Table 2.

Eligibility criteria.

Characteristic	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion
Population	Any individual identified in the study as LGBTQ+, regardless of whether they or their partner had been pregnant, and regardless of the length of time since the loss occurred	Articles where the experiences of LGBTQ+ people are not easily distinguished (i.e. research including heterogeneous samples where data relating to LGBTQ+ people and cisheterosexual people are not easily distinguished)
Exposure	Perinatal loss including any loss occurring during pregnancy (i.e. miscarriage, termination, stillbirth) or birth (intrapartum stillbirth) or the first 28 days (i.e. neonatal death); unrestricted by the circumstances relating to the loss (e.g. termination of pregnancy)
Outcomes	Experiences
Study design	Empirical qualitative studies of any type and empirical mixed methodology studies where qualitative aspects can easily be extracted	Empirical quantitative research or quantitative components of mixed-methods research; surveys that do not provide qualitatively oriented analysis of open-ended comments; reviews
Geographical location	Any (unrestricted by geographical, legal and sociocultural context)
Language	English
Publication date	Any
Publication types	Journal publication