Shelley “the tomboy” holding a fish in Greer, AZ, August 1961. Photo Credit: Ronald Diamond, Shelley’s brother. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley “coming out for the first time” and posing on the stairs at St. Luke’s Hospital Debutante Ball in Phoenix, AZ, spring 1967. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Over a dozen members from the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Scientists marching in the West Hollywood Pride Festival and Parade, West Hollywood, CA, June 1992. The group won the Grand Marshal's Award for their Pride=Power entry and marched with white and pink-colored signs behind a white banner that reads, “Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Scientists”.
Shelley tipping her tophat while visiting the Stonewall Inn for the first time, Greenwich Village, New York, NY, April 1998. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley Diamond and her colleagues riding in the West Hollywood Pride Parade representing the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Scientists (LAGLS) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), West Hollywood, CA, June 1998. L-to-R: Dr. Kate Hutton, Caltech Seismologist; Shelley Diamond, Caltech researcher and co-chair of LAGLS; and friends. The white banner on the side of the car reads, “Caltech Movers & Shakers”. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) attending the 19th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Scientists Anniversary Dinner, Palermo Restaurant in Los Feliz, CA, 1998. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley staffing the NOGLSTP table at Pasadena Pride, Pasadena, CA, 2000. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley Diamond and her brother Ronald Diamond’s family at the Magic Castle, Los Angeles, CA, July 10, 2010. L-to-R: Amanda Diamond (niece), Kathy Diamond (sister-in-law), Doug Bashaw (nephew in-law), Shelley Diamond, and Dr. Ronald Diamond (brother). Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley taking notes during a scientific presentation from the Sanofi-Aventis team at the California Institute for Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, 2010. Photo Credit: Bob Paz, Caltech Public Relations Department. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Caltech’s Flow Cytometry Cell Sorting Facility Crew at California Institute for Technology in Pasadena, CA, 2015. L-to-R: Keith Beadle, Diana Perez, and Shelley Diamond. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) posing in front of a waterfall while attending Jackson Hole Renaissance Weekend, July 2015. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley posing in front of a waterfall at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, July 2015. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
L-to-R: Shelley Diamond, Dr. Ronald Diamond (Shelley’s brother), and Barbara Belmont (Shelley’s wife) during Thanksgiving at Ronald’s house. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley staffing the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP) booth at the Advancing Indigenous People in STEM (AISES) conference in Phoenix, AZ, November 2015. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley smiling in front of Exhibit Hall B South at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) National Meeting in Washington, DC, February 2016. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley Diamond smiling and posing with event co-chairs Dr. Ron Buckmire (left) and Beth Strausser (right) after her keynote at the National Science Foundation’s Pride Month celebration, Arlington, VA, June 2017. Photo Credit: National Science Foundation’s Public Relations Department. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at left) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at right) attending STEM Advantage for STEM Students, which was sponsored by California State Universities, in Culver City, CA, April 2018. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley speaking in front of a glass podium at the Great Minds in STEM Conference in Pasadena, CA, October 2018. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
The Out to Innovate Summit Organizing Committee onstage at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March 17, 2019. L-to-R: Terry Demby, Amy Ross, Shelley Diamond (at center), TJ Ronningen, and Barbara Belmont.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) posing in front of their front door on the way to their wedding, Pasadena, CA, May 25, 2019. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) attending the wedding of Shelley’s postdoctoral fellow, Malibu, CA, August 11, 2019. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) attending American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, February 15, 2020. Photo Credit: AAAS Public Relations Department. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) visiting Capitol Hill (Seattle’s LGBTQ+ neighborhood) and crossing the Rainbow Crosswalk, Seattle, WA, February 15, 2020. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley Diamond (at bottom center), her wife Barbara Belmont (at bottom left), and other Rothenberg Lab/Caltech Flow Facility personnel, spouses, and couples at the Rothenberg Laboratory and Caltech Holiday and Birthday Celebration, the Diamond/Belmont home in Pasadena, CA, July 24, 2021. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley posing in her “Nerd Life” apron, after “cooking up a storm at home in the kitchen”, at the Diamond/Belmont home in Pasadena, CA, October 27, 2021. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley showing off her fresh cherry pie, which is a specialty of hers, at the Diamond/Belmont home in Pasadena, CA, October 27, 2021. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) on their way to a wedding at the Caltech Athenaeum Faculty Club, the Diamond/Belmont home in Pasadena, CA, November 2021. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at center, holding the award) and her Rothenberg Lab colleagues at the reception for the IDEA Outreach & Education Award, which was sponsored by the Caltech Center for Inclusion & Diversity at California Institute’s Athenaeum Garden, Pasadena, CA, May 18, 2022. L-to-R, top row: Boyoung Shin, Tom Sidwell. L-to-R, bottom row: Boyoung Shin, Shelley Diamond, Tyson Lager, Jamie Tijerina, Sami Chang. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) showing off her IDEA Outreach & Education Award from the Caltech Center for Inclusion & Diversity, California Institute’s Athenaeum Garden, Pasadena, CA, May 18, 2022. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) on their way to the POINT Foundation Honors Dinner, the Diamond/Belmont home in Pasadena, CA, June 4, 2022. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley Diamond (at left) accepting her 40-Year Staff Award from Thomas Rosenbaum, the President of Caltech, at the Caltech Staff Awards, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, June 2, 2022. Photo Credit: Caltech Public Relations Department. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at left) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at right) attending the Pasadena Pride Festival, Pasadena, CA, June 25, 2022. Shelley’s shirt reads, “Caltech Pride” with the Progress Pride rainbow at left, and Barbara’s button reads, “Pasadena Pride”. Photo Credit: Pasadena Public Relations Department. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley Diamond giving her keynote address for National Coming Out Day for the City of Pasadena, City Hall, Pasadena, CA, October 11, 2022. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
Shelley (at right) and her wife Barbara Belmont (at left) celebrating National Coming Out Day at the Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena, CA, October 11, 2022. Photo Credit: Barbara Belmont. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
An Advocate West article titled “Gay Scientists Liberating the Laboratories”, written by Sharon McDonald and featuring Shelley Diamond (left) and Ken Wilson (right), co-chairs of Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Scientists in Pasadena, CA, 1986. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
A magazine article titled “Gay Scientists” featuring Shelley Diamond (at left) and Joe Schreiner (at right) as co-chairs of NOGLSTP, February 1989. Despite discriminatory practices from the conference re: booking and publicizing their meeting, the NOGLSTP business meeting and reception was held at the AAAS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
A magazine article from Frontiers titled “Working Out: Gay Science & The High-Tech Closet”. The article features Cate Henegan (left), JPL; Shelley Diamond (at center), Caltech; and Barbara Belmont from Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Scientists (Shelley’s wife), posed in Pasadena, CA, 1990. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
An article featuring Shelley’s work in the Scientist (Vol. 6, No. 8) titled “Gay and Lesbian Scientists Seek Workplace Equality” by Barbara Specter, March 2, 1992. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
A stack of various NOGLSTP pamphlets, which were funded by a Chicago Resource Center grant and published from 1986-1994, for education on LGBTQ STEM issues. Titles read “Sexual Orientation and Computer Privacy” (printed on orange paper) “Computer Lists and Gays: Some Things You Should Know” (printed on pink paper), “Scientists and AIDS Research: A Gay Perspective” (printed on gray paper), “Who are the Gay and Lesbian Scientists?” (printed on yellow paper), “Measuring the Gay and Lesbian Population” (printed on green paper), “Barriers to Achievement” (printed on blue paper), and “Gays and Lesbians in Science, Data Engineering, Data Processing and High Technology” (printed on brown paper). Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
A poster describing the making of synthetic insulin made by a team at City of Hope National Medical Center and University of California San Francisco (UCSF). It reads, “Bacteria-synthesized insulin: proudly made with genetically modified organisms since 1978. That’s right! Thanks to transgenic modification, quality of life has improved for millions of people who suffer from diabetes. Thanks genetic modification.” Shelley shares, “By deconstructing the amino acid code into DNA and cloning into e.coli bacteria, the team made what is known now as Humulin, winning $3 million to start the company Genentech.” Photo Credit: Dr. Anastasia Bodnar. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
The official logo for the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP). It reads, “STEM with PRIDE” across the top. Photo courtesy of Shelley Diamond.
