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Dear listmembers Does anyone have any experience / references, etc to share of asking members of, particularly, Black and minority ethnic communities about their sexuality in a research project? Researchers should do this (alongside asking samples' ages, ethnicity and about any disabilities) in order to report diverse needs to service planners, commissioners and providers. Serivce providers should ask these questions of their clients to show that they are catereing for the needs of all members of their population. One issue is that, for some communities, the words 'heterosexual', 'homosexual', 'lesbian', gay man', and 'bisexual' are simply not understood in English, and do not translate meaningfully into some languages. Another issue is that some respondents see this question as, unfortunately, insulting, despite the researchers explaining why it is being asked (this reaction is not exclusive to Black and minority ethnic respondents). Any comments on any aspect of this welcome. Thanks in advance Jane Professor Jane Fountain Centre for Ethnicity and Health University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE UK 01772 892 780