Welcome to Episode 4 of Queer STEM History. Today we are discussing the story of Dr Ben Barres, who was Stanford University neurobiologist and the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences.

The transcript for this episode is available at https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website/ben-barres

For more information about Ben Barres check out these links:

Ben Barres' autobiography 'The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist' -

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/autobiography-transgender-scientist

Ben Barres' 2006 Nature essay 'Does gender matter?' -https://www.nature.com/articles/442133a

Nature article 'Ben Barres: neuroscience pioneer, gender champion' - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07109-2

Spectrum article 'Ben Barres: A transgender scientist shares his story' - https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/ben-barres-transgender-scientist-shares-story/

MITPress 'Transgender Day of Remembrance: Celebrating Dr. Ben Barres' - https://mitpress.mit.edu/blog/transgender-day-remembrance-celebrating-dr-ben-barres

Claudia M Astorino @claudistics Twitter thread about Ben Barres - https://twitter.com/claudistics/status/1147135162670600197

2012 study about science job applications 'Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students' - https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109

500 Queer Scientists - https://www.500queerscientists.com/

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