Past Awardees

The CSWE Council on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression established the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Scholarship Award in 2012. This award recognizes contributions to a greater understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit populations through innovative teaching, administration, research, and practice methods and strategies. Learn more about the past recipients of the SOGIE Scholarship Award.

The 2020 SOGIE Award was awarded to the paper, "Sexual Identity Development and its Impact on Sexual Well Being: Differences Between Sexual Minority and Non-sexual Minority Former Foster Youth." Congratulations to authors, Richard A. Brandon-Friedman, Barb Pierce, Elizabeth Wahler, Jeffry Thigpen, and J. Dennis Fortenberry.