An Open Call for a Proud Academia
For a more LGBTQIA+ inclusive Academia
“…Each generation improves the world for the next.
My grandparents willed me strength.
My parents willed me pride.
I will to you rage.
I give you a world incomplete,
a world where women still are property and chattel
where color still shuts doors
where sexual choice still threatens,
but I give you a legacy of doers
of people who take risks
to chisel the crack wider….” — Pat Parker, “Legacy”
It is time to raise your voice. Show your Pride.
While we have come a long way since the riots in 1969, stigma and discrimination against people for their sexual identity, gender identity, or sexual orientation is still a present issue in our societies.
Modern Academia is more diverse than ever before. But there is still a long path to an inclusive and equal-chances Academia.
LGBTQIA+ people still do not fully enjoy the same rights and privileges as their straight counterparts. Many studies show how LGBTQIA+ Academics — and individuals — are more vulnerable to employment…
