Asking sexual orientation and gender identity on health surveys: Findings from cognitive interviews in the United States across sexual orientations and genders.

ABSTRACT: Questions assessing sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) are not consistently asked on U.S.-based health surveys and, as a result, sexual and gender minority (SGM) people are often invisible, obscuring insight into their health. The purpose of this study was to explore how people across different sexual orientations and genders preferred to be asked about SOGI on U.S.-based health surveys. Using in-depth cognitive interviews with 14 non-SGM (cisgender heterosexual men and women) and 30 SGM participants (cisgender sexual minority people as well as transgender and gender diverse people of any sexual orientation), we identified four major themes relating to SOGI disclosure: (1) purpose for asking, (2) context of information collection, (3) distrust of the government, and (4) fear. Wh

SUBMITTER: Pho AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12369996 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature