Privilege, Status, and Pipelines in STEM:
A View from a Different Direction

Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory

Brown Bag Session: Wednesday, July 18, Noon – 1:00 pm
Arthur H. Nelson Conference Room

Background

2. How many of you have a transgender colleague?

3. My story with multiple transtions

• out to self

• building a trans community

• out to non professional world

• out to professional world

Privilege vs. Status

Privilege is something you have without doing anything

Status is based on actions

Privilege has quite a bit to do with how easy status is to get and maintain

Pipelines?

Is the pipeline clogging up?

How do people who want to do STEM get through the pipeline?

Questions: Ask me anything!