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Accessibility and inclusivity at EGU

It’s more than just a date: Unpacking the importance of the International Day of LGBTQIA+ in STEM – Perspectives of a queer woman in science

November 18, 2025
It’s more than just a date: Unpacking the importance of the International Day of LGBTQIA+ in STEM – Perspectives of a queer woman in science
Photo by Kenny Eliason. Source: Unsplash

We cannot solve the world’s most complex problems, from climate change to curing disease, if scientists must leave parts of themselves at the laboratory door. This is a reality that we must acknowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The demand for conformity, the fear of judgment, and the reality of discrimination act as invisible barriers that can limit innovat ...[Read More]

Letting in instead of coming out? Reflections on shifting from disclosure to self-compassion

and October 13, 2025
Letting in instead of coming out? Reflections on shifting from disclosure to self-compassion
Image by Claudio Schwarz. Source: Imaggeo

Saturday, October 11, 2025, marked World Coming Out Day. In this blog post, my colleague, Simon Clark, and I want to take a moment to share our experiences with you. We believe in the power of relatability and how it can help others feel less alienated in their own experiences. So keep reading, because today, we’re letting you in. Asmae speaking here: Coming out has always been a complicated ...[Read More]

Trans masculinities, embodied geographies and the River Neath

June 25, 2025
Trans masculinities, embodied geographies and the River Neath
Picture taken by the author

How do our environments shape who we are? How do we shape them? Most people have a place (or places) that they know or love so deeply it feels inextricable from themselves. A place they keep coming back to over time, maybe even after years of resisting it. For me, it’s the River Neath in South Wales, which rises on the slopes of Fan Gyhirych before winding thirty-one kilometres southeast to the se ...[Read More]

Queer Quarterly: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion during fieldwork

and June 13, 2025
Queer Quarterly: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion during fieldwork
Queer Quarterly logo, designed by Lea Pennac

It’s pride month and we are delighted to feature a post on queer inclusion in fieldwork written by members of EGU’s pride group. Queer Quarterly is the blog series of the EGU pride group, an LGBTQIA+ team of geoscientists engaged to uphold and improve the rights of the community at EGU. This quarterly post is based on the EGU Webinar Uneven Ground 2 on improving fieldwork accessibility ...[Read More]