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Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation

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Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 5:28:25 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation
>> > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lgbt-physicists-face-discrimination-exclusion-intimidation/
>> 
>> 
>> > According to the American Physical Society (APS) report LGBT Climate
>> > in Physics, published on March 15, transgender physicists and physics
>> > students faced the most hostile working environment, with almost half
>> > of the 37 surveyed reporting having experienced exclusionary and
>> > harassing treatment in the past year.
>> >
>> > Problems faced by transgender physicists included colleagues who
>> > failed to respect their gender identity--for example, by using the
>> > wrong name or pronoun to refer to them--and a lack of toilet
>> > facilities that they felt comfortable and safe in using.
>> 
> 
> 
> You really think discrimination is worse among physicists than among
> teamsters, longshoremen, cowboys, etc.?
> 
> Double-A

I've allways found homophobia by wrestlers especially funny since they
spend a lot of time with their crotches in each other's face.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 19:28 -0500
  Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 01:33 +0000
  Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-11 09:09 +0000
  LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 03:03 -0700
  Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-04-12 14:22 -0700
    Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-12 21:43 +0000
  Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-12 18:04 -0500
    Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 23:03 -0400
    Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 14:49 -0700
    Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 16:55 -0700
      Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 02:45 -0400
  Re: LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation xxein1@att.net - 2016-04-13 16:24 -0700

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