[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 207 (Monday, October 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 67748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23589]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sexual & Gender Minority 
Research Listening Session

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sexual & Gender 
Minority Research Office (SGMRO) will be holding its second annual 
listening session with Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM)-focused 
organizations. The primary objective of the NIH's listening session is 
to hear from community stakeholders about what issues are on their 
minds regarding SGM-related research and related activities at NIH. The 
goal is to hold an annual listening session every year, to provide 
different SGM focused organizations an opportunity to speak.

DATES: The listening session with the SGM community will be held on 
November 19, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually as a WebEx Event, and it 
will be open to the public to listen. Information about the meeting and 
registration to attend are at this link: https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro/listening-session.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Avila, Ph.D., Assistant 
Director, Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO), 6555 Rock 
Spring Drive, Rm. 2SE31J, Bethesda, MD 20817, [email protected], 301-
594-9701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ``Sexual and gender minority'' is an 
umbrella term that includes, but is not limited to, individuals who 
identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, Two-Spirit, 
queer, and/or intersex. Individuals with same-sex or -gender 
attractions or behaviors and those with a difference in sex development 
are also included. These populations also encompass those who do not 
self-identify with one of these terms but whose sexual orientation, 
gender identity or expression, or reproductive development is 
characterized by non-binary constructs of sexual orientation, gender, 
and/or sex.
    In accordance with Section 404N of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. 
L. 114-255), the Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO) 
coordinates sexual and gender minority (SGM)-related research and 
activities by working directly with NIH Institutes, Centers, and 
Offices. The Office was officially established in September 2015 within 
the NIH Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic 
Initiatives in the Office of the Director.
    The SGMRO has the following operational goals: (1) Advance rigorous 
research on the health of SGM populations in both the extramural and 
intramural research communities; (2) expand SGM health research by 
fostering partnerships and collaborations with a strategic array of 
internal and external stakeholders; (3) foster a highly skilled and 
diverse workforce in SGM health research; and (4) encourage data 
collection related to SGM populations in research and the biomedical 
research workforce.

Listening Session Details

    The listening session event will be an NIH-wide effort, with 
representation from the SGMRO and other NIH Institutes, Centers, and 
Offices. The listening session will be open to the public to listen in; 
comments submitted via email will be accepted post-listening session. 
The session will be recorded a posted on the SGMRO website 
approximately one month post-session. Comments, questions, or feedback 
can be shared with [email protected]. SGMRO will invite approximately 13 
SGM-focused organizations to present at the listening session. 
Selection of the organizations will be based on the diversity of their 
missions and efforts.

    Dated: October 19, 2020.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2020-23589 Filed 10-23-20; 8:45 am]
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