Decolonising Indigenous Health Research Requires Redefining Sex, Sexuality and Gender.

Shakara Liddelow-Hunt, James H L Hill, Kate Daglas, Kaiwarr Clancy, Madi Day, Alistair Ott

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Article in The Medical journal of Australia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shakara Liddelow-HuntAustralian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7467-7976

James H L HillYouth Mental Health, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

Kate DaglasShifting Ground, Broome, Western Australia, Australia.

Kaiwarr ClancyPoche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Madi DayFaculty of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Alistair OttCollege of Arts and Social Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

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Abstract

LGBTQA+SB (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, Sistergirl and Brotherboy) participants are rarely identified in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research data, resulting in persistent gaps in the literature. In this article, we briefly explore the implications of LGBTQA+SB erasure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research for decolonisation, policy and practice. We outline approaches to collecting quantitative data, examples of Indigenous research that did identify LGBTQA+SB participants and potential challenges for data collection. Ultimately, we argue that decolonisation requires re-thinking how we define sex, sexuality and gender, unsettling Western biomedical norms that are pervasive in health research.

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Gender IdentityHealth Services, IndigenousSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexualityAustraliaColonialismFemaleHumansMaledata collectiongender identitysexualitysocial justice

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PMID42885875

DOI10.5694/mja2.70320

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