Science Resources
The following is a list of influential people that can be
tied into general science curriculum, and may also incorporate LGBTQ
inclusive instruction. These sources are tied into LGBTQ curriculum
because they are LGBTQ in orientation, or have influenced modern
thought on the inclusion of such minorities. This list is by no means
complete.
Influential People
Alan Turning -
gay WWII codebreaker & founder of "computable numbers"
Alfred Kinsey - gay 20th c.
social scientist pioneering studies of sexuality
Allan Cox - gay 20th c.
geophysicist known for studies on plate tectonics
Neil Divine - gay 20th c.
astrophysicist known for theories on star formation & space debris
Margaret Mead - gay 20th
c. anthropologist and Curator of Ethnology
Jim Pollack - gay 20th c.
astrophysicist renowned in planetary atmospheres
Leonardo DaVinci -
gay 15th c. artist & scientist and researcher of human anatomy
Sir Francis Bacon -
gay 17th c. philosopher of science, and developer of scientific method
S. Josephine Baker - lesbian
20th c. physician & developer of 1st child's hygiene dept.