Plotting Pride SOGIE’s!

A couple of us on the Gayta Science team decided to take the show on the road this past weekend! We hit DC Pride with the goal to create a collective data visualization of people’s SOGIE’s! SOGIE is an acronym that stands for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression. Which means that EVERYONE has one, whether they are gay/straight/trans/cis/in-between/whatever! We …

Pride is Less Fun

So, I’ve had a long standing theory that Pride celebrations have gotten less fun over the years. It seems like every year I spend more and more time pity-clapping for a clearly uncomfortable and stuffy politician or dodging the growing army of HRC volunteers who “just need a minute of your time”. In an attempt to gauge whether this is …