The Outlist of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Astronomers!

Purpose

As professionals in astronomy, whether we are students, faculty, staff, librarians or are working in other positions, we all like to believe that our work environment is determined only by our capabilities as students and researchers, and that it is free from personal bias. A productive professional atmosphere depends on open and accepting interactions of individuals free from discrimination and harrassment.

As openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the astronomical community, we strongly believe that there is no place for discrimination based on sexual orientation or preference. We want to actively maintain and promote a safe, accepting and supportive environment in all our work places. We invite other LGBT members of the astronomical community to join us in being visible and to reach out to those who still feel that it is not yet safe for them to be public.

As experts, TAs, instructors, professors and technical staff, we serve as professional role models every day. Let us also become positive examples of members of the LGBT community at large.

For members of the non-LGBT community, we invite you to make visible your acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. We urge you to make visible (and audible) your objections to derogatory comments and "jokes" about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The Outlist

In the light of the above statements, we, your fellow students, alumni/ae, faculty, coworkers, and friends, sign this message:

Openly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Members of the Astronomical Community:

Name	Position/Affiliation	Web Page and/or Email
Diana Eva Azcarate	Research Scientist, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia	iazcarate[at]yahoo.com
Joseph Barranco	Assistant Professor, San Francisco State	barranco[at]sfsu.edu
Omer Blaes	Professor, UCSB	web.physics.ucsb.edu/~blaes blaes[at]physics.ucsb.edu
Elizabeth Bohlen	Computer Specialist, SAO	hea-www.harvard.edu:80/~liz/ebohlen.html liz[at]iris.harvard.edu
Laura Brenneman	Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	lbrenneman[at]head.cfa.harvard.edu
Carolyn Brinkworth	Associate Staff Scientist, Science Affairs, NExScI/IPAC/Caltech and Education and Outreach Scientist, Spitzer/IPAC/Caltech	csb[at]ipac.caltech.edu
Rob Cockcroft	Graduate Student McMaster University	cockcroft[at]physics.mcmaster.ca
Jeff Coughlin	Graduate Student New Mexico State University	astronomy.nmsu.edu/jlcough jlcough[at]nmsu.edu
Rolf Danner	Senior Scientist Civil Space, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems	www.rolfdanner.com rolfdanner[at]earthlink.net
Tyler D. Desjardins	PhD Student, University of Western Ontario	astro.uwo.ca/~tdesjard
Scott Gaudi	Associate Professor, Ohio State University	www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~gaudi/
Margherita Giustini	ESA Research Fellow, ESAC (Madrid)	mgiustini[at]sciops.esa.int
Paul Groot	Professor of Astrophysics Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands	p.groot[at]astro.ru.nl
Uta Grothkopf	Librarian, European Southern Observatory	www.eso.org/~ugrothko/ esolib[at]eso.org
Lisa Harvey-Smith	CSIRO SKA Project Scientist, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science	www.lisaharveysmith.com lisa.harvey-smith[at]csiro.au
Todd Henry	Professor, Georgia State University	www.chara.gsu.edu/~thenry/ thenry[at]chara.gsu.edu
M. E. Hogan	Graduate Student, FAU Spacetime Physics Group, Florida Atlantic University	fau.academia.edu/MEHogan mhogan14[at]fau.edu
Robert Hurt	Visualization Scientist, Spitzer Science Center/Caltech	hurt[at]ipac.caltech.edu
Eva Isaksson	Librarian, Observatory, Univ. Helsinki	www.helsinki.fi/~eisaksso/ eisaksso[at]cc.helsinki.fi
Lancelot Kao	Professor, Dept. of Astronomy, City College of San Francisco	fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lkao/ lkao[at]ccsf.cc.ca.us
Laura Kay	Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Chair, Dept. of Women's Studies, Barnard College	www.astro.columbia.edu/~kay/research.html lkay[at]barnard.edu
Richard 'Doc' Kinne	Astronomical Technologist, American Assoc. of Variable Star Observers	www.aavso.org/richard-doc-kinne rkinne[at]aavso.org
David Koerner	Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University	www.astrobio.nau.edu/~koerner David.Koerner[at]nau.edu
Jeff Kommers	Technical Staff MIT Lincoln Laboratory	kommers[at]alum.mit.edu
Kristen Larson	Associate Professor, Western Washington University	myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~larsonk/ kristen.larson[at]wwu.edu
Ralf Launhardt	Astronomer, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany	www.mpia.de/homes/rlau rl[at]mpia.de
Stephen Lawrence	Assoc. Professor, Hofstra University	people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stephen_S_Lawrence Stephen.Lawrence[at]hofstra.edu
Wladimir Lyra	NASA Carl Sagan Fellow, JPL/Caltech	www.astro.uu.se/~wlyra Wladimir.Lyra[at]jpl.nasa.gov
Franck Marchis	Assistant Researcher, UC Berkeley Principle Investigator, SETI Institute	astro.berkeley.edu/~fmarchis
Jeremy Maune	PhD Student, Georgia State University	maune[at]chara.gsu.edu
Stefano Meschiari	McDonald Fellow, University of Texas, Austin	www.stefanom.org stefano[at]astro.as.utexas.edu
Jessica Mink	Software Developer, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	tdc-www.harvard.edu/mink/
Niruj R. Mohan	NCRA, Pune, India	mohan[at]ncra.tifr.res.in
Tommy Nelson	Research Associate, University of Minnesota	www.physics.umn.edu/~tnelson tnelson[at]physics.umn.edu
Jan-Uwe Ness	European Space Agency, Madrid	juness[at]sciops.esa.int
Sally Oey	Associate Professor, University of Michigan	www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~msoey
Merav Opher	Assistant Professor, Boston University	people.bu.edu/mopher mopher[at]bu.edu
Glen Parish	PhD Student, University of Hertfordshire, UK	glenparish1@gmail.com
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein	PhD Student, Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario	chandadeepti[at]gmail.com
Andrea Reichstein	PhD Student, University College Cork, Ireland	a.reichstein[at]student.ucc.ie
Michael Reid	Assistant Professor, University of Toronto	mreid[at]astro.utoronto.ca
Jane Rigby	Astrophysicist, Greenbelt, MD	jrr166[at]yahoo.com
Kristen Sellgren	Professor, Ohio State	www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~sellgren/ sellgren[at]astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Henrik Spoon	Research Associate, Cornell University	isc.astro.cornell.edu/~spoon spoon[at]isc.astro.cornell.edu
Sean Stotyn	PhD student, University of Waterloo	smastoty[at]uwaterloo.ca
Theresa J. Summer	Graduate Student, UC Irvine	tsummer[at]uci.edu
Adam S. Trotter	Graduate Student, UNC-Chapel Hill	atrotter[at]physics.unc.edu
Michael H. Wong	Assistant Researcher, University of California	www.astro.berkeley.edu/~mikewong LGBT Physicists and Astrophysicists facebook page
Patrick Woudt	Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town	mensa.ast.uct.ac.za/~pwoudt pwoudt[at]circinus.ast.uct.ac.za
Ryan Wyatt	Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization, California Academy of Sciences, San Franscisco	www.ryanwyatt.net ryan[at]ryanwyatt.net
Ted Wyder	Staff Scientist, Caltech	wyder[at]srl.caltech.edu
E. J. Zita	Professor, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA	academic.evergreen.edu/z/zita/ zita[at]evergreen.edu
________________	This space left blank for those who feel they cannot yet come out due to societal fear and ignorance

Non-LGBT Friends and Supporters in the Astronomical Community:

Name	Position/Affiliation	Web Page and/or Email
Marcel Agueros	Graduate Student, University of Washington	www.astro.washingtAon.edu/agueros/ agueros[at]astro.washington.edu
Carles Badenes	Chandra Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University	www.physics.rutgers.edu/~badenes/ badenes[at]physics.rutgers.edu
Kaushi Bandara	Graduate Student, University of Victoria/Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics	kbandara[at]uvic.ca
Sara D. Barber	Graduate Student, University of Oklahoma	www.nhn.ou.edu/~barber Sara.D.Barber-1[at]ou.edu
Pauline Barmby	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Western University	pbarmby[at]uwo.ca
Amanda E. Bauer	Super Science Fellow, Australian Astronomical Observatory	amanda.bauer[at]aao.gov.au
Kirsten Bonson	Graduate Student, St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS	kbonson[at]ap.smu.edu
Gina Brissenden	Associate Director, Center for Astronomy Education	glbrisse[at]email.arizona.edu
Blake Bullock	Strategy and Business Development, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems	blake.bullock[at]ngc.com
Alyson Brooks	Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Rutgers University	---
Adam Burgasser	Assistant Professor, Hellman Fellow, UC San Diego	cass.ucsd.edu/~ajb
Phillip Cargile	Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University	p.cargile[at]vanderbilt.edu
Lynn Cominsky	Professor and Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy Director, NASA Education and Public Outreach Sonoma State University	universe.sonoma.edu/~lynnc lynnc[at]universe.sonoma.edu
Kevin R. Covey	Hubble Fellow, Cornell University	www.astro.cornell.edu/~kcovey/ kcovey[at]astro.cornell.edu
Sally Dodson-Robinson	Assistant Professor University of Texas	www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/people/dodson-robinson/ sdr[at]astro.as.utexas.edu
Derek Fox	Assistant Professor, Penn State University	www.astro.psu.edu/~dfox/ dfox[at]astro.psu.edu
Roger Freedman	Lecturer and Textbook Author Dept. of Physics, UC Santa Barbara	www.physics.ucsb.edu/~airboy/ airboy[at]physics.ucsb.edu
Bryan Gaensler	Professor of Physics University of Sydney	www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~bmg bgaensler[at]usyd.edu.au
David Garofalo	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	David.A.Garofalo[at]jpl.nasa.gov
Paul Goudfrooij	Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute	www.stsci.edu/~goudfroo goudfroo[at]stsci.edu
Paul J. Green	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Havard-Smithsonian CfA	---
Kayhan Gultekin	Asst. Research Scientist, U. Michigan, Dept. of Astronomy	www.umich.edu/~kayhan
Daryl Haggard	Northwestern University/CIERA	ciera.northwestern.edu/dhaggard/ dhaggard[at]northwestern.edu
William Hathaway	Member Technical Staff, Computer Sciences Corporation	hathaway[at]stsci.edu
Craig Heinke	Assistant Professor, University of Alberta (Edmonton)	cheinke[at]phys.ualberta.ca
John Hibbard	Associate Scientist, NRAO/Charlottesville	www.cv.nrao.edu/~jhibbard jhibbard[at]nrao.edu
Meredith Hughes	Miller Fellow, UC Berkeley	mhughes[at]astro.berkeley.edu
David James	TripleSpec Project Scientist, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile	djj[at]ctio.noao.edu
Eric Jensen	Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College	astro.swarthmore.edu/~jensen/ ejensen1[at]swarthmore.edu
Sheila Kannappan	Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	www.physics.unc.edu/~sheila sheila[at]physics.unc.edu
Chuck Keeton	Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University	keeton[at]physics.rutgers.edu
Eliza Kempton	Assistant Professor of Physics, Grinnell College	kemptone[at]grinnell.edu
Patricia Knezek	Assistant Scientist/Project Manager, NOAO/WIYN Observatory	knezek[at]noao.edu
Aaron D. Lewis	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine	casa.colorado.edu/~lewisad lewisa[at]uci.edu
Michael Lloyd-Hart	Associate Astronomer, Steward Observatory	athene.as.arizona.edu:8000 mhart[at]as.arizona.edu
Dave Lommen	Graduate Student, Leiden Observatory	dave[at]strw.leidenuniv.nl
Mercedes Lopez-Morales	Hubble Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington	mercedes[at]dtm.ciw.edu
Geoff Marcy	Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley	gmarcy[at]berkeley.edu
Bruce Margon	Vice Chancellor for Research University of California, Santa Cruz	margon[at]ucsc.edu
Nicholas McConnell	Postdoctoral Fellow, IfA Manoa	nmcc[at]ifa.hawaii.edu
Jonathan McDowell	Astrophysicist, Chandra X-Ray Center	hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm jcm[at]cfa.harvard.edu
Jose Mena-Werth	Professor, Univ. of Nebraska, Kearney	werthj[at]unk.edu
Jon Miller	Assistant Professor, Univ. of Michigan	www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~jonmm jonmm[at]umich.edu
Jorge Moreno	CITA National Fellow, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria	moreno[at]uvic.ca
Michael Packer	Board of Directors, San Jose Astronomical Association	www.SJAA.net
Don Pollacco	Professor of Astrophysics, Queens University, Belfast	d.pollacco[at]qub.ac.uk
Klaus Pontoppidan	Assistant Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute	www.stsci.edu/~pontoppi/ pontoppi[at]stsci.edu
Dave Pooley	Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison	www.astro.wisc.edu/~pooley/ dave[at]astro.wisc.edu
Marc Rafal	Project Manager, McDonald Observatory University of Texas at Austin	mrafal[at]astro.as.utexas.edu
Cara Rakowski	Graduate Student, Rutgers	rakowski[at]physics.rutgers.edu
Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo	Assistant Professor, University of Toronto	prh[at]yorku.ca
Barbara Rojas-Ayala	Graduate Student Cornell University	www.astro.cornell.edu/~babs babs[at]astro.cornell.edu
Justin Rogers	Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University	rogers[at]pha.jhu.edu
Lawrence Rudnick	Professor, Univ. Minnesota	umn.edu/~larry larry[at]astro.umn.edu
Andria C. Schwortz	Associate Professor, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA Graduate Student, University of Wyoming	www.qcc.mass.edu/aschwortz/
Prajval Shastri	Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore	prajval.shastri[at]gmail.com
Steinn Sigurdsson	Faculty, Penn State	www.astro.psu.edu/users/steinn/
Brooke Simmons	Postdoc, University of Oxford	www.twitter.com/vrooje
Patrick Slane	Senior Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	hea-www.harvard.edu/~slane/ slane[at]cfa.harvard.edu
Rachel Somerville	Full Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University	www.physics.rutgers.edu/~somerville/ somerville[at]physics.rutgers.edu
Angela Speck	Professor of Astrophysics and Director of Astronomy, University of Missouri	www.missouri.edu/~speckan/ speckan[at]missouri.edu
Dave Spiegel	Postdoctoral Member, Institute for Advanced Study	www.sns.ias.edu/~dave/ dave[at]ias.edu
Lee Spitler	Lecturer, Macquarie University and the Australian Astronomical Observatory	sites.google.com/site/leespitler/astro
Keivan Stassun	Hubble Fellow, Univ. Wisconsin - Madison	www.astro.wisc.edu/~keivan keivan[at]astro.wisc.edu
Michael Strauss	Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University	strauss[at]astro.princeton.edu
Nicholas Suntzeff	Professor of Astronomy, Texas A&M University	faculty.physics.tamu.edu/nsuntzeff/ nsuntzeff[at]tamu.edu
Don Terndrup	Associate Professor, Ohio State	www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~terndrup terndrup[at]astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Johanna Teske	PhD Student, University of Arizona, Steward Observatory	jteske[at]as.arizona.edu
Scott Tremaine	Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton	tremaine[at]ias.edu
Sarah Tuttle	Postdoc, McDonald Observatory, UT Austin	tuttle[at]astro.as.utexas.edu
Kebra A. Ward	GAANN Fellow, Lehigh University	kaw310[at]lehigh.edu
Joel Weisberg	Stark Professor of Physics and Astronomy and the Natural Sciences, Carleton College	www.people.carleton.edu/~jweisber/joelhome.html jweisber[at]carleton.edu
Kristin Woodley	Graduate Student, McMaster University	woodleka[at]univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Jason Wright	Assistant Professor of Astronomy, The Pennsylvania State University	astro.psu.edu/~jtwright/ jtwright[at]astro.psu.edu

Feel free to contact anyone on this list. However, please be aware of the fact that most of us have busy schedules, so we cannot always respond to email immediately.

To add yourself to this list, or to modify your entry on this list, please send email to blaes[at]physics.ucsb.edu.

The LGBT astro community maintains an email distribution list. If you are interested in this list, please click here.

The American Astronomical Society has officially established a working group on LGBTIQ equality (WGLE). Click here for more information.

DISCLAIMER: UCSB does not assume responsibility for the accuracy of, and will not be held liable for the consequences from, the use of this information.

This file was last updated June 17, 2013