The five times that I came out (and thousands of times that I didn't)
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According to the most recent data from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, an estimated 4.5% of the United States population identifies as LGBTQ+. Over the course of the past week, those approximately 11.3 million people watched while the United States Supreme Court began to deliberate…
A Moment of Bravery
BlogGuest post by Rebecca Hayes for the LGBTQ+ Plant Scientist Network Pride Month Blog Series
I never intended to come out at work.
I waitressed every weekend at a local diner in my conservative hometown while I was in high school and while working on my undergraduate degree. Seldom…
Diverse plants, diversity in botany
BlogGuest post by Paul Sokoloff, Senior Research Assistant, Botany, Canadian Museum of Nature
Astragalus, the milkvetch genus, is a massive group of plants in the pea family that has diversified into over 3000 species, which can be found in various habitats across the northern hemisphere. Its also a…