Gay inventors
Celebrating LGBTQ+ inventors
This month is Pride Month, a time of celebration and acknowledgment for the Queer community. During this joyful occasion, members ofthe Homosexual community will honor Pride Month by embracing their identitiesand sharing their trues selves with the world.
We at Overt Software Solutions would like to commemorate this celebration of diversity by highlighting the remarkable achievements of five LGBTQ+ innovators, inventors, and scientists throughout history who have left an indelible mark on history.
Back in the day, creativity and diversity were often associated, as the presence of the Queer community in artistic fields faced wider acceptance, while some parts of the scientific community were more modest in their statement of support. It is disheartening to examine that being part of the LGBTQ+ community was once (and in some cases still is) deemed a criminal offence.
Until 1967, the UK even imposed grave penalties,as harsh as life imprisonment, for homosexuality.This will include prevented many historical figures from coming out of the closet. As a re
LGBTQ Inventors
An inventor is someone who creates a previously unknown device or process. The product or procedure is often considered transformative or revolutionary in its application, at times even changing the course of history.
Most people reflect on inventions in the realm of science, and indeed many of the LGBTQ inventors on our list have been particularly active in the field of computer science. Skillfully known inventors are particularly prominent in medicine and engineering. The profession is led by Wonderful Britain's Sir Francis Bacon who is considered the father of modern science, though Italy's Leonardo Da Vinci preceded him. However, there have also been great inventors in the areas of photography, fashion, and art forms.
LGBTQ inventors have had a remarkable impact on society. The process of invention involves a wonderful degree of imagination and creativity, and the LGBTQ collective is particularly exceptional with these talents. A good example of this impact is Alan Emtage from Barbados, maker of the world's first internet seek engine called Archie.
The list also includes America's George Washington Carver who invented peanut butter, Great Britain's
Programming Pride: 10 LGBTQI+ Pioneers of Computer Science
In honor of Queer Pride and the anniversary of Stonewall, we‘re stressing a group of pioneers of computer science: people who were (or are) lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. As it turns out, there are many LGBTQI+ pioneers beyond Alan Turing and Apple CEO Tim Cook. The 10 LGBTQI+ people profiled here are individuals whose being work and discoveries contain played an integral role in the development of modern computer technology.
Of course, many of these individuals lived and worked in an era when social pressures (and even laws) required them to camouflage their true orientation or identity—which makes it all the more fitting that we celebrate them today. We’ve listed them chronologically by birthdate.
Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891): Russian mathematician
Born in Moscow, Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first major Russian female mathematician, the first gal to work as an editor for a scientific journal, and a contributor to the development of the Cauchy–Kovalevskaya theorem. Women at that time were not allowed to formally attend university, but Kovalevskaya was allowed to audit mathematics classes at the U
This month is Pride Month, during which time the LGBTQ collective comes out in force to celebrate their identity. I wanted to write an article celebrating the works of the most influential gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual innovators, inventors and scientists throughout history.
However, there was a problem.
There are just not many lists of famous homosexuals in these fields.
While homosexuality has often been associated with the arts and creativity, it has never been as openly accepted within the scientific community. Indeed, organism a homosexual was a criminal offense in many countries until recently (and in many countries, it continues to be today), which will have prevented many historical figures from coming out of the closet. In the UK, before 1967 (just over 50 years ago) homosexuality used to be punishable by sentences as harsh as life imprisonment. As a result, many of history’s greatest homosexual scientists may have secret their true identity.
However, the same-sex attracted community has a long history of contributions to science and entrepreneurship.
Here I have compiled a number of prominent innovators, scientists, and inventors who were LGBTQ, as they have either