Editing Sexual minority (section)

==Cultural issues==
Current and past research has been "skewed toward SM men—and is disproportionately focused on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections." Between 1989 and 2011, numerous grants for research were sponsored and funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) but funded research for sexual minorities and health made up 0.1% of all funded studies. Most research has been directed toward gay and bisexual men. Women sexual minority studies accounted for only 13.5%.<ref name="MullerHughes2016"/>

Sexual minorities in South Africa have sexual-orientation-related health inequities when compared to other countries. One of the highest prevalences of sexual violence directed toward women of a sexual minority occurs in South Africa. Women of color who are living in low income urban areas are notably targeted. The perpetrators of sexual violence believe they are "correcting the women", and their actions will cure them of their homosexuality.<ref name="MullerHughes2016">{{cite journal|last1=Muller|first1=Alexandra|last2=Hughes|first2=Tonda L.|title=Making the invisible visible: a systematic review of sexual minority women's health in Southern Africa|journal=BMC Public Health|volume=16|issue=1|pages=307|year=2016|issn=1471-2458|doi=10.1186/s12889-016-2980-6 |pmid=27066890|pmc=4827176}}</ref>