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# Lincoln librarian shortlisted for Gay Times honours
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lincoln-librarian-shortlisted-for-gay-times-honours/
- Published: 2017-09-22T17:24:24.000Z
- Updated: 2017-09-22T17:24:24.000Z
- Description: Dr Beth Hellen, a Systems Librarian at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln, has been shortlisted for the Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour for Excellence in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths).
- Author: Besi
- Tags: In The South, News

## Dr Beth Hellen, a Systems Librarian at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln, has been shortlisted for the *Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour for Excellence in STEM* (science, technology, engineering and maths).

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web-600-47.jpg)

**In 2014, while working as** a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Beth created the LGBTSTEM blog that highlights researchers, scientists and engineers from across the world who identify as LGBT+. It aims to provide role models and show students that they can achieve anything regardless of their sexuality or gender identity.

Once back in the UK, she also founded the LGBTSTEMinar, a conference and networking opportunity for LGBT people in STEM fields.

**Beth said:** *“When I started the blog, I was working as a bioinformatician and it really came out of my personal experience of not knowing anyone who was LGBT+ in the departments where I worked. It can make you feel quite alone, and I don’t think you can be doing your best work if you’re always trying to hide some part of your life.*

*“Since I started the project I’ve had a lot of really great support and the conference is getting bigger and better every year.”*

The Gay Times Honours will be presented at the National Portrait Gallery, London on Saturday, November 18, 2017.

**To view the LGBTSTEM blog, [click here:](https://lgbtstem.wordpress.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**