The Royal Academy of Engineering (Academy), InterEngineering and Mott MacDonald are launching today a new series of online videos profiling lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) engineers as part of LGBT History Month.
LGBT History Month is celebrated in February in the UK and aims to increase the visibility of LGBT people and their experiences, and to raise awareness of matters affecting the LGBT community.
As part of the month, the ‘What’s it like?’ video series is designed to inspire prospective engineers who are LGBT, as well as existing engineers who may wish to come out or transition at work. It features twenty successful LGBT role models working in a wide variety of engineering settings, from design studios to the British Army, including:
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Dr Mark McBride-Wright, Chair and Co-founder of InterEngineering and a gay man
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Kimberly Bartlett, a lighting engineer and a married lesbian woman
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Amanda McKay, a nuclear quality director and a bisexual trans woman
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Paul Robins, Chairman of the Railway Assurance Board at Crossrail and a gay man
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Gyandeep Saikia, a senior systems engineer and a gay man
For more information and to watch the video profiles, please click here.
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