Table 2.
Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions used in focus groups
| Gender identity question stems |
| How do you describe yourself? (The GenIUSS Group, 2014) |
| What is your current gender identity? (Cahill et al., 2014; Tate et al., 2013; The GenIUSS Group, 2014) |
| What is your sex or gender? (Lombardi & Banik, 2016; The GenIUSS Group, 2014) |
| What is your gender identity? (Callahan et al., 2015) |
| What is your sex or current gender? (Check all that apply) (Lombardi & Banik, 2016; Sausa et al., 2009; The GenIUSS Group, 2014) |
| Gender identity answer choices |
| Female |
| Male |
| Transgender, female to male |
| Other examples |
| Transgender male |
| Female-to-male (FTM) |
| Trans man |
| Transgender, male to female |
| Other examples |
| Transgender female |
| Male-to-female (MTF) |
| Trans woman |
| Genderqueer |
| Other examples |
| Genderqueer, neither exclusively male nor female |
| Gender non-conforming |
| Gender variant |
| Gender non-binary |
| Neutrois |
| Questioning/unsure |
| Other |
| Other examples |
| Other, please specify: [free-text field] |
| Additional category (please specify): [free-text field] |
| Additional gender category/(or Other), please specify: [free-text field] |
| Sex assigned at birth question stems |
| What sex were you assigned at birth, on your original birth certificate? (Bauer et al., 2017; Cahill et al., 2014; Institute of Medicine, 2013; Michaels et al., 2017; The GenIUSS Group, 2014) |
| What gender were you assigned at birth? (Tate et al., 2013) |
| What sex were you assigned at birth? (Cahill et al., 2014; Lombardi & Banik, 2016) |
| Sex assigned at birth answer choices |
| Male |
| Female |
| Sexual orientation question stems |
| Do you think of yourself as… (Cahill et al., 2014; The GenIUSS Group, 2014) |
| Do you consider yourself to be…(Badgett, 2009; Conron, Mimiaga, & Landers, 2010; Miller & Ryan, 2011; Ridolfo et al., 2012; VanKim, Padilla, Lee, & Goldstein, 2010) |
| Whether or not you are currently sexually active, what is your sexual identity or orientation? Please choose one answer. (Diamant, Wold, Spritzer, & Gelberg, 2000) |
| Which of the following best represents how you think of yourself? (Sell, 2007) |
| What is your sexual orientation? (Callahan et al., 2015; Ridolfo et al., 2012) |
| How do you currently identify your sexual orientation? (Katz-Wise, Reisner, Hughto, & Keo-Meier, 2016) |
| Sexual orientation answer choices |
| Straight or heterosexual |
| Gay, lesbian, or homosexual |
| Bisexual |
| Queer |
| Pansexual |
| Asexual |
| Question/unsure |
| Other: [free-text field] |