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Join the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) for our January Current Issues in LGBTQ Health lecture, Policing the Rainbow: LGBTQ Experiences with and Attitudes Toward the Police, featuring Stefan Vogler, PhD.

About the Lecture

This talk will present exploratory findings regarding the relationship between forms of police contact and LGBTQ people’s self-rated health using data from a national sample of both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ people. Vogler's research reveals that while police contact has negative implications for self-rated health for both groups, those adverse impacts are more pronounced for LGBTQ people than non-LGBTQ people. He will also discuss the public health and policy implications of these results.

About Stefan Vogler

Stefan Vogler, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where his research revolves around the topics of gender, sexuality, law, crime, health, and knowledge. He is the author of the award-winning book Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification. His work has been published in outlets including Social Problems, Gender & Society, and Law & Society Review, among others. Professor Vogler’s current research examines LGBTQ people’s experiences with and attitudes toward law enforcement. More information on this work can be found at www.policingtherainbow.com.