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Common Terms	MeSH Terms	MeSH Subheadings	MeSH Examples
Lesbian Gay female/woman Queer female/woman	"Homosexuality, Female"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 1995 Entry Terms: Female Homosexuality Lesbianism Lesbians Lesbian	epidemiology ethnology etiology genetics history physiology psychology statistics and numerical data	"Homosexuality, Female/statistics and numerical data"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh]
Gay male/man Queer male/man	"Homosexuality, Male"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 1995 Entry Terms: Male Homosexuality	epidemiology ethnology etiology genetics history physiology psychology statistics and numerical data	"Homosexuality, Male/statistics and numerical data"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh]
Bisexual Bisexuality Bi	"Bisexuality"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 1988 Entry Terms: Bisexuals Bisexual	classification drug effects epidemiology ethics ethnology history physiology psychology statistics and numerical data	"bisexuality/statistics and numerical data"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh]
Transgender Transperson Transman Transwoman Trans	"Transgender Persons"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 2016 (2013) Entry Terms: Person, Transgender Transgender Person Transgenders Transgender Transgendered Persons Person, Transgendered Persons, Transgendered Transgendered Person Two-Spirit Persons Person, Two-Spirit Two Spirit Persons Two-Spirit Person Transsexual Persons Person, Transsexual Transsexual Person Transexuals Transexual "Transsexualism"[Mesh] Year introduced: 1968 Entry Terms Transsexualisms "Health Services for Transgender Persons"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 2016 (2013)	classification drug effects epidemiology ethics ethnology history physiology psychology statistics and numerical data	"Transgender Persons/statistics and numerical data"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh]
LGBTQ LGBT Queer	"Sexual and Gender Minorities"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 2018 Entry Terms Non-Heterosexuals Non Heterosexuals Non-Heterosexual Sexual Dissidents Dissident, Sexual Dissidents, Sexual Sexual Dissident GLBT Persons GLBT Person Person, GLBT Persons, GLBT GLBTQ Persons GLBTQ Person Person, GLBTQ Persons, GLBTQ LGBT Persons LGBT Person Person, LGBT Persons, LGBT LGBTQ Persons LGBTQ Person Person, LGBTQ Persons, LGBTQ Lesbigay Persons Lesbigay Person Person, Lesbigay Persons, Lesbigay Non-Heterosexual Persons Non Heterosexual Persons Non-Heterosexual Person Person, Non-Heterosexual Sexual Minorities Minorities, Sexual Minority, Sexual Sexual Minority LBG Persons LBG Person Person, LBG Persons, LBG Gays Gay Men Who Have Sex With Men Gender Minorities Gender Minority Minorities, Gender Minority, Gender Lesbians Lesbian Women Who Have Sex With Women Bisexuals Bisexual Homosexuals Homosexual Queers Queer "Homosexuality"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 1966 Entry Terms Homosexuals Homosexual Queers Queer Gays Gay Homosexuality, Ego-Dystonic Ego-Dystonic Homosexuality Homosexuality, Ego Dystonic	classification education history legislation and jurisprudence organization and administration psychology statistics and numerical data analysis blood chemically induced classification complications diagnosis drug effects drug therapy epidemiology ethics ethnology etiology genetics history immunology legislation and jurisprudence metabolism microbiology organization and administration physiology physiopathology prevention and control psychology rehabilitation statistics and numerical data surgery therapy urine	"Sexual and Gender Minorities/statistics and numerical data"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh] "Homosexuality/statistics and numerical data"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh]
Intersex	"Disorders of Sex Development"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 2011 (1966) Entry Terms: Disorders of Sexual Development Sexual Development Disorders Sexual Development Disorder Sex Development Disorders Sex Development Disorder Ambiguous Genitalia Genitalia, Ambiguous Genital Ambiguity Ambiguities, Genital Ambiguity, Genital Genital Ambiguities Intersex Conditions Condition, Intersex Conditions, Intersex Intersex Condition Pseudohermaphroditism Sex Differentiation Disorders Differentiation Disorder, Sex Differentiation Disorders, Sex Disorder, Sex Differentiation Disorders, Sex Differentiation Sex Differentiation Disorder Sexual Differentiation Disorders Differentiation Disorder, Sexual Differentiation Disorders, Sexual Disorder, Sexual Differentiation Disorders, Sexual Differentiation Sexual Differentiation Disorder Hermaphroditism Intersexuality Intersexualities "Intersex Persons"[Mesh] Year Introduced: 2020 Entry Terms Intersex Person Person, Intersex	abnormalities adverse effects analysis anatomy and histology blood cerebrospinal fluid chemically induced chemistry classification complications congenital cytology diagnosis diagnostic imaging diet therapy drug effects drug therapy economics embryology enzymology epidemiology ethnology etiology genetics history immunology legislation and jurisprudence metabolism methods microbiology mortality nursing organization and administration parasitology pathology pharmacology physiology physiopathology prevention and control psychology radiotherapy rehabilitation secondary secretion statistics and numerical data surgery therapeutic use therapy ultrastructure urine veterinary virology	"Disorders of Sex Development/statistics and numerical data"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh] "Intersex Persons"[Mesh] AND "Delivery of Health Care"[Mesh]

This table was adapted with permission from the UNC Health Sciences Library LGBTQI Health Research & Practice library guide.

Last Updated: Mar 18, 2024 3:50 PM
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