Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Los Alamos Lab Flying LGBTQ Flag For First Time
By Rebecca Moss | rmoss@sfnewmexican.com Jun 11, 2019 Updated Jun 12, 2019
At 19, Samuel Buelow felt he had to leave Los Alamos to be himself.
He had grown up as a girl in the insular, scientific community that felt deeply conservative in the late 1990s and early 2000s. After moving to Pittsburgh for college, Buelow came out as a transgender, gay man.
“It was definitely something, at the time, I felt I couldn’t have done living here full time,” Buelow said of Los Alamos. “There was very little awareness of these issues in general. And when there was, it was surrounded by some pretty intense homophobia and transphobia.”
That was then.
This … is a town sporting different colors.
On Monday, a rainbow flag was raised for the first time in front of the Otowi Building on the Los Alamos National Laboratory campus, flapping alongside the U.S. and New Mexico banners. Lab officials said it will fly for the remainder of the week.
It was another sign of change at the lab, which in previous years has undertaken different pride representations, including decorating the windows of a prominent building with rainbow-colored Post-it Notes in 2017.
CJ Bacino, the laboratory’s diversity officer, said a Los Alamos lab LGBTQ staff and allies group called Prism brought forward the idea of raising the flag this year to help mark Pride Week in Los Alamos County.
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One thing that has certainly changed from Triad from LANS is the attitude toward the workforce. There is more talk that the strength of the lab is the people. During LANS nothing like this was ever said.
"One thing that has certainly changed from Triad from LANS is the attitude toward the workforce. There is more talk that the strength of the lab is the people. During LANS nothing like this was ever said."
This is a great start, but it is only a PR talking point until the concept is load tested by real workforce criticism of the contractor for failure to follow through on the talking point. Perhaps Triad will walk the talk. If they do, Triad should be credited for doing so!
"To know who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise."
-Voltaire
I'd be really cautious thinking Triad will be better. Mason is from the ORNL culture, where you either help row the boat in the direction management wants or you're a swimmer. And they shoot swimmers.
"Mason is from the ORNL culture, where you either help row the boat in the direction management wants or you're a swimmer. And they shoot swimmers."
I have interacted with ORNL for many years and I have never heard of such a thing, in fact people seem very happy there including several people who left LANL to go to ORNL who have said it is much better. They also had a very high opinion of Mason.
I simply find your comment to be very odd.
Wait, people leaving LANL for ORNL? I thought people leave LANL for lucrative jobs in Silicon Valley?
Mason is clueless, but not vicious. LANS management was both. Prior to the reign of Nanos, LANL/LASL management was neither.
"Mason is from the ORNL culture, where you either help row the boat in the direction management wants or you're a swimer. And they shoot swimmers."
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With LANS you are either in management or your are not in management. They shoot non management.
"Wait, people leaving LANL for ORNL? I thought people leave LANL for lucrative jobs in Silicon Valley?
6/21/2019 9:04 PM"
Indeed many people have left LANL for Silicon Valley, ORNL, ANL, BNL, LLNL, SLAC, academic positions and so on. Just before LANS and
during LANS there has been a huge loss of talent. If you work at LANL you would know this and the names of the people. I guess you have been out of the lab for some time which is fine but yes LANL people are very mobile particularly the top talent.
"Mason is clueless, but not vicious. LANS management was both. Prior to the reign of Nanos, LANL/LASL management was neither.
6/21/2019 10:08 PM"
Mason is certainly not vicious, I am not sure that he is clueless either but we will have to wait and see.
"Wait, people leaving LANL for ORNL? I thought people leave LANL for lucrative jobs in Silicon Valley?"
I know people that have left for high tech jobs in the Bay area and elsewhere along with numerous people that have left for ORNL. What ever gave you the idea that LANL people are only leaving for high industry jobs?
But, I thought no one at LANL could ever get another job after LANL. Look at me, no one will hire me because I used to work at LANL. Now don't come at me with the same old "it might be a problem with you and not LANL" nonsense. I refuse to believe that and so should all of you.
“What ever gave you the idea...”, “If you work at LANL you would know...” “I guess you have been out of the lab for some time”.
I love the tone! Very convincing. I think they call that being “didactic”. Couldn’t care less about what people on the hill do, by the way.
"Couldn’t care less about what people on the hill do, by the way."
So that is way you have been posting about your opinion of LANL for years and years now? It is kind of obvious by now that you some
issues.
6/25/2019 12:22 AM
Yes I have issues with LANL, they think they are so great, the people that work that think they are good enough to get a job in the real world. Talk about entitlement. But I still couldn't care less about these people.
It is kind of obvious by now that you some issues.
6/25/2019 12:22 AM
It is kind of obvious that you have no clue what you are writing.
Now that LANL is out of the closet, when will LLNL and SNLA follow?
Now that LANL is out of the closet, when will LLNL and SNLA follow?
6/28/2019 2:55 PM
SNLA has always been out and about. They are sort of the Liberace of the labs so to speak. LLNL however is in denial and needs to come to terms with itself.
LANL is the Tom Cruz of the of labs, Sandia is the Elton John and LLNL the Keven Spacey.
If that means crazy, rock star, and pervert I agree with the first and second and take except to the third. LANL has much more harassment than LLNL. If you are talking about LANL being in the closet, I strongly disagree. Many proud people at the Lab and the community, at least on the hill celebrates the diversity.
Many proud people at the Lab and the community, at least on the hill celebrates the diversity.
7/02/2019 5:55 PM
I was taught that "pride" was one of the seven deadly sins. Who changed the sins?
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