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Revision as of 21:19, 4 September 2017
Mathematics is the study of numbers and the logic, structure and change associated with them. At one time, it was the considered the foundation of the philosophical sciences because of the strict attachment of logic to the study, the ability to solve problems from that logic, and the determinate solution to those problems. Deduction and rules were outcomes from mathematical questions because there was always an answer that could not be disputed. Mathematics is a science in its purest form. Of course, life is not quite as simple as that, but mathematicians hoped it could be, or believed it was, in an ideal world.
Mathematics has a long and rich history, going back to the 6th century BC with the developments of the Pythagoreans who created the term. As a field of study, it is evident in all cultures around the world, including Greek, Chinese, Indian, European, Arab, and more. As the world progressed, mathematics became deeply ingrained in the study of many other fields of academic enquiry.
Given this rich and long history across many disciplines, it should be no surprise that the LGBTQ community has a presence in this field of study. This goes back as ealry as Plato and Leonardo Da Vinci.
The contemporary field of mathematics, however, is not well populated with out LGBTQ individuals. In some respects this is because the field itself suppresses the relevance of individual personalities in the study, believing to emphasize such would impart a notion of impartiality or bias in the study.
There has been an attempt to organize the interests of the LGBTQ community of mathematicians through the American organization Spectra (also known as Out In Math). This organization, still in its infancy, attempts to unite the community and its allies as an interest group, and organize social events at large mathematical conferences.
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See Also
- LGBTQ Biologists and Chemists
- The Fascinating World of LGBTQ Astronomers, Astrophysicists, and Cosmologists
- LGBTQ Physicists
