Queer astronomer angry over naming of new space telescope

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She calls herself "Queer" and is pissed about the refusal to submit to her demands to rename the new satellite telescope. James Webb was head of NASA about 50 years ago--and wasn't "woke" enough for her.

"Never mind for the moment that there is still a robust debate taking place over both the scope and full range of causes of climate change today. And let’s put aside the fact that Nelson “came around” to the idea of gay marriage before a lot of people and did so during the same period when Barack Obama did. (Obama had previously run for office supporting only civil unions.) What really seems to be eating at Walkowicz’s craw isn’t just that her demand for a name change without providing a shred of evidence supporting her contention was denied. It’s not difficult to get the feeling that’s particularly cheesed off at the idea of her demand being denied by a straight, white, cisgender male.

The letter goes on to paint NASA with a very broad brush. She talks of the agency’s “participation in systematic oppression.” She also describes it as a place where “straight people’s opinions are valued and taken more seriously than queer people’s experiences.”