Arjan van der Star, PhD MSc
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Arjan van der Star, PhD MSc
@arjanvanderstar.bsky.social
Social Epidemiologist, LGBTQ Mental Health | Associate Research Professor @SDSU | Chair @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social | he/him/his
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July 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🚨 Out now in Current Psychology:

Our new study explored how sexual minority stigma and prejudice, across structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels, function as a socioecological system to oppress sexual minority individuals and harm their mental health.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗜𝗤 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲–𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬)

I am proud to share the response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming LGBTIQ Equality Strategy I authored on behalf of the European Public Health Association and its section on LGBTQI+ health (1/3)
July 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🚨 In a new book chapter, I unpack how laws and policies affect the health and wellbeing of LGBT youth.

The legal epidemiology of global laws and policies shaping risk and resiliency in sexually and gender diverse adolescents' health and well-being
April 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The development and refinement of our QueerCARE suicide prevention intervention for LGBTQ youth and young adults, out now in the journal Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/sltb...
April 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 AM
🚨 Excited to share my new article in @socscimed on the 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒎𝒂 and how it shapes sexual minority health. This has been in the making for nearly five years and I am proud that it is out in the world now. (1/3)
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM