Understanding Men & Lupus
for Men’s Health Month
A lot of misinformation exists when it comes to lupus and men. This month, for Men’s Health Month, we will be sharing resources, insight from experts and first-hand experiences from male lupus warriors about the disease. Keep an eye out on social media for more information throughout the month and learn more about lupus and men.
Honor the Dad in your life this Father’s Day with a tribute donation
COVID-19 Rheumatology Patient Experience Survey

The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance is conducting a study to understand how COVID-19 affects adults and children with rheumatic diseases throughout the world. Adults and parents of children with rheumatic disease are invited to participate.

$10M for DoD’s Lupus Research Program
Thanks to lupus advocates successfully urging Congress to increase funding for lupus research programs, the Department of Defense has announced $10 million in funding opportunities for high-impact lupus research.
Lupus and Men Live Webinar
Dr. Sam Lim, a top researcher at Emory University and head of the Georgia Lupus Registry, will talk about the unique challenges of being a man with this disease and explore opportunities to take charge of your life.
Virtual Support Groups
For the safety of our constituents and facilitators during the Covid-19 pandemic, our in-person support groups have been moved online through December 2020. Please see below for specific groups, dates, and times.
"𝙈𝙮 𝙇𝙪𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 2018. 𝙄 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮"𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮" 𝙜𝙪𝙮, 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖 "𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙢", 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙪𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖, 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜"𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡." 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙣 2019, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙁𝘼 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙗 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮. 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙪𝙥𝙪𝙨, 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚. 𝙄𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩, 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙇𝙪𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙨, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖 𝙇𝙪𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, 𝙢𝙮 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨."

-Wesley Smith, Lupus Warrior