Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? (defector.com)

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Epilogue: After that film was finished, the team went on to drill the deepest ice core ever drilled in the Americas

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2025/05/deepest-ice-core-in-the-americas-drilled-in-canadian-arctic.html

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[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Probably because they are caving to demands from Trump. Fucking cowards.

[-] individual@toast.ooo -1 points 2 weeks ago

OK, but also what does being queer have to do with climate science?

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

A queer person did some excellent climate science, that’s how the two subjects relate. If you ignore either aspect of the story, well, it isn’t the full story.

Did you know that queer people have a right to exist and that questioning the relevance of their queerness to their work is essentially denying their humanity?

[-] individual@toast.ooo 2 points 2 weeks ago

never knew that.

does the same go for all subgroups world wide?

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes.

Would one question the relevance of a biography that mentioned that an accomplished straight male scientist was a ‘family man’ or that a scientist was also a married woman with children?

Questioning the validity of mentioning that a scientist is queer is identical to the attitude that queer people are fine as long as they are invisible.

It was a biography, biographies mention biographical details. Yet when that detail is ‘queer’, people feel empowered to complain it was even mentioned.

I’m not on the defensive here. I intend to come across as offensive. You tell US exactly why mentioning that a person is queer is not relevant in a biographical sketch.

[-] individual@toast.ooo 0 points 2 weeks ago

OK so where is the representation of people with arthritis, Zoroastrians, & people from Bangladesh?

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

Ok, you are a sealion, cool, good to know.

Did you know you can mention multiple facts about a person in a biography and they are all valid and mentionable?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 2 weeks ago

Especially when that particular part of their identity is under attack.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know that my engagement in this exercise will not change their opinion. I am engaged because this shit is exhausting and it is exactly the thing to challenge at this moment.

I think it’s time to start wearing these, before they become mandatory again.

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