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

22 Aug 2023

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...