title: Coming out: the experience of LGBT+ people in STEM.
abstract: Continuing with our Q&A series discussing issues of diversity in STEM fields, Genome Biology spoke with three openly LGBT+ researchers on their experiences in biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Building D235, 299 Campus Drive MC5125, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. barres@standford.edu.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barres
authors.affiliation: Research Services Unit, The University Library, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. e.hellen@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Montague-Hellen
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada. jbyoder@mail.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoder
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D017132:Workplace