Pride Month takes place in June every year in the UK with the aim of
celebrating and honouring LGBTQ+ communities all around the world. It is about
acceptance, equality and raising awareness of issues affecting the community,
including health related issues.
RELATED LIBRARY
RESOURCES
The Health Libraries,
both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources on LGBTQ+
related health topics. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of
items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online
catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources –
books, journals, journal articles and patient information.
·
How can we be wrong?: A bio-fictional LGBTQIA+ memoir; Austin, Max; 2024
– part of our Patient Voices Collection.
·
Clinician's guide to LGBTQIA+ care: cultural safety and social justice
in primary, sexual and reproductive healthcare; Mukerjee, Ronica;
Wesp, Linda; et al; 2022.
·
Fast facts about LGBTQ+ care for nurses; Traister, Tyler;
2022.
·
Trans health: international perspectives on care for trans communities; Appenroth, Max
Nicolai; Castro Varela, María do Mar; 2022.
·
The sick trans person: negotiations, healthcare, and the tension of
demedicalization; Callahan, Evelyn; 2026.
·
Trans and non-binary gender healthcare for psychiatrists,
psychologists, and other health professionals; Richards,
Christina.; Barrett, James; 2021.
·
Transgender medicine: a multidisciplinary approach; Poretsky, Leonid;
Hembree, Wylie C; 2019.
·
Understanding trans health: discourse, power and possibility; Pearce, Ruth; 2018.
·
Diversify: Six degrees of integration; Sarpong, June;
2019.
JOURNALS
·
LGBTQ+
family: an interdisciplinary journal; (Taylor & Francis) –
available as a Keele e-journal from 2022 onwards. Some articles are available
Open Access.
·
Journal of
LGBTQ issues in counselling; Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and
Gender Expansive Identities; (Taylor & Francis) – available as a Keele
e-journal from 2021 onwards.
·
International
journal of transgender health; World Professional Association for Transgender
Health, sponsoring body; (Taylor & Francis) – available Keele e-journal
from 2020 onwards, and NHS journal 2020 onwards with 1 year embargo. Some
articles are available Open Access.
·
Journal of
gay & lesbian mental health; Association of Gay & Lesbian
Psychiatrists, issuing body; (Taylor & Francis) – available as a Keele
e-journal from 2008 onwards. Some articles are available Open Access.
·
Transgender
health; (SAGE Publications) – available as a Keele & NHS e-journal 2016
onwards.
·
Diversity
& inclusion research: open access; (John Wiley & Sons
Limited) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2024 onwards.
·
Diversity
and equality in health and care; (Radcliffe Pub.) – available as a Keele
e-journal from 2004 onwards.
N.B. NHS members can obtain temporary Keele IT logins
to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT suite in the Health Library at Royal
Stoke. NHS
ejournals will require login with an NHS Open Athens account.
Access more journals via our Journals
webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
·
“Principlism
and contemporary ethical considerations for providers of transgender health
care”; Allen, Luke R; Adams, Noah; et al; International journal of
transgender health, 2025, Vol.26 (3), pp.611-629.
·
“TikTok
in Transgender Health: Is It Really Useful for Plastic Surgeons?”;
Hassan, Bashar; Mroueh, Jessica; Transgender health, 2025-02, Vol.10
(1), pp.52-62.
·
“Efficacy
of a co-designed transgender health training program for primary care general
practitioners”; Grace, Julian; Skewis, Lucas Foster; et al; International
journal of transgender health, 2025-11, pp.1-12.
·
“Health
care discrimination and self‐reported
health in transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary individuals with
cancer”; Sabater Minarim, Daniel; Lew, Kaitlyn; et al; Cancer,
2026-04, Vol.132 (8), p.e70409-n/a.
·
“‘There’s
a lot that could have been done’: Primary healthcare professionals’
considerations on providing sexual healthcare to transgender and gender diverse
people”; Johnsén, Maria; Lindroth, Malin; Sexualities, 2026-02, Vol.29
(1-2), pp.210-226.
·
“Impact
of education and training on LGBT-specific health issues for healthcare
students and professionals: a systematic review of comparative studies”;
Damery, Sarah; Sekoni, Adekemi Oluwayemisi; et al; BMJ open, 2025-01,
Vol.15 (1), p.e090005.
·
“Healthcare
provision for the LGBT community: A scoping review of service providers and
user perspectives”; Delos Reyes, Rod Charlie; Nañagas, Maria
Lucia; et al; Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR),
2025-03, Vol.43 (2).
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“Examining
the Interplay of Psychological Well-Being, Health, and Aging in Older LGBT
Adults: A Systematic Review”; Chan, Alex Siu Wing; Tam, Hon Lon; et al; Sexuality
research & social policy, 2025-06, Vol.22 (2), pp.964-978.
·
“The
needs, preferences, and experiences of LGBT + people living with dementia: a
systematic review with thematic synthesis”; Chidiac, Claude; Walshe,
Catherine; BMC geriatrics, 2025-05, Vol.25 (1), pp.326-16, Article 326.
·
“Navigating
Mental Health Frontiers: A Scoping Review of Accessibility for Rural LGBTIQA+
Communities”; Maria, Sonja; Irwin, Pauletta; et al; Journal of homosexuality,
2025-06, Vol.72 (7), pp.1245-1267.
·
“Understanding LGBTQ health in women’s health
nursing; definitions, lifespan health needs and inclusive care”; Kang,
Sook Jung. Women’s Health Nursing, 2026, Vol.32 (1), pp. 4-7.
PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE
·
NHS website:
o LGBT+ fertility issues: https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/having-a-baby-if-you-are-lgbt-plus/ways-to-become-a-parent-if-you-are-lgbt-plus/
o Mental health support: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/advice-for-life-situations-and-events/mental-health-support-if-you-are-gay-lesbian-bisexual-lgbtq/
·
Charities / Further information:
o
LGBT Foundation: https://www.lgbt.foundation
o
Stonewall: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/
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