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Christian Lawson-Perfect

A few mathematicians in the UK have set up the Queer, Equality and Diversity Network for Maths. (Name chosen entirely for the acronym: QED)

sites.google.com/view/qednetwo

"The QED network is a community-led effort by UK mathematicians to connect and support LGBTQIA+ members of the UK mathematics community.

The impetus to set up such a network grew out of the 2024 BAMC conference under a drive for increased UK visibility and community for queer people in the mathematics community."

They're on bluesky at bsky.app/profile/qedmathsnetwo. I'll see if I can get them over here too 🤞

sites.google.comQEDNetworkWho are we?

@christianp If they aren't ready to make a Fediverse native account they could at least opt in to the bridge for their Bluesky account.

@christianp Doesn't seem to be active on any flavor of social network site yet. But the web site is pretty neat.

@soaproot @christianp hosting this on sites.google.com sends out a, hmm, mixed message too...

@dimpase @christianp Seems familiar as I advise a local nonprofit about their online presence. My proposal is basically to de-emphasize the "problematic in various ways" platforms, either in favor of the really good ones or the "problematic but not quite as much so" ones, trading off against a whole bunch of factors (such as wanting the staff involved without consuming a lot of staff time, not trying to change too much, etc, etc, etc).