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Dr. Ning Hsieh has been awarded a Faculty Research Award from the Consortium for Sexual Gender Minority Health. The $1,500 award was given for Dr. Hsieh's work as published in "Unpacking Intersectional Inequities in Flu Vaccination by Sexuality, Gender, and Race-Ethnicity in the United States." The research examined influenza vaccination inequities at the intersection of sexuality, gender and race ethnicity using date frm the 2013 to 2018 National Health Interview survey. Read Article

Congratulations to Dr. Robin Lin Miller, a professor of psychology and a program evaluation specialist at Michigan State University, for receiving the 2023 Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award from the American Evaluation Association (AEA). This prestigious award is presented to an evaluation practitioner who has made substantial cumulative contributions to a specific area of evaluation practice and whose contributions to the field have been influential, substantial, and sustained over time. Read Article

Trans-ilience: the Transgender Stress and Resilience Research team is researching measures of resiliency and stress among transgender and gender diverse people. Read Article

MSU School of Social Work Associate Professor, Carla A. Pfeffer, has been chosen for participation in the 2023-24 Community Engaged Research Fellows Program. Read Article

Transgender (trans) and nonbinary individuals face numerous challenges in affirming their gender, including difficulty accessing legal name and gender marker changes. In response, Michigan State University's Trans-ilience lab has partnered with Allen Neighborhood Center, a Lansing community non-profit, to launch the Gender Affirmation Project. Read Article

Dr. Jae Puckett, an ecological-community psychology faculty member at MSU, was awarded the Spring 2023 Faculty Research Award from the Consortium for Sexual and Gender Minority Health for their article “Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals’ Daily Experiences of Rumination,” published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Read Article

"You know, the strange thing about writing about joy is…it’s joyful! Laurel and I are thrilled that the paper is gaining traction both inside and outside of academia! We’ve had a lot of reach-outs from trans folk (and allies) who found the article helpful in reframing trans = misery and despair," Read Article

On Transgender Day of Visibility, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a report with the latest scientific research on supporting the mental health of LGBTQI+ youth. The report was developed by a team of professional experts, including Dr. Robin Lin Miller, an ecological-community psychologist at MSU, who provided evidence reviews on conversion therapy. Read Article

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people face unique barriers in accessing mental and physical healthcare, such as unknowledgeable providers, minority stress and discrimination, and financial barriers. Read Article

Dr. Ning Hsieh received the two-year RO3 grant worth $100,000 to support their work on primary care disparities among sexual and gender minorities. Their project is titled: "Understanding primary care utilization and barriers to care among sexual and racial/ethnic minority populations." Read Article

The month of October marks the 28th celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, an important time of reflection on the achievements of the LGBTQ+ community as well as a reminder of the continued fight for rights that this group faces. Read Article

Transgender men and nonbinary people are asked to stop testosterone therapy during pregnancy – but the evidence for this guidance is still murky Read Article

Michigan voters likely will see a reproductive rights measure on the Nov. ballot Read Article

“Advocacy and Other Tactics to Challenge Barriers to HIV Care for Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender Women (Project Act),” has been selected as an Exemplary Project of 2022 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards program. Read Article

MSU Psychology Professor Robin Lin Miller got a front-seat view this week of the discrepancies in the way different countries are approaching the international monkeypox outbreak. Read Article

Congratulations to Dr. Jae Puckett on receiving the 2022 Transgender Research Award from the Society of Sexual Orientation, Division 44 of the American Psychological Association. Read Article

Using a wide variety of social science tools from poetry to archival analysis, the Consortium works to both target and resolve healthcare issues within the LGBTQIA+ community. Read Article

Michigan State Associate Professor Carla Pfeffer & Boston University School Of Law Professor Nicole Huberfeld on the Dobbs decision. Read Article

MSU Social Work PhD student Lucas Prieto (he/him) has won the inaugural Graduate Student Research Award presented by the Consortium on Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Health. Read Article

Who Should Be Allowed to Transition? Read Article

MSU Professors Highlight BIPOC LGBTQ+ Health Inequalities with New Study Read Article

How Roe V. Wade Impacts The Trans Community Read Article

Ask the Expert: How do trans men navigate reproductive health? Read Article

Sterling Bentley, intern and MSW student, brings vast wealth of advocacy, experience and energy to the Consortium for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Read Article