Conducting sexualities research: an outline of emergent issues and case studies from ten Wellcome-funded projects.

Kneale, D; French, R

; Spandler, H

; Young, I

; Purcell, C

; Boden, Z; Brown, SD; Callwood, D; Carr, S; Dymock, A; +13 more...Eastham, R; Gabb, J

; Henley, J

; Jones, C

; McDermott, E

; Mkhwanazi, N

; Ravenhill, J

; Reavey, P; Scott, R

; Smith, C

; Smith, M

; Thomas, J

; Tingay, K

and (2019) Conducting sexualities research: an outline of emergent issues and case studies from ten Wellcome-funded projects. Wellcome Open Research, 4. 137-. ISSN 2398-502X DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15283.1

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This letter seeks to synthesise methodological challenges encountered in a cohort of Wellcome Trust-funded research projects focusing on sexualities and health. The ten Wellcome Trust projects span a diversity of gender and sexual orientations and identities, settings; institutional and non-institutional contexts, lifecourse stages, and explore a range of health-related interventions. As researchers, we originate from a breadth of disciplinary traditions, use a variety of research methods and data sources. Despite this breadth, four common themes are found across the projects: (i) inclusivity, representations and representativeness, (ii) lumping together of diverse groups, (iii) institutions and closed settings (iv) ethical and governance barriers.