The LGBTQ2+ Inventors & Innovators Exhibition
The LGBTQ2+ Inventors & Innovators Exhibition (The International LGBTQ2+ Inventors & Innovators Museum) showcases the contributions of LGBTQ2+ innovators to the world of Innovation. The exhibition features Canadian and Global LGBTQ2+ innovators who are Out and Proud advocates of equal opportunity, role modelling, science education, and scientific freedom/responsibility.
Breaking the stereotype of trans-women in India, M Taslima Nasreen took a leap of faith into entrepreneurship and created the company Priyam. A manufacturer of cleaning products varying from toilet cleaners to mixed phenyl.
Alan Mathison Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science and is considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence.
Discover the struggles of the LGBTQ+ community, who earned their liberation through militancy, perseverance, and sheer determination.
Develop an understanding of the LGBTQ2+ community history in Canada with our Interactive Timeline.
Nergis Mavalavala is a Pakistani-American quantum astrophysicist best known for her role in the first observation of gravitational waves. She describes herself as an "out, queer person of colour" and currently serves as the first female dean of the School of Science at MIT.
Rachel Carson is an American Marine Biologist and Writer. Through her novel Silent Spring she criticized the practices of agricultural scientists and the long-term effects of pesticides on ecosystems. She even brought awareness to their impacts on humans and challenged the government's part in spreading misinformation.
Jack Andraka is an openly gay American scientist, inventor, and cancer researcher. His inventions include strips of paper laced with antibodies and a network of carbon nanotubes that react to mesothelin. The nanotubes change their electrical properties based on the amount of protein present.
Alex is a conservation biologist who studies marine environments and seabirds. He has published extensively on the effects of ocean plastic on seabirds and the use of different techniques to pursue his research interests.