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.
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).
- “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:
- Charities / Further information:
- LGBT Foundation: https://www.lgbt.foundation
- Stonewall: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/
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