Queering Science Communication

Introduction - Tara Roberson and Lindy A. Orthia


Part 1: Negotiating Queer Identities with Science, Technology, and Medicine


1. Where to 'Keep' the Queer: Contestations and Anxieties in Clinical Communications - Aritra Chatterjee


Practice Spotlight: Gender and Sex in Research Communications - Sophia Frentz


2. The Question of Queer Complexity: Science Communication and Queer Activism - V de Kauwe and Emily Standen


3. Queer Interests in Technology and Innovation Discourse - Tara Roberson


Practice Spotlight: All We Need Is ... The Endosymbiotic Love Calendar - Annalaura Alifuoco, Natalie E.R. Beveridge, Yasmine Kumordzi, and Hwa Young Jung


Practice Spotlight: GENDERS: Shaping and Breaking the Binary, an Exhibition at Science Gallery London - Helen Kaplinsky and Jessie Krish


Teaching Notes for Part 1


Part 2: Representations of Queerness in Public Science Communication


4. Queering Science Museums, Science Centres, and Other Public Science Institutions - Eleanor S. Armstrong and Simon J. Lock


Practice Spotlight: Queer by Nature: The LGBTQ+ Natural History Tour - Josh Davis


Practice Spotlight: Science Queers: Overacted Representation in Science Communication - Oscar Aznar-Alemany


Practice Spotlight: Science is a Drag! Online Events - Carla Suciu, Brynley Pearlstone, and Sam Langford


5. Queer Characters in Science-themed Fiction - Lindy A. Orthia and Leo P. Visser


Practice Spotlight: Using #QueerInSTEM and Related Hashtags to Promote Your Science Communication - Luis Lopez and Alberto I. Roca


Practice Spotlight: Queer Science Blogs: Public Communication Before the Age of Social Media - Ron Buckmire and Alberto I. Roca


Teaching Notes for Part 2


Part 3: Queer People in Science Communication Communities


6. Malayang Paglaladlad para sa Mapagpalayang Paglalahad: Coming Out and Queering Science Communication in Contested Spaces - John Noel Viana, Mario Carlo Severo, Miguel Barretto-Garcia, Paul James Magtaan, Jason Tan Liwag, Roemel Jeusep Bueno, Christer de Silva, and Shaira Panela


Practice Spotlight: Queer Scientists PH: Visibility Towards Community Building and Empowerment - Jason Tan Liwag, Jay S. Fidelino, Rey Audie S. Escosio, Almira B. Ocampo, and Nikki Santos-Ocampo


Practice Spotlight: 500 Queer Scientists at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - Alice Motion and Herve Sauquet


7. Including Queerness and Improving Belonging of Intersectional Queer Identities in Science Communication Communities - Katherine Canfield


Practice Spotlight: Rainbow Spectrums: Embracing Our Queer Disabled Family in Science Communication - V de Kauwe and Kai Fisher


8. Have Rainbow, Will Collect Data: How Citizen and Community Science Engages Queer Volunteers - Todd A. Harwell


Teaching Notes for Part 3


Part 4: Queering Institutional Science Communication Agendas


9. Science OUTreach: A Queer Approach to Science Communication Practice - Alice Motion and Lee Wallace


Practice Spotlight: Queer Communicators in Environmental, Climate Change, and Sustainability Conversations - Franzisca Weder


Practice Spotlight: How LGBTIQA+ Representation in Organization Leadership Impacts Inclusivity and Visibility - Sarah Durcan and Andrea Bandelli


Practice Spotlight: Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections - A Community Workshop - Eleanor S. Armstrong and Sophie Gerber


10. The Possibilities of Queer in Science Communication Teaching and Pedagogies - Simon J. Lock and Eleanor S. Armstrong


11. Queering Science Communication Theory Beyond Deficit and Dialogue Binaries - Lindy A. Orthia and V de Kauwe


Teaching Notes for Part 4


Conclusions - Tara Roberson and Lindy A. Orthia