When I was approached to write this blog my first instinct was to say yes. When I shared the news with my partner his response was "you are taking on something else? You need to learn to say no." The truth is I do have trouble saying no to things I think are exciting opportunities, which has lead me be what we call in academia "over committed." But I had turned down other offers to blog in the past and this opportunity felt different given the visibility and reputation of Psychology Today. My main motivation for blogging is the opportunity to share the results (with my impressions) of important research being done on sexuality, particularly work relevant to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people. I feel very fortunate to have been the recipient of public and private funding to conduct my research and I feel strongly that part of the obligation of this funding is disseminating your findings. While publishing my results in academic journals is central to the advancement of science, these findings rarely are made available to the public because of subscription requirements or because the language is too technical. In the past I have worked to disseminate my research by doing interviews with TV News programs, magazines, and newspapers. In fact, Psychology Today has published a number of articles on my work. But this approach is limited by the interests and abilities of the journalists (most of whom have been fantastic to work with). Writing this blog gives me an opportunity to speak directly without my views filtered. By writing this blog I hope to help make sexual science more accessible to people who both support and can benefit from it. The science I will focus on is in the area of LGBT Health and Development. By "health" I mean health issues where LGBT people are disproportionately burdened -what we call "health disparities" in the field. My own research is in the areas of HIV prevention, mental health, and substance use so these health issues are likely to be frequently discussed. By "development" I mean how sexual orientation develops-the roles of genes, brain development, etc-as well as the development of LGBT people. Just like everyone else, LGBT people grow up in a context of families, peers, romantic relationships and important research is exploring how these developmental contexts are central to healthy development.