MeSH Browser

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, 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.
Entry Term(s): Asexuals; Bisexuals; GLBT Persons; Gays; Gender Diverse; Gender Minorities; Homosexuals; LBG Persons; LGBT Persons; LGBTQ; LGBTQ Persons; LGBTQIA; 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: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/07/30

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

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, 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.
Terms: Sexual and Gender Minorities Preferred Term
Term UI T000908952
Date10/06/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Gender Diverse
Term UI T001132825
Date02/12/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); GLBT Persons
Term UI T000899315
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); LBG Persons
Term UI T000899318
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Lesbigay Persons
Term UI T000899321
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); LGBT Persons
Term UI T000899319
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); LGBTQ
Term UI T001132483
Date02/01/2023
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); LGBTQ Persons
Term UI T000899320
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); LGBTQIA
Term UI T001132485
Date02/01/2023
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Non-Heterosexual Persons
Term UI T000899322
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); Sexual Minorities
Term UI T000899301
Date04/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

Homosexuals Narrower

Gays Narrower

Bisexuals Narrower

Gender Minorities Related

Asexuals Related

Lesbians Narrower

Sexual and Gender Minorities MeSH Descriptor Data 2025