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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

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Guest 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

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Guest 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…