EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 19hEUPHA-SGMH contributed to the request for input. A report released alongside it finds uneven legal protection against anti-LGBTI hate speech across member states and links such hate speech to anxiety, depression and avoidance of public life among LGBTI people. 000
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 19hNew report and strategy for European LGBTI equal rights The Council of Europe, the 46-member human rights organisation that oversees the European Court of Human Rights, has adopted its first Strategy for equal rights for LGBTI people (2027–2032), which will be formally launched on 26 January 2027.coe.intFirst Council of Europe Strategy for equal rights of LGBTI people adopted, new report on anti-LGBTI hate speech released - Portal - www.coe.int<p>The 2027-32 strategy sets a common direction for ensuring that LGBTI people fully enjoy their human rights</p> 102
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Structural Stigma & Social Norms as Upstream Drivers of Mental and Behavioural Health Inequity Date/Time: 12-11-2026, 16:45 - 17:15 Institutional Harm and Health System Readiness for LGBTQI+ Individuals in Europe and beyond Date/Time: 12-11-2026, 17:15 - 17:45 (3/3) 000
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Beyond Minority Stress for LGBTQ+ health inequity: Innovations in measurement, modeling, and theory Date/Time: 11-11-2026, 09:00 - 10:00 Gender-affirming services & healthcare access among transgender and gender diverse people Date/Time: 11-11-2026, 10:30 - 11:30 (2/3) 100
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026𝗘𝗨𝗣𝗛𝗔-𝗦𝗚𝗠𝗛 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗼 Here you can download our conference activities with connections to SGM health: storage.googleapis.com/mailerlite-u... Special shout to our own four section-organized workshops: (1/3)storage.googleapis.com 120
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Newsletter October 2026 preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...preview.mailerlite.ioTitle: Road to Bilbao - Community-Engaged Interventions, Tools & Approaches Towards Global LGBTQI+ Health Equity 000
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionArjan van der Star, PhD MSc @arjanvanderstar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Please join me and other academics in condemning the mass detention of LGBTQI+ human rights defenders in Türkiyegoogle.comOpen Letter from Academics and Researchers Condemning the Mass Detention of LGBTI+ Human Rights Defenders in TürkiyeWe, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, strongly condemn the mass detention of LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Türkiye and urge their immediate release. In the early morn... 041
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026legislation being introduced and passed in several countries across the globe. Should you be attending WCPH, please join for a discussion on LGBTQI+ discrimination and criminalisation as a public health issue and policy options for public health associations. 010
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Announcement of a special session at the World Congress in Public Health: 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙂𝘽𝙏𝙌𝙄+ 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚: 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙁𝙋𝙃𝘼 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 This session is part of an ongoing effort by EUPHA-LAW and EUPHA-SGMH, in collaboration with WFPHA, on new anti-LGBTQI+ 111
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Newsletter July 2026 db.eupha.org/section_emai...db.eupha.org 000
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionArjan van der Star, PhD MSc @arjanvanderstar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Dutch Health Council: Transgender care for young people carefully designed www.healthcouncil.nl/latest/news/...healthcouncil.nlTransgender care for young people carefully designed | The Health Council of the NetherlandsTransgender care for adolescents in the Netherlands is characterised by a carefully designed pathway. Initially, the emphasis is on exploring gender identity. Possible treatment with puberty blockers ... 121
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Newsletter June 2026 db.eupha.org/section_emai...db.eupha.org 000
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026New LinkedIn Group for EUPHA-SGMH We set up a new LinkedIn Group as a platform for professionals and researchers working in LGBTQI+ health to engage and collaborate. Join us! www.linkedin.com/groups/37100...linkedin.comLinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedInLogin to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career. 000
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The Global LGBTQ+ Health Journal announced its first special issue on Queer, Trans, and Non-binary health in shifting political landscapes. link.springer.com/collections/... For articles accepted in the 2026 calendar year, publication fee waivers may be available for this open-access journal.link.springer.comQueer, Trans, and Non-binary health in shifting political landscapesQueer, Trans, and Non-binary health cannot be understood in isolation from the political conditions that shape stigma, identity recognition, and healthcare ... 020
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Results 2026 EPH Conference in Bilbao A total of four SGMH workshops and research symposia were accepted for @ephconference.bsky.social in Bilbao. A big thanks to our abstract submitters and our steering committee members. We will share more information on these workshops later this fall. 010
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026First deadline in *seven days*! 011
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026📢 Call for Abstracts: Submit your abstracts on LGBTQIA+ health to the EUPHA-SGMH section by *March 31st*, in advance of the EPH dealine (May 1st). See attached for details. 010
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionArjan van der Star, PhD MSc @arjanvanderstar.bsky.social · 24/11/2025It was a honor to join our partners in the HIV Prevention Alliance and speak at our launch event at the European Parliament in Brussels 051
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionArjan van der Star, PhD MSc @arjanvanderstar.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Queer health in Europe, onwards and upwards 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. 2025 European Public Health Conference - Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮 072
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionDavid Matthew Doyle @dsquared.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Very proud of Guendalina, a research assistant in our group, for presenting early results from an #NWO funded project examining adverse childhood experiences in youth referred to our gender clinic at @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social conference in #Helsinki. Stay tuned for the paper and infographic soon. 141
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionEUPHA @eupha.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Interested in joining one of EUPHA’s 29 networks? Join the Network meetings at #EPH2025 — informal, Section-led sessions to learn, connect & get involved. 🔗 Times & locations: ephconference.eu/app/programm... #EUPHA #PublicHealth #KnowledgeSharing @eupha-hls.bsky.social, @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social 031
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Again this year, we have an interesting LGBTQ+ health program at the @ephconference.bsky.social, organized in part by @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social. Access the SGMH program here: db.eupha.org/repository/s... Join us in Helsinki in next month! #EUPHAatEPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social #EPH2025 050
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Call for Papers - Gender and Sexuality Research in Times of Crisis 010
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 15/10/2025@stephen-t-russell.bsky.social @drjessicafish.bsky.social @arjanvanderstar.bsky.social 000
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Call for Submissions – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Global Forum on Development, Health, and Rights, a conference organized in Utrecht, NLD, in August 2026. Submission deadline: Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 11:59 PM ET. www.srcd.org/event/sexual...srcd.orgCall for Submissions | Society for Research in Child Development SRCD 121
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionBrian Feinstein (he/him) @bfeinsteinphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025📢 Call for unpublished data for a meta-analysis on bisexual people's experiences of "double discrimination" (from heterosexual and lesbian/gay sources)! Details: tinyurl.com/yc75amzb Email/DM by 9/5/25! @apadivision44.bsky.social @abct-sgm-sig.bsky.social @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social 065
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionArjan van der Star, PhD MSc @arjanvanderstar.bsky.social · 07/07/2025𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗜𝗤 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲–𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬) I am proud to share the response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming LGBTIQ Equality Strategy I authored on behalf of the European Public Health Association and its section on LGBTQI+ health (1/3) 121
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Reminder - Call for Abstracts with a March 31st deadline 011
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 16/03/2025In Germany, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften published new clinical guidelines for the care of transgender youth - a major pushback against the highly-contested Cass Review register.awmf.org/de/leitlinie...register.awmf.orgAWMF Leitlinienregister 031
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Earlier today, we sent out our annual Call for Abstracts. Would you like to contribute to one of the section-sponsored research symposia on LGBTQIA+ health at @ephconference.bsky.social in Helsinki this year? Get in touch. We would love to see if we can include your work. @eupha.bsky.social #EPH2025 010
Reposted by EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health SectionEUPHA @eupha.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Today, EUPHA's @charlottemar.bsky.social, speaks in response to the US pulling out of @who.int. We urge European governments to support WHO, reaffirm values of peace, democracy, and science, and protect global health. 📽️ Watch our video on LinkedIn with key points. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...linkedin.comEUPHA - European Public Health Association on LinkedIn: EUPHA's response to the US withdrawal from the WHOToday, our Executive Director Charlotte Marchandise speaks on behalf of EUPHA, the European Public Health Association, in response to President Trump's… 1107
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Two PhD positions in LGBTQ+ health w/ Dr. Andreas Pfister now available in Switzerland: www.zhaw.ch/de/jobs/offe...zhaw.ch2 PhD-Stellen 100 % im SNF-Projekt “LGBTQ+ specific vs. sensitive health care in young adults – Needs and pathways" | ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften 000
EUPHA Sexual & Gender Minority Health Section @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024On December 11, @who.int is launching its new book on health inequality monitoring. The launch webinar is scheduled for 1pm-2:15pm CET. Register here: www.who.int/news-room/ev...who.intLaunch of WHO book 'Health inequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance health equity'Register hereOver the past decades there have been remarkable improvements to human health around the world. Yet, further progress remains hampered by persistent inequalities between and within popula... 011