This SDG 3 Newsletter champions SDG targets 3.7 & 3.8
Want to test your knowledge? Find 5 quiz questions dotted throughout the newsletter- read the blogs to find the answers! Comment your answers below this newsletter for the chance to be named as a top scorer in the August SDG3 Newsletter. 📢
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- Discover the new therapy programme for sexual and gender minorities
- Behind the paper, ‘Transphobia in the United Kingdom: a public health crisis’
- New collection on 'Advancing Transgender Health Equity'
- Podcast and Q&A: Black LGBTQIA+ Voices in the Fight for Health Equity
- About the book, HIV/AIDS in Memory, Culture and Society
- The mission of IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal and the 'Transgender Care' collection
- Q&A on trans people’s access to healthcare
- Sex differences research is important! Find out why
In other news…
Read this blog about a new therapeutic programme for sexual and gender minorities. In The PRISMAS Group Therapy Handbook, Cardoso and Braga explain how PRISMAS group therapy integrates affirmative and schema therapy.
🏳️🌈 1. What number of therapeutic sessions are covered in the book?
Behind the paper, 'Transphobia in the United Kingdom: a public health crisis'
Don’t miss this Behind the Paper blog and the call for action by authors of the recently-published article, ‘Transphobia in the United Kingdom: a public health crisis.’
🏳️🌈 2. Can you name two things that need to change to combat transphobia in public health?
New Collection on 'Advancing Transgender Health Equity'
Check out this deep-dive blog about the International Journal for Equity in Health’s new article collection: ‘Advancing Transgender Health Equity’. The collection explores the multifaceted health disparities faced by transgender individuals worldwide.
Podcast and Q&A: Black LGBTQIA+ Voices in the Fight for Health Equity
In this must-listen podcast, Chima Mmeje and Tommy Gough talk to India Sapsed-Foster about their personal experiences as Black queer individuals, discussing barriers to healthcare and mental health. Read the Q&A where they continue the conversation.
🏳️🌈 3. What is one initiative Chima would like to see integrated into UK public health services so that they better support Black LGBTQ+ individuals?
About the book HIV/AIDS in Memory, Culture and Society
Discover in this blog how the book HIV/AIDS in Memory, Culture and Society sheds light on the cultural legacy of the epidemic and amplifies the voices of marginalised communities through media, memory, and advocacy for health equity.
🏳️🌈 4. What institution reported the first cases of what would later become known as AIDS?
Read this blog to learn about the mission of IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal, which aims to be a journal for all sexes and genders. The collection Transgender Care discusses the vast changes seen in the field over the last decade, and includes contributors from social sciences, psychology and medical disciplines.
Q&A on trans people's access to healthcare
Read this Q&A in Nature Communications. Dr Kamilla Kamaruddin champions access to quality healthcare for trans people.
Sex differences research is important! Find out why
This must-read blog is a Q&A with Dr Sofia Ahmed, the President of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, of which Biology of Sex Differences is the affiliated journal. This blog was written for Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day 2025.
🏳️🌈 5. How does Dr Ahmed distinguish sex and gender?
In other news…
World Wellbeing Week
Today, World Wellbeing Week draws to a close. I hope you managed to do something that helped your wellbeing, whether that was a walk, meeting friends, or enjoying a hobby. The Springer Nature Wellbeing Champions organised for colleagues to focus on breathwork and art with Jayne Wilton.
Nature Mental Health: June issue
See Nature Mental Health’s June issue, which presents a Q&A and research into LGBT+ mental health. Cover design by Marina Spence.
Get involved!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this newsletter.* If you would like to be involved with our SDG 3 initiatives, contact me. Follow me, Alice Coe, on Research Communities to be notified of future SDG 3 newsletters.
*With special thanks to: Virginia Mercer, Dr Dean Connolly, Dr Alison Berner, Rita Moreira, Chima Mmeje, Tommy Gough, India Sapsed-Foster, Yasmin Wilczur, Dr Sofia Ahmed, Janet Kim, Lucy Kidwell & Katharine Barnes
Now, let's see who gets 5 out of 5 quiz questions correct...!