Strategies for Advancing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection in Cancer Research
Although over 7% of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA+), 1 there is a dearth of cancer research in these populations. As such, there is broadening awareness of the need to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data as part of cancer research to produce appropriate evidence-based guidelines to inform clinical care and prevention efforts for LGBTQIA+ individuals in the future. The Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Interest