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MeSH Heading: Sexual and Gender Minorities
Tree Number(s): M01.270.988
Unique ID: D000072339
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072339
Scope Note: Individuals including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, gender non-conforming people, and other populations whose sexual orientation or GENDER IDENTITY and reproductive development is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms.
Entry Term(s): Bisexuals; GLBT Persons; GLBTQ Persons; Gays; Gender Minorities; Homosexuals; LBG Persons; LGBT Persons; LGBTQ Persons; Lesbians; Lesbigay Persons; Men Who Have Sex With Men; Non-Heterosexual Persons; Non-Heterosexuals; Queers; Sexual Dissidents; Sexual Minorities; Women Who Have Sex With Women
Previous Indexing: Bisexuality (1990-2016); Homosexuality (1986-2016); Transgender Persons (2013-2016); Transsexualism (2001-2016)
See Also: Bisexuality; Homosexuality; Homosexuality, Female; Homosexuality, Male
Public MeSH Note: 2018; was SEXUAL MINORITIES 2017; for BISEXUALS see BISEXUALITY 1996-2016; for LESBIANS use HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE 1995-2016; for HOMOSEXUALS use HOMOSEXUALITY 1989-2016; for QUEERS use HOMOSEXALITY 2016-2017; for GAYS use HOMOSEXUALITY 1995-2016
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
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2021/07/06

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Persons [M01]
- Health Disparate, Minority and Vulnerable Populations [M01.270]

Sexual and Gender Minorities Preferred

Concept UI: M000616947
Scope Note: Individuals including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, gender non-conforming people, and other populations whose sexual orientation or GENDER IDENTITY and reproductive development is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms.
Terms: Sexual and Gender Minorities Preferred Term
Term UI T000908952
Date10/06/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); LGBT Persons
Term UI T000899319
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); LGBTQ Persons
Term UI T000899320
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Lesbigay Persons
Term UI T000899321
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Non-Heterosexual Persons
Term UI T000899322
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); LBG Persons
Term UI T000899318
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Sexual Minorities
Term UI T000899301
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Non-Heterosexuals
Term UI T000899310
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Sexual Dissidents
Term UI T000899311
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); GLBT Persons
Term UI T000899315
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); GLBTQ Persons
Term UI T000899316
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

Gays Narrower

Gender Minorities Related

Lesbians Narrower

Bisexuals Narrower

Homosexuals Narrower

Sexual and Gender Minorities MeSH Descriptor Data 2023