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. 2017 Apr 4;18(1):62.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1198-y.

Coming out: the experience of LGBT+ people in STEM

Ben Barres  1 , Beth Montague-Hellen  2 , Jeremy Yoder  3
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Coming out: the experience of LGBT+ people in STEM

Ben Barres et al. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

Continuing with our Q&A series discussing issues of diversity in STEM fields, Genome Biology spoke with three openly LGBT+ researchers on their experiences in biology.

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LGBT+ scientists aren’t all that out of the lab closet. STEM professionals rate their openness about LGBT+ identities in different contexts, from 0 (no one knows) to 5 (everyone knows) [1]
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