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Table 1 Search terms

From: The inclusion of LGBTQ + people within UK health policy: a critical discourse analysis

Protected Characteristics

Search terms

Sexual orientation / gender reassignment status (gender identity)

Asexual, bisexual, gay, gender identit*, gender minorit*, gender orientat*, homosex*, homophob*, intersex, key population*, lesbian, LGB*, men who have sex with men, MSM, non-binary, non-heterosexual, pansexual, queer, questioning, same-gender, same-sex, sex characteristics, sexual identit*, sexuality, sexual minorit*, sexual orientat*, trans*, transphob*

Ethnicity

BAME, BME, ethnic* (ethnicity, ethnically), rac* (race, racial, racist, racism)

Disability

Disab* (disability, disabilities, disabled), impair* (impaired, impairment, impairments)

Age

Ag* (aged, ages, ageing, aging), old* (older, oldest),

young* (younger, youngest)

Sex / gender

Sex*, gender*, male*, female*, man/men*, woman/women*

Religion

Relig* (religion, religious), faith, belief*, spiritu*

Marriage / civil partnership

Marriage, marital, civil partner*

Maternity / pregnancy

Matern* (maternity, maternal), pregnan* (pregnancy, pregnancies, pregnant), Pre* (prenatal, pre-natal), peri* (perinatal, peri-natal), post* (postnatal, post-natal, post birth, post-birth postpartum, post-partum), ante* (antenatal, ante-natal)