AGQ- Queer Affinity Group of the AGU

If you’re attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting this week in Glasgow, we urge you to attend an exciting new town hall! Tuesday from 12:45-13:45, Queer in Marine Science is hosting a town hall!

We are SO EXCITED to host our first (hopefully of many) virtual AGQ event of 2026! Please join us at the link on the flier on Friday February 13th from 1:30-3 pm PT / 4:30-6 pm ET. We look forward to meeting fresh faces, overviewing the history of AGQ, network, and start planning for AGU26!

If you answered yes to any of these questions, please consider filling out the feedback form (link in our link tree in bio) and joining for out virtual event in mid-February!

Did you attend #AGU25? Do you have thoughts on how AGQ can improve for AGU26? Do you want to get involved with AGQ behind-the-scenes? Do you want to participate in virtual community-building events with AGQ in February?

Check here for a great opportunity to meet with like-minded community members in a few weeks!

#AGU25 AGQ meetup: Coffee, Beignets and Registration
Attending #AGU25 Fall Meeting in New Orleans? Join AGQ at Cafe Du Monde (800 Decatur St.), 16:00 CST, Sunday Dec. 14th for Coffee and Beignets, before heading to the main venue at 17:30 CST to register! Hope to see many of you!

Attending #AGU25 next week? Make sure to stop by the inclusive science events happening all week long!

Thanks @agu.org !!

We are one week away #AGU25!! We can’t wait to see our community members at all of these amazing events!!

We accidentally forgot one of the fliers for our panelists!

and Asst. Prof. Darryl Reano (ASU), Prof. Tyrone Rooney (MSU), Asst. Prof. @danvisioni.bsky.social (Cornell), and Dr. Paul K. Wojtal (UNC Wilmington).

and Asst. Prof. Benjamin Keisling (U Texas), Prof. AK Kotash (Clackamas Comm. College), Asst. Prof. Kay McMonigal (UA Fairbanks), Asst. Prof. Aron Meltzner (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University),

Our esteemed panelists include: Prof. Nick Achilleos (UCL), Dr. Glen Chua (NASA GISS), Dean Emerita Lisa Graumlich (U Washington), Asst. Prof. Douglas Hamilton (NCSU),

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AGQ's inaugural town hall is happening in 15 days!! Join us in rooms 265-266 for our town hall TH23H "Emphasizing the Science of Queer and Allied Scientists" from 1-2pm on Tuesday Dec. 16th!! @agu.org

🚨 #AGU25 AGQ Pods
AGQ will be hosting pods every day, Monday December 15th - Friday December 19th, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Hall B-1, Pod 5 at the New Orleans Convention Center. Come network, socialize and hangout with the queer and allied communities of AGU!

🚨 #AGU25 AGQ Lounge
Also, on Tuesday December 16th and Thursday December 18th from 8:30AM to 9:30AM, we have also reserved the Louis Armstrong Lounge (Hall B-1). Feel free to drop by!

Come through our session ED11A: Advances and Progress in Fostering a Supportive Scientific Community for All to learn about the latest and greatest in DEIA research and where science connects us!

Also stop by our poster session ED23B on Tuesday December 16th from 14:15-17:45 in the poster hall EFG!

🚨 #AGU25 Session Alert
AGQ is thrilled to once again partner with the DEIA and Student & Early Career working groups of the Education Section of the @agu.org to host our oral technical session on Monday December 15th at 8:30am in rooms 346-347 of the New Orleans Convention Center.

Deadline extended to 18 Sept!

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Join 650+ of your peers who have signed AGU’s letter to defend climate science.

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Reminder! @agu.org abstract submissions close Wednesday!

🚨CALLING ALL ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS🚨
AGQ is thrilled to partner with the Education Section of @agu.org to host ED002 “Advances and Progress in Fostering a Supportive Scientific Community for All”. Follow the link to submit abstracts by the end of the month!
www.agu.org/annual-meeti...

Pride month may be over, but AGQ is just getting started!! Make sure to follow along as we have exciting announcements coming soon ahead of the annual meeting of @agu.org !! 🏳️‍🌈

Fieldwork and LGBTQ+ Identities: Queering the Outdoors Synopsis. Fieldwork is considered an integral component of research within conservation biology and ecology. Oftentimes, institutions and researchers share

With Pride Month🏳️‍🌈 at its peak, it’s a good time to revisit this powerful piece by Kamran & Jennings (2023): fieldwork must be made inclusive and safe by recognising differences, rethinking planning, protocols, and hearing LGBTQ+ voices. Safety is inclusion. #PrideInSTEM
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Abstracts for AGU25 now open!!

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month!

At AGU, we celebrate the LGBTQ+ scientists, students, educators, and allies who enrich the Earth and space sciences with their brilliance, curiosity, and courage.

Science thrives when everyone can bring their full selves to the work of discovery. 🌍✨

#PrideMonth

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Proud to be part of the @agu.org and AGQ community today and everyday!

If you have specific concerns surrounding AGU25 and operating in queer spaces, please feel free to reach out to us at our email in our bio or through DMs! We're here to support the queer earth scientist community! But we will persevere as we have always done, and will continue to always do! <3

By the end of Tue Jan 21, we should have added everyone to our listserv who indicated interest during AGU24. If you have checked your spam folder and don't see an invite but wish to be added, please email us (in bio). Thanks!

🚨 REMINDER to fill out this google form to join our virtual community! We will be sending out initial info on our emailing lists soon, so don't miss the action!

Happy New Year from everyone here at AGQ! May 2025 bring you all good luck and good fortune!!