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LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Consulting

As a Founder and Chair of the Science Museum Group's Gender & Sexuality Network, I am deeply committed to uncovering and celebrating queer and intersectional stories within museum and heritage spaces. My work centers on advocating for inclusivity, diversity, and representation in the narratives that shape how we engage with science, history, and culture.

An award-winning speaker, I am available for guest lectures, workshops, and consultations. My expertise lies in "queering" museum and heritage collections, including science-based collections, as well as in the development of thriving, impactful staff networks across a variety of institutions. 

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Speaking Engagements

Unearthing LGBTQ+ Stories in Science Museums, Kingston School of Art, November 2023.

Seeing Things Queerly: A workshop moving queerness from the ‘outside’ to the ‘inside’ of the Science Museum Collections, Outside/rs: Making Space at the Queer Intersections of Sex and Gender, University of Brighton, 2022.

Seeing things Queerly: Uncovering LGBTQ+ stories in the Science Museum Group’s Collections, The Great Exhibition Road Festival, February and June 2022.

Queer and Now: LGBTQI+ inclusivity in higher education. York Learning and Teaching Award Symposium, March 2019.

Outreach, Writing, & Publications

Co-author and editor of Science Museum Seeing things Queerly, Self-Guided Trail.

“Lynn Conway”, Science Museum Blog, 2023.

“Unearthing LGBTQ+ Stories in the Collection.” Science Museum Group Blog, 2022.

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Media

 “Seeing Things Queerly.” Technecast (podcast), 13 June, 2022.

“Science Museum: Uncovering queer stories to inspire new trailblazers”, BBC News, June 17, 2022. 

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