Healthcare for LGBTQIA+ population in Primary Health Care: a scoping review

Abstract

The LGBTQIA+ population still faces many difficulties in accessing health services and obtaining effective care and assistance. This article provides an analysis of the academic literature on the LGBTQIA+ population’s access  to Primary Health Care (PHC) services in Brazil. To this end,  a scoping review was conducted in order to identify studies on subjects where literature reviews are still scarce and where different study designs may be possible. As for the  results, it was observed that scientific production on access to PHC for the LGBTQIA+ population is still incipient. It  emerged that, despite the political gains made through the struggle of social movements, the health process for this  population is still permeated by a heteronormative logic  that disregards identities and gender orientations and, consequently, imposes major barriers to accessing  healthcare services.