Structured Summary
Abstract
Individuals including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, gender non-conforming people, and other populations whose sexual orientation or GENDER IDENTITY and reproductive development is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms.
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
Related Concepts
Knowledge Graph
Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.
MeSH Record
See Also
MeSH Record
Synonyms
57 entry terms
- GLBT Persons
- Gender Diverse
- LBG Persons
- LGBT Persons
- LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Persons
- LGBTQIA
- Lesbigay Persons
- Non-Heterosexual Persons
- Non-Heterosexuals
- Sexual Dissidents
- Sexual Minorities
- Dissident, Sexual
- Dissidents, Sexual
- Diverse, Gender
- GLBT Person
- LBG Person
- LGBT Person
- LGBTQ Person
- Lesbigay Person
- Minorities, Sexual
- Minority, Sexual
- Non Heterosexual Persons
- Non Heterosexuals
- Non-Heterosexual
- Non-Heterosexual Person
- Person, GLBT
- Person, LBG
- Person, LGBT
- Person, LGBTQ
- Person, Lesbigay
- Person, Non-Heterosexual
- Persons, GLBT
- Persons, LBG
- Persons, LGBT
- Persons, LGBTQ
- Persons, Lesbigay
- Sexual Dissident
- Sexual Minority
- Asexuals
- Bisexuals
- Gays
- Gender Minorities
- Homosexuals
- Lesbians
- Men Who Have Sex With Men
- Queers
- Women Who Have Sex With Women
- Asexual
- Bisexual
- Gay
- Gender Minority
- Homosexual
- Lesbian
- Minorities, Gender
- Minority, Gender
- Queer
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
6 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.
MeSH Record
History Note
2018; was SEXUAL MINORITIES 2017; for BISEXUALS use BISEXUALITY 1996-2016; for LESBIANS see HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE 1995-2016; for HOMOSEXUALS see HOMOSEXUALITY 1989-2016; for QUEERS see HOMOSEXALITY 2016-2017; for GAYS see HOMOSEXUALITY 1995-2016
MeSH Record
Previous Indexing
- Bisexuality (1990-2016)
- Homosexuality (1986-2016)
- Transgender Persons (2013-2016)
- Transsexualism (2001-2016)
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Sexual and Gender Minorities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072339. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072339
- Sexual and Gender Minorities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_(acronym)
- Sexual and Gender Minorities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17884