Amid cremental progrs tablishg an enablg legal and policy environment for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer-intified people, and people wh tersex variatns (LGBTQI+) India, evince gaps on LGBTQI+ health are of creasg ncern. To that end, we nducted a spg review to map and synthize the current evince base, intify rearch gaps, and provi remendatns for future rearch. We nducted a spg review g the Joanna Briggs Instute methodology. We systematilly searched 14 databas to intify peer-reviewed journal articl published English language between January 1, 2010 and November 20, 2021, that reported empiril qualative, quantative or mixed methods data on LGBTQI+ people’s health India. Out of 3,003 rults total, we intified 177 eligible articl; 62% ed quantative, 31% qualative, and 7% mixed methods. The majory (55%) foced on gay and other men who have sex wh men (MSM), 16% transgenr women, and 14% both of the populatns; 4% foced on lbian and bisexual women, and 2% on transmascule people. Overall, studi reported high prevalence of HIV and sexually transmted fectns; multilevel risk factors for HIV; high levels of mental health burn lked to stigma, discrimatn, and vlence victimizatn; and non-availabily of genr-affirmative medil re ernment hospals. Few longudal studi and terventn studi were intified. Fdgs suggt that LGBTQI+ health rearch India needs to move beyond the predomant foc on HIV, and gay men/MSM and transgenr women, to clu mental health and non-munible diseas, and dividuals across the LGBTQI+ spectm. Future rearch should build on largely scriptive studi to clu explanatory and terventn studi, beyond urban to ral s, and exame healthre and service needs among LGBTQI+ people across the life urse. Increased Indian ernment fundg for LGBTQI+ health rearch, cludg dited support and trag for early reer rearchers, is ccial to buildg a prehensive and staable evince base to rm targeted health polici and programs movg forward.
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A SPG REVIEW OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND TERSEX (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE’S HEALTH INDIA
There are many genr and sexual inti India such as lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, hijda, kothi, queer, tersex and asexual.
Lbians are women who are attracted to their own genr whereas the term gay refers to men who are attracted to their own genr.
Certa events played a signifint role s evolutn over the last few Dost is India’s leadg ‘gay magaze’ which began as a newsletter 1990 by Ashok Kavi Row. Two years later, on Augt 11, 1992, the first rerd gay prott occurred outsi police headquarters the ITO area of New Delhi. It was sparked by police pickg up men om a park Connght Place unr spicn of homosexualy (Krishnan 2018) Mehta’s film ‘Fire’ was the next tone the queer nversatn.