CALL TO ACTION 🚨 An open letter from🌈 Rainbows in Gastro to all GI and Hepatology societies to support the safety and well-being of 🏳️‍⚧️#transgender and gender non-conforming members @AASLDtweets @AmCollegeGastro @AmerGastroAssn @ASGEendoscopy @NASPGHAN #GITwitter #LiverTwitter

Dear🌈#RIG members & allies!✨ #ACG2025 is just around the corner—and so is our #RIG Social! 🎉Join us for an evening of conversation, connection & community🥂 🗓️ Monday, Oct 27 🕔 5–8 PM 📩 DM for full details—Can’t wait to see you there! @AmCollegeGastro #LGBTQIA🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

3️⃣exciting @RainbowinGastro announcements! 💥ACG2025 networking event for members & allies! RSVP 👉🏼 (DM me) 💰ACG2025 Travel awards: LGBTQ+ research 👉🏼 https://t.co/ISZzk6em0Z 🌈Inaugural symposium @ DDW2026 seeking Scientific planning committee members/co chair (DM me)

🌈We are excited to announce #RIG Health #Equity Travel Awards for #ACG2025 ✨ Up to 3 awards of $1,000 ✨ Open to ALL🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️members & #allies presenting digestive health & equity ✨Topic preference: #LGBTQIA+ health Apply by 📅Oct 6th ➡️ https://t.co/1hjx5V56Q9 #GITwitter

Dear🌈#RIG members & allies!✨ #ACG2025 is just around the corner—and so is our #RIG Social! 🎉Join us for an evening of conversation, connection & community🥂 🗓️ Monday, Oct 27 🕔 5–8 PM 📩 DM for full details—Can’t wait to see you there! @AmCollegeGastro #LGBTQIA🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@doctornikkid from @Stanford_GI joins #DEIinTransplantation2025 in Toronto (Oct 25–26) to share tips on culturally responsive care. 🌍🫀 Don’t miss this global convo on equity in transplantation! 🔗 https://t.co/33dvYJA4uu #HealthEquity #TransplantCare #DEIinTransplant2025

The #Best of #FORWARD is here! A 2.5-day program by @AmerGastroAssn for trainees & early-career physician-scientists from underrepresented communities 📍 Baltimore, Oct 10–12, 2025 ✅ Travel & lodging covered 📝 Apply by Sept 8 🔗 https://t.co/XedDNs7X2Y

🚨 New Article Alert 🚨 #LGBTQ+ individuals with #IBS face more severe symptoms & ⬆️anxiety than cisgender heterosexual peers. 🌈inclusive #GI care addressing #SOGI is important! 🔗 https://t.co/4FsYBOAiBm @Chris_Velez_MD @BryanPriegoP @ACG_CTG #GITwitter #DEI #LGBTQhealth

Excited to share that our article regarding #Diversity, #Equity, #Inclusion & #Belonging in organ #Transplant was selected as the🎖️editor's choice📜by @amjtransplant 🔗 https://t.co/1xCRdw2Vhh Honored to serve as the senior author and so grateful for⭐️co-authors from @AST_info

Register for today’s ACG Virtual Grand Rounds: Dr. Christopher Vélez, Dr. Jin Ge, Dr. Maya Balakrishnan, and Dr. Rachel Issaka on Exploring Health Equity Through Research!  ⏰ Noon & 8 pm ET ➡️ https://t.co/9t8dHChSZw @Chris_Velez_MD @egnij @IssakaMD

Congratulations to our very own Vice President, @KiraNewmanMDPhD, who has been nominated for the @HealioGastro Disruptive Innovators Award 🏅 in 🌈 Health Equity!! 🗳️ https://t.co/26FBHp6Mbc #GITwitter #DEI #Diversity @umichmedicine

📢Proud to share this🔥article regarding #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion & #Belonging in #Transplant just published @amjtransplant Our team from @AST_info #IDEAL committee shares practical steps to: ⚖️ Close transplant #inequities 🤝 Build #inclusive communities 📚 Future

En nuestra última publicación, personas LGBTQIA+ con intestino irritable reportaron más síntomas GI y distress psicológico que personas cisheterosexuales. ¡Hallazgos clave para una salud más inclusiva! 🌈 @RainbowinGastro @Chris_Velez_MD @chemaremes @FATIMAHiguera8 👇🏻

🌈#RIG #PRIDE Member Highlight Meet Bryan @BryanPriegoP, one of the recipients of #RIG Travel Award #DDW2025🏆 He has done🔥research regarding anxiety, depression, & GI symptoms in #LGBTQ population in🇲🇽 We can't wait to learn more from him! #GITwitter #LGBTQIAHappyPrideMonth

Gastroenterology: https://t.co/b3KZOI1jhV CGH: https://t.co/bgd0xN0O3p @DougSimonetto @VictorChedidMD @JeanFoxMD @LindseyP_PhD #LGBTQHealth #HealthEquity #CRCscreening

From stigma to screening gaps: GI care is not equitable for 🏳️‍🌈 patients 📈 More GI symptom burden 📉 Less likely to seek care 🧠 5x more likely to feel misunderstood 🩺 32.5% comfortable with colonoscopy Fear of discrimination➡️major barrier Proud to share our study🧵 #GItwitter

Proud to share this🔥Hot off the press📜in @AGA_Gastro📢: Chronic #Liver Diseases in 🏳️‍🌈sexual minorities. 🌈LGB identity is associated with⬆️#MASLD in men & ⬇️MASLD in women 🌈LGB men & women have⬆️ #HBV infection 🌈No significant association between #LGB identity & #HCV /

The @AASLDtweets 🌈#PRIDE webinar will start TOMORROW, 6/26, Thursday at🕛NOON ET! Excited to have🌐expert in #LGBTQ+ health @cjstreed, frontline🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ provider #JessWisocky to present this timely topic. Also🩷our all✨moderators from AASLD #LGBTQ+ subcommittee #MarthaBausch

🌈#RIG #PRIDE member highlight 🎉 Meet Thanh, one of the recipients of #RIG Travel Award🏅who also won 2 distinct posters at #DDW2025👏 📢He’s applying for GI fellowship this cycle! Any program would be incredibly fortunate to recruit this rising star⭐️ #GITwitter #LiverTwitter

Incredibly grateful to @AASLDFoundation for selecting me as the Bruce A. Luxon Emerging Liver Scholar Thank you so much to Dr. Sonali Paul and Dr. @doctornikkid for their support Excited to meet everyone and represent @UChicagoGI @MedChiefs at #TLM2025 #GITwitter @AASLDtweets

This made my whole week… and month! As educators, we love seeing our trainees succeed. 💫 Sonali and I got to co-support/sponsor @NewshaN27 for ELS this year. She’s destined for greatness & applying this cycle. Go make us proud! @RainbowinGastro @AASLDtweets #ELS2025