Carpineti on LGBTQ role models in education.
• BMC piece on LGBTQ and field work.
• Shaun O’Boyle for Silicon Republic on challenges that face LGBTQ scientists.
• Niamh Kavanagh for the Irish Research Council on LGBTQ in STEM workplaces.
• Ive Velikova for Sister STEM on being a queer scientist.
• Peter Coles on his own blog about being 'out' in Astrophysics.
• StartOut piece on Trans scientists by Faelan Mourmourakis.
• Massive Science piece by Lila Leatherman.
• Nature piece by Neil Reavey on being a role model.
• Create article on making engineering more LGBTQ friendly.
• RSC article by David Smith on LGBTQ people in science.
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Other relevant articles

• RSC article on the LGBT+STEMinar.
• Open Notebook article on using LGBTQ scientists as sources.
• Articles collected by House of STEM.
• Articles collected by LGBTSTEM.
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Surveys and research

• Interview with authors of the study (Jeremy Yoder and Allison Mattheis) in Wired about the Queer in STEM survey.
• Queer in STEM project website.
• Official link to Queer in STEM paper in the Journal of Homosexuality (paywall).
• Direct link to Queer in STEM paper (pdf).
• Interview in Scientific American with one of the scientists taking over the next phase of the Queer in STEM study, Joey Nelson.
• 2019 survey by IOP, RAS and RSC.
• Nature article about the 2019 survey by IOP, RAS and RSC.
• Physics World article about the 2019 survey by IOP, RAS and RSC.
• Scientific American article about the 2019 survey by IOP, RAS and RSC.
• 2018 Science Advances paper on the retention of LGB STEM students.
• Science Line article on the 2018 Science Advances paper on the retention of LGB STEM students.
• 2017 Social Sciences paper on workplace disadvantages for LGBT people in STEM.
• 2010 Engineering Studies paper on heteronormativity in engineering.
• Nature article on a report that includes experiences of LGBTQ women in science.
• Journal of Homosexuality paper on Queer STEM identity.
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Groups and initiatives

• Pride in STEM website.
• House of STEM website.
• Silicon Republic article about House of STEM.
• Out in STEM website.
• InterEngineering website.
• Queers in Science website.
• 500 Queer Scientists website.
• LGBTSTEM website.
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More useful links

Here are some more useful links to help you with your editing:

• Learn more editing: see Visual Editor user guide for more information.
• Think about what you would like to edit about check that you have enough sources to help with verifiability).
• Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
• Think about whether you have any conflicts of interest.
• All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found on the Wellcome Library Wikimedian in Residence Project Page. Here's a selection:

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  A speedy guide on where to find the different buttons on Wikipedia, and explaining what they do - useful for complete beginners!
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  Very straightforward step-by-step instructions on how to add a piece of information to an existing Wikipedia page - useful for complete beginners!
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  A guide to elements to include in a wiki-biography, with a checklist to ensure you include as many as you can when editing.
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  An instruction page for adding infoboxes to Wikipedia articles.
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  An instruction page explaining what Wikidata with instructions for doing basic edits.

• You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

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• You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
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