Trans in STEM – SISTER

Teddy is standing on a boulder in the woods, surrounded by fall foliage. He is smiling and has short red hair and large glasses and is wearing a dark red and white Raglan Henley shirt and black jeans.

Trans. Visible. Unapologetic.

How can my mold-breaking trans body fit into such narrow understandings of what professionalism can look like, and with that, what a doctor can look like?

A clear plastic skull shows the parts of the brain underneath in different colors.

Ben Barres Weaves One Timely and Remarkable Tale

My heart gladdened when I found the story of Ben Barres, the first openly transgender scientist accepted into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.