Pudding story cover image, from The Pudding. Illustrations by Lace Garcia.

Queer Lyrics with The Pudding!

The Pudding is an AWESOME digital publication that puts out stunning visual essays and data visualizations about a variety of culturally relevant topics. Gayta Science’s own Kelsey Campbell recently got the chance to help the incredibly talented Jan Diehm tell a story about queer song lyric representation! As a super fan for years, contributing to this project was an honor and an …

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 …

How much of Pride is for me?

The LGBTQ+ community is very diverse – in terms of race, ethnicity, ability, class, religion, you name it. It also includes a wide variety of things – sexual orientations, sexualities, sexes, gender identities, relationship arrangements, and more. As inclusive as the community is in theory, how much of this is actually reflected in Pride celebrations? Like previous posts have explained, …