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What Sexual and Gender Minority People Want Researchers to Know About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions: A Qualitative Study

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people—including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities—are understudied and underrepresented in research. Current sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions do not sufficiently engage SGM people, and there is a critica...

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Autores principales: Suen, Leslie W., Lunn, Mitchell R., Katuzny, Katie, Finn, Sacha, Duncan, Laura, Sevelius, Jae, Flentje, Annesa, Capriotti, Matthew R., Lubensky, Micah E., Hunt, Carolyn, Weber, Shannon, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten, Obedin-Maliver, Juno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32875381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01810-y
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author Suen, Leslie W.
Lunn, Mitchell R.
Katuzny, Katie
Finn, Sacha
Duncan, Laura
Sevelius, Jae
Flentje, Annesa
Capriotti, Matthew R.
Lubensky, Micah E.
Hunt, Carolyn
Weber, Shannon
Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten
Obedin-Maliver, Juno
author_facet Suen, Leslie W.
Lunn, Mitchell R.
Katuzny, Katie
Finn, Sacha
Duncan, Laura
Sevelius, Jae
Flentje, Annesa
Capriotti, Matthew R.
Lubensky, Micah E.
Hunt, Carolyn
Weber, Shannon
Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten
Obedin-Maliver, Juno
author_sort Suen, Leslie W.
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description Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people—including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities—are understudied and underrepresented in research. Current sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions do not sufficiently engage SGM people, and there is a critical gap in understanding how SOGI questions reduce inclusion and accurate empirical representation. We conducted a qualitative study to answer the question, “For SGM people, what are the major limitations with current SOGI questions?” Focus groups probed reactions to SOGI questions adapted from prior national surveys and clinical best practice guidelines. Questions were refined and presented in semi-structured cognitive interviews. Template analysis using a priori themes guided analysis. There were 74 participants: 55 in nine focus groups and 19 in cognitive interviews. Participants were diverse: 51.3% identified as gender minorities, 87.8% as sexual minorities, 8.1% as Hispanic/Latinx, 13.5% as Black or African-American, and 43.2% as Non-white. Two major themes emerged: (1) SOGI questions did not allow for identity fluidity and complexity, reducing inclusion and representation, and (2) SOGI question stems and answer choices were often not clear as to which SOGI dimension was being assessed. To our knowledge, this represents the largest body of qualitative data studying SGM perspectives when responding to SOGI questions. We present recommendations for future development and use of SOGI measures. Attention to these topics may improve meaningful participation of SGM people in research and implementation of such research within and for SGM communities. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10508-020-01810-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-74974352020-09-29 What Sexual and Gender Minority People Want Researchers to Know About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions: A Qualitative Study Suen, Leslie W. Lunn, Mitchell R. Katuzny, Katie Finn, Sacha Duncan, Laura Sevelius, Jae Flentje, Annesa Capriotti, Matthew R. Lubensky, Micah E. Hunt, Carolyn Weber, Shannon Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten Obedin-Maliver, Juno Arch Sex Behav Original Paper Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people—including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities—are understudied and underrepresented in research. Current sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions do not sufficiently engage SGM people, and there is a critical gap in understanding how SOGI questions reduce inclusion and accurate empirical representation. We conducted a qualitative study to answer the question, “For SGM people, what are the major limitations with current SOGI questions?” Focus groups probed reactions to SOGI questions adapted from prior national surveys and clinical best practice guidelines. Questions were refined and presented in semi-structured cognitive interviews. Template analysis using a priori themes guided analysis. There were 74 participants: 55 in nine focus groups and 19 in cognitive interviews. Participants were diverse: 51.3% identified as gender minorities, 87.8% as sexual minorities, 8.1% as Hispanic/Latinx, 13.5% as Black or African-American, and 43.2% as Non-white. Two major themes emerged: (1) SOGI questions did not allow for identity fluidity and complexity, reducing inclusion and representation, and (2) SOGI question stems and answer choices were often not clear as to which SOGI dimension was being assessed. To our knowledge, this represents the largest body of qualitative data studying SGM perspectives when responding to SOGI questions. We present recommendations for future development and use of SOGI measures. Attention to these topics may improve meaningful participation of SGM people in research and implementation of such research within and for SGM communities. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10508-020-01810-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer US 2020-09-01 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7497435/ /pubmed/32875381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01810-y Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Lubensky, Micah E.
Hunt, Carolyn
Weber, Shannon
Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten
Obedin-Maliver, Juno
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32875381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01810-y
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