LGBTQ+ STEM day

Name: LGBTQ+ STEM day
Start: 2025-11-18T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-18T21:25:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Tuesday 18 Nov 2025, 17:30 → 21:25 Europe/Zurich

3179/R-E06 (CERN)

3179/R-E06

CERN

IdeaSquare

Show room on map

Carlin Kenneth MacKenzie, Steffi Bower (Florida State University (US))

Description

LGBTQ+ in STEM Day is an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people in STEM disciplines across the world every 18th of November. Along with raising the flag, this year we will be providing a program of talks, performances and more!

The LGBTQ-CERN Informal Network, in collaboration with the D&I Programme, welcomes the extended community of colleagues, friends and allies to the third LGBTQ+ STEM day celebrated at CERN.

Registration is REQUIRED to enter IdeaSquare!

Read more about LGBTQ+ in STEM here: https://prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

Directions on how to get to CERN: https://home.cern/directions

When on CERN site, find your way to the Science Gateway visitor car park, behind the Globe.

Steffi Bower, Carlin MacKenzie and Savannah Shively

lgbtqcern-admin@cern.ch

Registration

- 17:30 → 17:45
  Introductions
  - 17:30
    
    Welcome! 15m
    
    The LGBTQ+ CERN committee will introduce the network, the event, and the guest performers.
    
    Speakers: Carlin Kenneth MacKenzie, Steffi Bower (Florida State University (US))
- 17:45 → 19:05
  Talks and Activities
  - 17:55
    
    Make Your Own Pride Flag 2 5m
    
    Speaker: Jacob Henry Steenis (University of California Davis (US))
    
    buildingOurOwnPrideFlag_2025.pdf
  - 18:00
    
    LGBT is STEM 10m
    
    Speaker: Mariana Moreira (CERN)
    
    lgbt_stem.pdf
    
    lgbt_stem.pptx
  - 18:10
    
    History of AIDS and future of science funding 10m
    
    Speaker: Carlin Kenneth MacKenzie
    
    02 History of AIDS and the Future of Science.pdf
  - 18:20
    
    Pixel Detector 10m
    
    Speaker: Steffi Bower (Florida State University (US))
    
    LGBTinSTEM_Pixel (2).pdf
  - 18:30
    
    What's in a story? 10m
    
    Speaker: Alexandra Epshtein (Imperial College (GB))
    
    04 What's in a story_.pdf
  - 18:40
    
    The journey of a transwoman in Optogenetics 10m
    
    Speaker: Charlie-Grihmalkin Foucher (University of Geneva)
    
    CGF_Pres_CERN_251118.pdf
  - 18:50
    
    BI as in bisexual and beam instrumentation 10m
    
    Speaker: Emily Rose Howling (Univ. of Oxford (GB))
    
    LGBTQ_STEM_day_CERN.pdf
    
    LGBTQ_STEM_day_CERN.pptx
  - 19:00
    
    Make Your Own Pride Flag 2 - Results 5m
    
    Speaker: Jacob Henry Steenis (University of California Davis (US))
    
    Final_CERN_Color_Project_2025.pdf
    
    flagCandidates2025.pdf
    
    the flags.zip
- 19:05 → 20:15
  Performances
  - 19:05
    
    Wanda Vision & SOLIS 30m
  - 19:35
    
    DJ Sabrina - Music and Social 40m