Inclusion for LGBTQIA+ scientists in the workplace

Many LGBTQIA+ scientists feel invisible within their institutions, this article explores lived experience and outlines the importance of recognizing and celebrating LGBTQIA+ identities in the workplace to support mental health and career advancement.

• LGBTQIA+
• Workplace culture

Online

Safe fieldwork strategies for at-risk individuals, supervisors and institutions

Researchers who are at-risk due to their race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and/or religion face immediate threat and long term prejudice. This thoughtful article outlines risk mitigation strategies to keep all researchers safer in the field.

• Academia
• LGBTQIA+
• Workplace culture

Online

An intersectionality walk, with structural change

SAGE ACT regional network has developed an action-based activity to allow others to better understand how intersectionality affects an individual’s engagement at work, and how identification and mitigation of structural barriers can change this. A resource pack (PDF or DOC), introductory video, slide deck and walk tracker are all available to download and use.

• Aboriginal
• Culturally and linguistically diverse
• Disability
• LGBTQIA+
• Torres Strait Islander
• Workplace culture

National

Queers in Science

QueersInScience is an initiative aiming to build community and improve support for LGBTQIA+ people working in STEMM in Australia.

• Events
• LGBTQIA+
• Network
• Visibility