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A Day Job And A Gay Job: How OUTbio Is Connecting LGBTQ Biotech Executives

Networking Organization Now Has Branches Across The US, UK And Ireland

 
• By Chloe Kent

LGBTQ networking group OUTbio has gone from strength to strength since it was founded in 2015, from a small event attended by a handful of executives in Boston to a registered non-profit with affiliated groups across the US alongside international branches.

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“I always start by saying I have a day job and a gay job,” opened OUTbio founder Ramsey Johnson. By day, Johnson works as vice president of clinical operations of Aditum Bio. In his spare time, he runs the non-profit OUTbio, a growing LGBTQ professionals group for the biotech industry.

Since it was set up eight years ago, OUTbio has gone from being an informal organization to a fully-fledged non-profit...

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