🏳️‍🌈AGQ, the queer affinity group of AGU (@agu.org ) is still early in our organization. However, there are several significant highlights over the past few years!

So happy to be a part of and supported by the @agu.org community! Happy pride month!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🏳️‍⚧️ Today we highlight and celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility. Trans people are everywhere and continue to face discrimination for living their truth. We stand with our trans community members and won't stop fighting for their acceptance and inclusion! #TDOV @agu.org 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

AGQ's 2025 survey results are in! Swipe through to see the current variety of responses, and check out the link in our Link Tree (in bio) to see the full summary!

If you’re attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting this week in Glasgow, we urge you to attend an exciting new town hall! Tuesday from 12:45-13:45, Queer in Marine Science is hosting a town hall!

We are SO EXCITED to host our first (hopefully of many) virtual AGQ event of 2026! Please join us at the link on the flier on Friday February 13th from 1:30-3 pm PT / 4:30-6 pm ET. We look forward to meeting fresh faces, overviewing the history of AGQ, network, and start planning for AGU26!

Did you attend #AGU25? Do you have thoughts on how AGQ can improve for AGU26? Do you want to get involved with AGQ behind-the-scenes? Do you want to participate in virtual community-building events with AGQ in February?

Check here for a great opportunity to meet with like-minded community members in a few weeks!

#AGU25 AGQ meetup: Coffee, Beignets and Registration Attending #AGU25 Fall Meeting in New Orleans? Join AGQ at Cafe Du Monde (800 Decatur St.), 16:00 CST, Sunday Dec. 14th for Coffee and Beignets, before heading to the main venue at 17:30 CST to register! Hope to see many of you!

Attending #AGU25 next week? Make sure to stop by the inclusive science events happening all week long! Thanks @agu.org !!

We are one week away #AGU25!! We can’t wait to see our community members at all of these amazing events!!

🚨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ AGQ's inaugural town hall is happening in 15 days!! Join us in rooms 265-266 for our town hall TH23H "Emphasizing the Science of Queer and Allied Scientists" from 1-2pm on Tuesday Dec. 16th!! @agu.org

🚨 #AGU25 AGQ Pods AGQ will be hosting pods every day, Monday December 15th - Friday December 19th, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Hall B-1, Pod 5 at the New Orleans Convention Center. Come network, socialize and hangout with the queer and allied communities of AGU!

🚨 #AGU25 AGQ Lounge Also, on Tuesday December 16th and Thursday December 18th from 8:30AM to 9:30AM, we have also reserved the Louis Armstrong Lounge (Hall B-1). Feel free to drop by!

🚨 #AGU25 Session Alert AGQ is thrilled to once again partner with the DEIA and Student & Early Career working groups of the Education Section of the @agu.org to host our oral technical session on Monday December 15th at 8:30am in rooms 346-347 of the New Orleans Convention Center.

Deadline extended to 18 Sept! The Trump administration has proposed overturning the EPA’s endangerment finding, the science-based determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health. Join 650+ of your peers who have signed AGU’s letter to defend climate science. ➡️ buff.ly/lLPmLZe

Reminder! @agu.org abstract submissions close Wednesday!

🚨CALLING ALL ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS🚨 AGQ is thrilled to partner with the Education Section of @agu.org to host ED002 “Advances and Progress in Fostering a Supportive Scientific Community for All”. Follow the link to submit abstracts by the end of the month! www.agu.org/annual-meeti...

Pride month may be over, but AGQ is just getting started!! Make sure to follow along as we have exciting announcements coming soon ahead of the annual meeting of @agu.org !! 🏳️‍🌈

With Pride Month🏳️‍🌈 at its peak, it’s a good time to revisit this powerful piece by Kamran & Jennings (2023): fieldwork must be made inclusive and safe by recognising differences, rethinking planning, protocols, and hearing LGBTQ+ voices. Safety is inclusion. #PrideInSTEM 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Abstracts for AGU25 now open!!

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! At AGU, we celebrate the LGBTQ+ scientists, students, educators, and allies who enrich the Earth and space sciences with their brilliance, curiosity, and courage. Science thrives when everyone can bring their full selves to the work of discovery. 🌍✨ #PrideMonth

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Proud to be part of the @agu.org and AGQ community today and everyday!

If you have specific concerns surrounding AGU25 and operating in queer spaces, please feel free to reach out to us at our email in our bio or through DMs! We're here to support the queer earth scientist community! But we will persevere as we have always done, and will continue to always do! <3

By the end of Tue Jan 21, we should have added everyone to our listserv who indicated interest during AGU24. If you have checked your spam folder and don't see an invite but wish to be added, please email us (in bio). Thanks!

🚨 REMINDER to fill out this google form to join our virtual community! We will be sending out initial info on our emailing lists soon, so don't miss the action!

Happy New Year from everyone here at AGQ! May 2025 bring you all good luck and good fortune!!

Reminder!! Join our community to stay in the know about all things AGQ!! tinyurl.com/586kms2d @agu.org

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU AGQ Community!! We had a wonderful time at this years @agu.org meeting!! Our attendance at the AGQ reception was incredible, and we’re so thankful to have met, networked, and celebrated with you all. Stay tuned for another year of amazing events!

Wow! 🌍 Over 30,000 attendees from around the globe joined us in Washington, D.C., and online to explore What’s Next for Science at #AGU24. THANK YOU for an incredible week of collaboration and discovery! 🤝✨ We can’t wait to see you next year at #AGU25 in New Orleans! 🚀🌆

Thank you for being part of a record-breaking #AGU24! 🎉 With over 30,000 attendees, this year was truly unforgettable. Mark your calendars for #AGU25 in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 15–19 December 2025. See you next year! 🗓️✨ https://buff.ly/3Bs1eQj

Tonight!! Come to the South Pre-Function at 6:30!!

Thank you!! AGQ has officially hit 100 followers on BlueSky! We’re excited to connect with the queer geoscientist community virtually and grow our following even further!

Reminder! We have 2 pods today! The first one will be at Pod 5 in hall A (exhibit hall) from 10-10:30. The second will be at Pod 3 in hall B-C (poster hall) from 10:30-11. Come through to get your rainbow lanyard!

If you’re at @agu.org come to the South Pre-Function for the inclusive science reception! Add a note about your definition of inclusive science!!

Remember to join our community to stay up to date on all things queer @agu.org !! Tinyurl.com/586kms2d

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️We’re here and we’re queer! At #AGU2024! We had a successful first pod and connected with many new community members. Our oral sessions with the Education Section of @agu.org had great attendance! And we’re excited for our poster session (ED13A) this afternoon!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Next Thursday we are hosting the LGBTQ+ Geoscientists & Allies Reception with @agu.org !! We look forward to seeing you in person at the South Pre-Function in the Convention Center from 6:30-8:30pm!

Make sure to join our AGQ community! This year we are formalizing a collection of emails to better connect the community year-round! Please fill out the form: tinyurl.com/586kms2d

Back by popular demand! AGQ is thrilled to once again host public pods during this year's annual @agu.org meeting! Join us each day for 30min to connect and support one another! Note: the locations and times vary by day!

Following on last year's success, we are THRILLED to co-host technical sessions with the education section of @agu.org! Join us next Monday for our 2 oral sessions and poster session!!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Calling everyone! We are excited to partner with @agu.org and be a part of the Inclusive Science for All networking reception next Monday! Join us in the South Pre-Function in the Convention Center from 6:00-8:00pm!

Hello BlueSky community! This page is a community-run page dedicated to increasing diversity, inclusion, and awareness in the geoscience community. We are AGQ, the queer affinity group of @agu.org. We are excited to bring content to this platform! #QueerScience