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Flower power! Although they never identified as gay or straight, pioneering scientists Alexander Von Humbolt and George Washington Carver both wrote about their love of flowers and men. Also in the image collage is an awesome photo of anthropologist Margaret Mead with a parrot.

It\u2019s no secret that LGBT folks have had a profound influence on the arts but they\u2019ve also had a tremendous effect on scientific discovery even though they often had to hide who they were.

Today, we are joined by science journalist Vincent Gabrielle to explore the lives of extraordinary LGBT scientists who changed the world.

It's a whole new generation! Science historian and lover of trees Vince Gabrielle directs pedestrians during an Americorps environmental restoration project. Photo: Tiffany Wong

{Best of Feast of Fun, originally posted as FOF #2390 - Queer Science - 09.13.16}

Listen as we take a look at:
\u2022 Why so many places are named after explorer Alexander Von Humboldt.
\u2022 George Washington Carver\u2019s flower power.
\u2022 How Leonardo Da Vinci almost went to jail for sodomy,
\u2022 Why anthropologist Margaret Mead\u2019s work still enrages conservatives,
\u2022 Astronaut Sally Ride\u2019s posthumous coming out,
\u2022 How neuroscientist Ben Barres came out as trans in response to sexism in academia.
and,
\u2022 What the film Imitation Game got wrong about mathematician Alan Turing?