Not long to go until the greatest history of science conference ever convenes in #Edinburgh. Lots of queer-themed papers to look forward to. I'll be speaking as part of this panel, which starts at 9:15am on Tuesday 14 July. 🌈🐠🎓🌱🗃️ hssonline.org/page/Edinbur... #ESHS-HSS #histbio #histsci #lgbtq 1/2

Did you know that the Fourth of July fireworks could put a dog through this much fear and anxiety? 😔 When choosing how to celebrate, keep in mind that it should be fun for everyone, no matter the species!

New episode of Youre Dead To Me now on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds Its about the father of Eugenics Francis Galton, with our guests Subhadra Das (former curator of the Galton collection) and comedian Desiree Burch It’ll go on YouTube/other pod apps in 28 days time www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

buy @rossbrooks.co.uk's book! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Ooohh, BLUESKY! Don't you DARE be SOUR! Clap for the magnificent authors of Bluesky! AND FEEL THE POWER! It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! This July 4th help spread some independence by buying some marvelous books from myself and the other wonderful writers of Bluesky! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO! #Booksky

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@queeragu.bsky.social, the #LGBTQIA+ affinity group of @agu.org is organizing two technical sessions at the #AGU26 fall meeting. Abstract deadlines are Aug. 5. #QueerSTEM #LGBTQSTEM

Here's my handy starter pack listing GORGEOUS LGBTQIA+ bookshops all over the world. Please share and if you know of any new ones, please let me know so I can add them. SOME HAVE BOOKSHOP DOGS! go.bsky.app/G321HCf

📢 Call for Proposals – Deadline: 31 July Interested in HistSTEM & childhood? 🧸 🪀 This Leeds symposium (16–18 Nov) may be for you. Check out the CfP on our website: bshs.org.uk/symposium-gl... We're pleased to support the event through our Small Conference Grant: bshs.org.uk/grants/#smal...

doing some external examining for a uni I once worked at & touched to see that the .jpg of James Hadley's 1882 Aesthetic Teapot I uploaded 7 years ago is still the header image for the English dept's Queer Histories module on the VLE 🥲

The Social History Society 50th anniversary Conference is in full swing! To celebrate, take 30% off a wide range of social history books with free UK postage until 31/8 here: yalebooks.co.uk/social-histo... #history #SkyStorians @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

My book baby has arrived! 🤩 Not for the first time, my wonderful editors @yalebooks.bsky.social have delightfully surprised me: the colours on the jacket catch the light (I'm told it's called 'spot gloss')! It really is a thing of beauty. #books #booksky #histsci #queerhistory 🌈📚🗃️

Early-career astronomers and members of the American Astronomical Society Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA) share their research and motivation to pursue professional careers in astronomy in @natastron.nature.com: rdcu.be/fq2Hz #PrideInSTEM #LGBTQSTEM 🌈 🔭

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month finale! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’ve made daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/30: Nature is queer AF: a thread

🌈 As #PrideMonth draws to a close, we'd like to celebrate people helping make #entomology more inclusive, accessible and welcoming for all. Huge congrats to Connor Butler on his feature in the BBC for his work connecting people with nature & #InsectScience through #QueerEcology 🦋

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/29: Girl macaques often choose other girls to be their sex partners during mating season.

Delighted to be contributing to the Royal Society’s Summer Science series of talks celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday until 5 July. I’ll be in conversation with Subhadra Das about extinction. Details of the talks, including mine, here. #SummerScience royalsociety.org/science-even...

fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/cfp-rsa-2027... Giancarla Periti and mine cfp for @rsaorg.bsky.social #RSA2027 #RSAPhila27 on #CraftingNature, we welcome contributions that address the production, cultivation and uses of veg materials, and the artistic and scientific knowledge #histsci #arthist🌱

Almost the end of Pride, which means I've finally remembered to post about medieval Pride merch 🙃🙃🙃 Anyway June's just a month, queer is forever, etc. Check out sticker.church for all your weird medieval, super queer sticker needs 🗃️ #MedievalSky bsky.app/profile/aspe...

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/29: Male ruffs come in 3 types: macho, transvestite, or in between. They’re born that way.

I'm thrilled to bits that my forthcoming book is in the Top 10 in Publishers Weekly's Autumn science preview! 🌈📚🦋🗃️ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @publisherswkly.bsky.social #booksky #histsci #queerhistory

Followed by @rossbrooks.co.uk on Darwin & the queer origins of life, chaired by @kevinguyan.bsky.social on Tuesday 14th July from 7-8pm! lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi...

With July around the corner, here are all our brilliant events in the upcoming month! We begin with Lighthouse favourite Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé discussing her new YA thriller, The Heirs with Carnegie-winning author Margaret McDonald on Thurs 2 July. lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-h...

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/27: Elephants hold up the B in LGBTQ

I can only wholeheartedly agree. Both the symposium and chatting to the Inherent Vice team were a delight! Looking forwards to a thorough read 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

If you missed any of this year's Institute of Historical Research (IHR) British History in the Long 18th Century seminars and would like to catch up, the recordings are now available. We resume on 7 October. #Skystorians

Published today! Inherent Vice No. 3: Exploring Queerness in Natural History. I'm delighted to be involved with this following a pioneering symposium @linneansociety.bsky.social earlier this year. 🌈📚🏳️‍⚧️🐦 www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod... #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideInSTEM #queer #nature #zines

3 Scientists Talk Queer Ecology! 🐠🦋🪲 www.possibilities.news/scientists-t... thank you to @yessfun.com for interviewing me and my friends-coauthors. we chat about ecology, queer identities, biological sex, and the current science-policy landscape. #PrideInSTEM 🏳️‍⚧️

Dr Delgado is a pioneer in LGBT research in Chile, focusing on homophobic violence and the impact of prejudice and discrimination on the mental health of gay men and lesbians. Meet the co-Editor‑in‑Chief of our newly launched @bmc.springernature.com journal Global LGBTQ+ Health. #PrideInSTEM 🌈🎓

As we have experienced this week, extreme temperatures are no longer a future threat. They are a present danger. Today, I’m launching London’s first ever heat plan: a city-wide plan to adapt our capital, protect communities, and build a climate-resilient city.

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/25: mallard duck dads with “companions”

The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.

Article about one of my favoritre research libraries & its wonderful collection of books about sex! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/a...

🌈 #QueerHistory: Margaret Skinnider is perhaps best known as the female rebel who was wounded commanding a military action in the 1916 Rising. However, Mary McAuliffe’s detailed biography re-evaluates the queer revolutionary’s long and politically active life.

Due to the extreme heat expected today, we have rescheduled our Nature Walk: The Birds & The Bees - Queer Ecology of Barnes Common to the 8th of July. This means you’ve still got time to get your tickets! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-wal...

The website for the new book series Crafting Nature is online @brepols.net I co-edit it with Giancarla Periti - and the board is rich with colleagues working on the intersections between #arthistory #histsci We look forward to book/volume proposals #bookseries www.brepols.net/series/HMCN

📣New queer geographies podcast! 🌈🎓 Introducing 'Space & Sexuality': Every 2 weeks, I share conversations with leading & emerging scholars across queer/trans geographies of sex and sexualities. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to the first 2 ep's: open.spotify.com/show/033DRqR...

This has got to be the weirdest human evolution story I've ever covered. I'm still baffled -- yes, baffled -- by these results. 🏺🧪

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about how male-male mating is quite common in damselflies. Well, this type of mating is also common in dragonflies! This is an Eight-spotted Skimmer (Libellula forensis) that I photographed along the Shasta River. 🏳️‍🌈🌈Happy Pride Month🌈🏳️‍🌈 #dragonfly #nature #science

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/24: non-binary songbirds

This #Pride Month, explore LGBTI+ stories in the National Library of Ireland's collections, from the Irish Queer Archive and Yes Equality Visual Digital Archive to photographs, papers, exhibitions and more. 🏳️‍🌈 Learn more: https://ow.ly/euVX50ZfxL6

Free/donation event alert! 🌈🚨 crystalcove.org/event/queer-... Super excited about this very special queer ecology walk in Orange County with Crystal Cove Conservancy. 🧡 Open to all! See you there OC, and spread the word! #pridemonth #lgbtq #queerecology #orangecounty

🌈 This month, we’re highlighting powerful LGBTQ+ scholarship. Explore the full collection: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/collection/L... Featuring work like this important article in the European Journal of Politics and Gender on pseudoscience and transgender people: doi.org/10.1332/2515...

💡 Discover our MA in Medical Humanities! A reminder of our upcoming sessions to find out more: 🔶 In-person Open Day, Sat 27 June - drop-in session 2.50–3.50pm (BST) durhamuni.eventsair.com/2026-postgra... 🔷 Online info session, Fri 3 July 3-3.50pm (BST) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ma-in-medi...

Thrilled to receive a signed copy of Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex by Perrin Roosevelt Ireland, including a gorgeous autograph squid! It's a fabulous book - highly recommended . . . 🦑🌈📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132... @wwnorton.com #booksky #queer #nature

Available now! Though largely forgotten today, Gladys Hynes (1888–1958) was a pioneering artist; a gifted painter, sculptor and designer – but also a pacifist, feminist, suffragist and Irish Republican. Her influence, long neglected, is now ripe for rediscovery. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

This article from #ProcB explains how the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) transformed its institutional identity in the decades following the Second World War doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | @zslscience.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social #Ecology #Zoology #Conservation #HistSci

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/22: Gender fluid cuttlefish

Visibility matters: A conversation with the co-founder of 500 Queer Scientists “It's hard to see yourself in a career where you don't see other people who are like you”. #PrideMonth #LGBTQinSTEM #QueerInSTEM https://bit.ly/4wP7VnD

A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...