Editing
LGBT
(section)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== SGM/GSM === {{Main|Sexual minority}} SGM, or GSM,<ref>{{cite web|last=Besanvalle|first=James|date=20 July 2018|title=Five alternative terms you can use instead of LGBT|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/five-alternative-terms-instead-lgbt/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Gay Star News|language=en-GB|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128054231/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/five-alternative-terms-instead-lgbt/|url-status=live}}</ref> an abbreviation for [[sexual and gender minorities]], has gained particular currency in government, academia, and medicine. It has been adopted by the [[National Institutes of Health]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office|url=https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro|access-date=23 November 2020|website=National Institutes of Health|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015435/https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Sexual and Gender Minority Clearinghouse|url=https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/OMH/resource-center/hcps-and-researchers/data-tools/sgm-clearinghouse|access-date=23 November 2020|website=Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123162325/https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/OMH/resource-center/hcps-and-researchers/data-tools/sgm-clearinghouse|url-status=live}}</ref> and the UCLA [[Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy|Williams Institute]], which studies SGM law and policy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Andrew|date=July 2016|title=A Development Agenda for Sexual and Gender Minorities|url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/development-agenda-sgm/|access-date=23 November 2020|website=Williams Institute|language=en-US|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030521/https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/development-agenda-sgm/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Duke University]] and the [[University of California, San Francisco|University of California San Francisco]] both have prominent Sexual and Gender Minority health programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Duke Sexual and Gender Minority Health Program|url=https://dukesgmhealth.org/|url-status=live|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Duke University|language=en|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613110406/https://dukesgmhealth.org/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Center for Sexual & Gender Minority Health|url=https://sgmhealth.ucsf.edu/home|url-status=live|access-date=13 June 2021|website=University of California San Francisco|language=en|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613110416/https://sgmhealth.ucsf.edu/home}}</ref> An NIH paper recommends the term SGM because it is inclusive of "those who may not self-identify as LGBT β¦ or those who have a specific medical condition affecting reproductive development,"<ref>{{Citation|title=Strategic Plan to Advance Research on the Health and Well-being of Sexual and Gender Minorities|date=<!-- c. 2015 -->|url=https://www.edi.nih.gov/sites/default/files/EDI_Public_files/sgm-strategic-plan.pdf|publisher=National Institutes of Health|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=18 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318075832/https://www.edi.nih.gov/sites/default/files/EDI_Public_files/sgm-strategic-plan.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> a publication from the [[White House Office of Management and Budget]] explains that "We believe that SGM is more inclusive, because it includes persons not specifically referenced by the identities listed in LGBT,"<ref>{{cite web|date=August 2020|title=Updates on Terminology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Survey Measures|url=https://nces.ed.gov/FCSM/pdf/FCSM_SOGI_Terminology_FY20_Report_FINAL.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=21 June 2021|website=Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, under the auspices of the Office of Management and Budget|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608193829/https://nces.ed.gov/fcsm/pdf/FCSM_SOGI_Terminology_FY20_Report_FINAL.pdf}}</ref> and a UK government paper favors SGM because initials like LGBTIQ+ stand for terms that, especially outside the [[Global North]], are "not necessarily inclusive of local understandings and terms used to describe sexual and gender minorities."<ref>{{Citation|title=Gender and Strategic Communications in Conflict and Stabilisation Contexts|date=January 2020|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866351/How_to_Guide_on_Gender_and_Strategic_Communication_in_Conflict_and_Stabilisation_Contexts_-_January_2020_-_Stabilisation_Unit.pdf|publisher=HM Government|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101050719/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866351/How_to_Guide_on_Gender_and_Strategic_Communication_in_Conflict_and_Stabilisation_Contexts_-_January_2020_-_Stabilisation_Unit.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> An example of usage outside the Global North is the [[Constitution of Nepal]], which identifies "gender and sexual minorities" as a protected class.<ref>{{Citation|title=Constitution of Nepal|url=http://www.lawcommission.gov.np/en/archives/981|year=2015|publisher=Nepal Law Commission|access-date=24 November 2020|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930151001/http://www.lawcommission.gov.np/en/archives/981|url-status=live}}</ref> GSRM is also used to include romantic minorities.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Choudhuri|first1=Devika Dibya|title=Multiplicity of LGBTQ+ Identities, Intersections, and Complexities|date=2019-09-20|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429447297-1|work=Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts|pages=3β16|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-44729-7|access-date=2021-06-09|last2=Curley|first2=Kate|doi=10.4324/9780429447297-1|s2cid=210355997}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Lapointe|first=Alicia|title=Postgay|date=2016|url=https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55425-3_21|work=Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education: An International Guide for the Twenty-First Century|pages=205β218|editor-last=Rodriguez|editor-first=Nelson M.|series=Queer Studies and Education|place=New York|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|language=en|doi=10.1057/978-1-137-55425-3_21|isbn=978-1-137-55425-3|access-date=2021-06-09|editor2-last=Martino|editor2-first=Wayne J.|editor3-last=Ingrey|editor3-first=Jennifer C.|editor4-last=Brockenbrough|editor4-first=Edward}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Georgia LGBTQ History Project Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Georgia LGBTQ History Project Wiki:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Page
Discussion
English
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Special pages
Page information