(Lou Foglia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) In modern America, Pride penetrates all. The nation’s new mission is inclusivity, and every sector must include it.
At least, those statements appear increasingly true.
And at Arizona State University, Professor Katelynn Cooper is doing her part. She was concerned about a lack of LGBT involvement in biology research, so she launched a new lab. When Katelyn Cooper, 34, was an undergraduate student studying biochemistry at Arizona State University, she was afraid to come out as gay. She said this was largely because science classrooms and labs have traditionally been seen as objective spaces where “who you are doesn’t matter.” But she wanted to matter, and that might be accomplished by discovering her instructors’ sexual interests: “It felt pretty lonely as an undergrad,” Cooper told NBC News. “I remember admiring so many of my instructors in science and looking for any sign that anyone else maybe […]
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