In 2009 Long founded the LGBT + Physicists organisation which serves as a networking resource for gender and sexual minority (GSM) physicists as well as providing a yearly award named the Acknowledgement of Excellence Awards. Long worked with the American Physical Society for their 2012 meeting, ensuring invited speakers and participants were able to share their experiences as LGBT+ physicists in a special session which was attended by over 100 people. A summary of the discussions titled Gender and Sexual Diversity Issues in Physics: The Audience Speaks co-written by Long, is quoted as the start of a grassroots movement to produce guides for the LGBT+ scientific community.