Fourteen recommendations to create a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ individuals in academic biology

KM Cooper, AJJ Auerbach, JD Bader… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2020 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and otherwise
nonstraight and/or non-cisgender (LGBTQ+) have often not felt welcome or represented in …

Six principles for embracing gender and sexual diversity in postsecondary biology classrooms

AT Zemenick, S Turney, AJ Webster, SC Jones… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sexual and gender minorities face considerable inequities in society, including in science. In
biology, course content provides opportunities to challenge harmful preconceptions about …

A (TRANS) formative approach to gender‐inclusive science education

K Rende Mendoza, CC Johnson - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The teaching of science in K‐12 schools has long been criticized as a process that
propagates oppression for students who do not conform to entrenched norms of gender, sex …

Generating a framework for gender and sexual diversity‐inclusive STEM education

GW Wright, C Delgado - Science Education, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Students who identify as LGBTQ continue to report feelings of being unsafe at school
because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Access to a …

LGBTQIA+ invisibility in nursing anatomy/physiology textbooks

KR King, L Fuselier, H Sirvisetty - Journal of Professional Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Members of the LGBTQIA+ experience health disparities that are compounded by providers
that lack cultural competence, ie, the skills, attitudes, and knowledge to offer culturally …

Let's talk about sex roles: what affects perceptions of sex differences in animal behaviour?

P Pollo, MM Kasumovic - Animal Behaviour, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•The idea of sex roles represents a stereotypical view of females and
males.•Researchers' perceptions of sex differences in nature are diverse.•Agreement with …

Diversity in sex and relationship education–limitations and possibilities in Swedish biology textbooks

H Junkala, M Berge, E Silfver - Sex Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Shortcomings in sex and relationship education (SRE) related to norms and lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexuality (LGBTQIA) perspectives have been …

Disrupting the Master Narrative in Academic Biology as LGBTQ+ Ph. D. Students: Learning, Teaching, and Conducting Research

SA Maas, NJ Wiesenthal, SE Brownell… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2024 - lifescied.org
LGBTQ+ individuals face discrimination and stigma in academic biology. These challenges
are likely magnified for graduate students. However, there have been no studies …

The production of contraceptive cyborgs in Swedish upper secondary sexuality education

S Planting-Bergloo, AA Orlander… - Cultural Studies of Science …, 2021 - Springer
In this study we examine upper secondary students' notions of contraceptive methods, as
human reproduction and contraception are common content in sexuality education in …

Images of objective knowledge construction in sexual selection chapters of evolution textbooks

L Fuselier, PK Eason, JK Jackson, S Spaulding - Science & Education, 2018 - Springer
Textbooks provide a rich site within which to investigate how members of a scientific
discipline choose to represent their research to general audiences. We used critical …