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Editorial
. 2025 Jul 8:390:r983.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.r983.

Meaningful engagement with LGBTQI+ lived expertise can reduce inequity in mental healthcare

Matthew Jackman  1
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Editorial

Meaningful engagement with LGBTQI+ lived expertise can reduce inequity in mental healthcare

Matthew Jackman. BMJ. .

Abstract

Healthcare must be rebuilt to embed lived experience in design and delivery to tackle the structural homophobia and transphobia that contribute to poorer outcomes among gay and trans people, writes Matthew Jackman

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: I have read and understood the BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare I was a participant in the co-design of the WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement alongside several hundred other participants. I provided one of 12 case study examples for WHO’s Intention to Action series, laying the groundwork for the launch of the framework.

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