2SLGBTQIA+ Health

Search terms

The terms below may be helpful when searching in databases. Please note that it is not an exhaustive list.  Some terms may be outdated or controversial, they are listed below as they have been used in research. 

• LGBT or LGBTQ or GLBT
• bisexual*
• homosexual*
• "same sex"
• two-spirit*
• lesbian*
• transsexual*
• transgender*
• intersex*
• queer*
• pansexual*
• "gender fluid"
• asexual*
• non-binary

Here is a sample search  on this topic entered into OMNI (library's catalogue). You can access OMNI from the library's home page. 

Search filters

For complex searches, depending on database or platform preferences, use the following search filters:

• Medline (Source: Yale University)
• Pubmed (Source: Dalhousie University)
• Google Scholar (Source: Dalhousie University)

The above contents has been adapted under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, from Indigenous Health LibGuide created by Valentina Ly and Lindsey Sikora. Adaptations from the original content include changing the content to 2SLGBTQ2IA+ populations.