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Dear Chemistry World team,

I was very outraged by reading your article "A walk on the Pride side" today. As you state in your Terms of use: " A contribution must not promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or age". Reading the above mentioned article makes me strongly think about the fact, if the cited term has not been violated. The article strongly promotes the support for the scientists from the LGBTQ community and so discriminates against other (non-LGBTQ) scientists.

Some misleading statements were also to find in the text. As an example: "(...) LGB students are still 10% less likely to continue a career in Stem after having studied the subject as an undergrad." They are 10% less likely than who to continue a career in Stem? Is it because of their "LGB identity" or because of the undergraduate study scores? Can you cite the research article, which deals with these facts and exact numbers?

I was really pleased to find Chemistry World several months ago, because there were many interesting scientific articles to read. Today, I was really disappointed to find the article "A walk on the Pride side" and even more disappointed to find, that it was not just a message about the event, but that Chemistry World took an active part in it. So I have decided to cancel my subscription, because I do not want to support similar activities, which do not have anything in common with science.

I think there are many other challenges in the scientific community, which need more attention, if we want to have excellent scientist in the coming years and decades. Primarily, it is important to ensure the access to scientific articles, softwares and databases for as many scientist as possible. Because of high prices and low funding in many countries, not only in developing ones but also in those which are advanced, scientists and students are involuntarily forced to reach for different and often illegal sources of information and tools needed for realising daily working and study duties. Let's support and ensure the freedom of scientific research for all researchers really regardless their race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or age.

Science and research must be apolitical in all aspects to fulfil its role in society and to be beneficial for the mankind.