A strong force for inclusion

Elena Long's search for community as a trans scientist put her at the forefront of LGBT+ advocacy in physics. At a 2009 meeting of the American Physical Society, during a Q&A session focusing on women in physics, a grad student named Elena Long raised her hand. Long asked whether APS offered any resources for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender scientists. When she did, she says, "the whole room just went silent for about 30 seconds before somebody said, 'Huh, we never thought of that.'" Long...