One of the great things to come out of the #LGBTQHealthSummit (from a researcher's perspective) is that the SGM Research Office made a hard commitment to creating a 1-2 pager on the measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity in research. #LGBTQResearch #LGBTResearch

They can't offer best practices, unfortunately -- but they can share the research and what some of the largest NIH-funded studies are doing to be inclusive. This is important for nursing and other fields ... #LGBTQHealth #AcademicTwitter

as encouraging non-SGM researchers to include #SOGI questions is important for documenting sexual-orientation and gender-identity related disparities. The more data, the better!

It can also support examining sexual-orientation- and gender identity-related differences in treatment/intervention outcomes. It can also help us understand mechanisms underlying SGM disparities.

All of this is why we created the hashtag #doyouSOGI -- to pique the interest of non-SGM researchers. To help SGM-researchers connect with those of us who have expertise in this area to create collaborations and to include measurement and inclusion.

So, if you are a reseacher #doyouSOGI ? If you don't, as an #LGBTHealth researcher how, and consider collaborating with one of us (there are many of us, and we are all awesome collaborators).

If you are an SGM researcher, help us make this hashtag go viral so that SOGI questions can pervade research!

You can find us through NIH Reporter - and the SGM research office plans to disseminate instructions on how to do that. You can use NIH Reporter to find NIH-funded SGM researchers at your institution or within your discipline/area.

So, if you don't SOGI, reach out and find an SGM collaborator and then when you see this hashtag #doyouSOGI you can give an enthusiastic YES!