At age 15, Andraka said, “I’m openly gay and one of my biggest hopes is that I can help inspire other LGBT youth to get involved in STEM. He also spoke at the Topcoder Open in 2013 (pictured above). Now 21, Andraka is a global health researcher at Stanford, where he researches nanorobots, biosensors, econometrics, public health, and more. He says it costs three cents and five minutes to run. #3: Jack AndrakaĪs a sophomore in high school, Jack Andraka developed an award-winning pancreatic cancer detection tool at Johns Hopkins University. At just 41, Turing ended his life by eating an apple laced with cyanide, having been outed as gay two years prior and chemically castrated for his crime of “gross indecency.” Having helped shorten the war by an estimated two to four years, historians believe Turing saved 14 million to 21 million lives. The Bombe was used from the summer of 1940 onward, repeatedly breaking messages for the British and ultimately giving the Allies the advantage they needed to win the war in Europe. In 1939, he designed the Bombe (which was refined by another Cambridge mathematician, Gordon Welchman), an electro-mechanical device used for deciphering German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages.
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Today, Sally Ride Science has a junior academy, professional development for teachers, online programs through UCTV, an acclaimed book series, and more. Though her relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy, one of her Sally Ride Science co-founders, was known to family and friends, it wasn’t until Ride’s death that her sexuality was publicly addressed (in her obituary). (She initially applied to NASA after seeing an ad seeking women astronauts in Stanford’s school newspaper in 1977!) Ride went on to co-found Sally Ride Science in 2001, a nonprofit at the University of California, San Diego - the goal being to get young women interested in STEM. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. To celebrate this month within the tech community, here’s a look at eight amazing LGBTQ+ individuals, both past and present, who’ve made incredible contributions to STEM. Now every June, we remember and recommit ourselves to the fight for political and human rights for the LGBTQ+ community. He goes on to describe the extremely important role that colour, with its many hues and vibrancy, played on not just the creation of the Google Doodle, but also the larger positive portrayal of LGBTQI+ activism.The Stonewall Riots served as the catalyst for greater political activism in the LGBTQ+ community than the country had ever seen - along with the founding of gay rights organizations such as GLAAD, the Gay Liberation Front, Human Rights Campaign, and PFLAG.
"In celebrating 50 years of Pride, my coworker Cynthia Cheng first had the idea to depict the parade itself and show it growing in size and momentum across the decades," says Nate Swinehart, adding that the Google Doodle allowed him to explore many different styles that "could fully capture the feeling of a growing parade and relate to all who are a part of it." The Google Doodle, as told by doodler Nate Swinehart, showcases early pride activism, "on Christopher Street in New York City, to the worldwide celebrations of today." The doodle created by Doodler Nate Swinehart celebrates, honours and showcases the celebration and liberation of the entire LGBTQI+ community as well as how Pride History shaped his own journey. Google's Doodle encompasses pride history in the month of June, which has come to be celebrated by the LGBTQI+ community as Pride Month. Today's Google Doodle commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the celebration and acceptance of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual identities.