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Background: Despite multiple federal initiatives and calls to action, nursing literature on the health of sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations remains sparse. Low levels of funding for SGM-focused research may be a factor., Purpose: To examine the proportion and focus of National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)-funded projects that address SGM health, the number and type of publications arising from that funding, and the reach of those publications over time., Methods: NINR-funded grants focused on SGM research and bibliometrics of resultant publications were identified using multiple search strategies in NIH RePORTER and PubMed and Scopus, respectively., Findings: Since 1987, NINR has funded 25 projects addressing the health of SGM populations. Pre-doctoral fellowship funding resulted in more publications in nursing journals than research grant funding., Discussion: There are clear differences in patterns of funding for fellowships and research grants with corresponding differences in publications and impact on the nursing literature., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Background: Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) experience substantial health disparities. Evidence suggests nurses may be unprepared to work with these populations. A previous literature review of top-ranked nursing journals found that 0.16% of published articles addressed SGM health., Purpose: To evaluate changes in coverage of SGM health in the top-ranked nursing journals since the earlier review using a scoping approach., Methods: Electronic search of articles published between December 2009 and December 2017 in 20 nursing journals with the highest 5-year impact factors., Findings: Thirty-three articles (0.19%) in the top-ranked nursing journals focused on SGM health. There is increasing attention to SGM health recently, evidenced by the numbers of empirical and nonempirical research articles published, as well as nonresearch articles about SGM health., Discussion: In light of well-documented health disparities affecting SGM people, it is essential that nurses continue to conduct and disseminate research related to the health of these populations., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)