How can science contribute to social change?

A Clockwork Lavender: Sexology, Psychology and the LGBTQ+ Community investigates scientific understandings about sexual orientation and gender identity over the course of the 20th century, spotlighting the researchers and activists whose work had a profound impact on the lives of countless LGBTQ+ individuals. From the criminalization and censorship of LGBTQ+ identity to the liberation movements of the 1970s, this exhibit explores the relationship between science, activism, and social change. How can science shape, and be shaped by, our social and cultural norms? Click through the photographs, archival documents, and videos below to view this narrative of research and resistance.