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A new special interest group (SIG) within the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) has been formed to focus on the sexual health needs of racially minoritised populations.
As two professionals involved in the forming of this SIG, we received messages of praise and congratulations from colleagues for persisting and managing to officially establish the SIG. Some comments received include: “it should have been done a long time ago” and “I’m really glad to finally see this group created.” However, while there is a sense of achievement and joy in establishing this SIG, there is also a feeling of regret that it has taken this long to do so.
In a 1996 documentary ‘Blue Eyed’ by historian Jane Elliot, an audience of majority White attendees was asked to stand if they would be happy being treated how society treats Black people. This was met with no response, leaving Elliot to conclude that attendees were clearly aware of the mistreatment of the Black community, did not want the same treatment for themselves, but were …
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D-WH and UN contributed equally.
Correction notice This article has been corrected since it was first published. The title has been updated.
Contributors DH and UN contributed equally to this paper.
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