MEDIA
Author blogs
"The global implications of RNC support for gay 'conversion therapy,'"University of Minnesota Press Blog, August 11, 2016
"Reparative therapy remains alive and well in many US states--Texas and Oklahoma included," University of Minnesota Press Blog, February 18. 2016
The Straight Line
Interview by Ana Marie Cox, With Friends Like These, “Can you convert a conversion therapist?” August 14, 2020
“Exploring science, understanding sexuality” by Victoria Mier, The Temple News, January 12, 2016
"Ex-gay movement the subject of Temple sociologist's book" by Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 16, 2015
University of Minnesota Press page for The Straight Line: How the Fringe Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexuality
Waidzunas interview by Patrick Grzanka, American Sociological Association, Science, Knowledge and Technology section newsletter, Summer 2015
LGBTQ in STEM
Interview by Miranda Melcher, New Books Network, with Tom Waidzunas, Ethan Levine, and Brandon Fairchild, “Tom Waidzunas et al., "Out Doing Science: LGBTQ STEM Professionals and Inclusion in Neoliberal Times" (UMass Press, 2025) New Books in LGBTQ Studies. July 11, 2025.
“LGBT chemists seek a place at the bench” by Linda Wang in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), October 16, 2016
"Why is Science so Straight?" op-ed by Manil Suri in The New York Times, September 4, 2015, featuring work by Erin Cech and myself.
"Diversity: Pride in Science" by M. Mitchell Waldrop in Nature
"Closeted Discoverers: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Scientists" by Jacqueline Oberst in Science Careers