Table 2 Characteristics of 14 workshop participants

Gender

Six identified as female, one as non-binary and seven identified as male.

Ethnicity

Participants self-identified as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (4), British Bangladeshi (1), Latin British (1) Asian British (1) Mixed Race - White & Asian (1)

Age range

21 years – mid sixties

Disability

Two participants declared their registered disabilities, others described living with life-long or ‘chronic conditions’.

Geography

Six participants were from Cambridge and eight from areas in the UK outside of Cambridge.

Interests and motivations

As part of the recruitment process people were asked to state areas of interest in LGBTQ+ healthcare. Topics included; accessing health services, inclusive care homes, end of life care, young people’s health, parenting, mental health, discrimination and bullying.

Other

Three participants were researchers or research students. Several had previous experience of being involved in national and community healthcare research.