It is preferable that surveys with SOGI questions be carried out privately with individual interviewees or to be self-administered. Survey interviewers must be trained to safeguard safety and confidentiality, and to recognize situations that may harm the integrity of the responses or the individuals themselves. Similar challenges have been successfully addressed in research on other sensitive social issues, such as violence against women. Taking these steps can help to redress the invisibility of the LGBTQ+ populations on the region’s policy agenda. This year on IDAHOTB, we want to call on the community of professionals engaged in policy research and planning across the LAC region to put their diagnostic tools to use to help to close the LGBTQ+ data gap.
