PSP 2 - FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How long is the survey and what will it ask?

First we will ask you some questions about you, to make sure the survey is right for you.

Then we will ask you to tell us your questions about LGBTQIA+ people trying to get pregnant, becoming/being pregnant, giving birth, feeding their babies and the year after birth (including LGBTQIA+ partners and intended parents who are not able to or planning to be pregnant themselves).

Then we will ask you some more questions about your background to make sure we are hearing from lots of different kinds of people.

You can choose to leave your contact details, which will be stored separately from the rest of your answers.

The whole survey will take 15 minutes, or longer if there are lots of questions that you want to tell us about.

You can take some time to think about your questions before you start, and talk to family and friends about it if you like.

You will be able to save your answers and come back at a later time (by pressing “resume later” in the top right corner).

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What if I need help to answer the survey?

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Click here if using a computer or phone to fill out the survey is too difficult (for example if you want to tell your answers to someone on the phone instead)

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Who can answer the survey?

Lesbian people
Gay people
Bisexual people
Pansexual people

Transgender people
Non-binary people
Intersex people
Queer people

People who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender
Asexual people
People who identify as LGBTQIA+ and use different words to describe their sexuality or gender identity

Health professionals looking after LGBTQIA+ people
Those who care for LGBTQIA+ people in a paid or voluntary way, who may not call themselves ‘health professionals’, for example doulas

Family and supporters of LGBTQIA+ people
People who have carried babies, or donated eggs or sperm for LGBTQIA+ people (for example, surrogates)

The survey is about LGBTQIA+ people trying to get pregnant, becoming/being pregnant, giving birth, feeding their babies and the year after birth. This includes being intended parents within surrogacy, fostering and adoption. You may not have tried to get pregnant yet but can still take part if you have questions for the future.

You need to live or work in the UK, or have experienced or delivered perinatal care in the UK in the past, to take part.

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I’m not sure if I can take part?

Some people who are definitely included, but might worry that they are not:

You are LGBTQIA+ and have experienced trying to get pregnant without being able to get pregnant
You are LGBTQIA+ and have experienced pregnancy loss or baby loss
You are LGBTQIA+ and haven’t yet tried to get pregnant but want to in the future
You no longer identify as LGBTQIA+
You are LGBTQIA+ and your partner has experience of trying to get pregnant, being pregnant or giving birth
You are LGBTQIA+ and have experienced termination of pregnancy/abortion
You are LGBTQIA+ and have experienced surrogacy (or want to)
You are LGBTQIA+ and have experienced fostering or adoption of a baby under a year old (or want to)

You have donated eggs or sperm to an LGBTQIA+ person or people
Your parent is LGBTQIA+ (and you aren’t)
Your partner is LGBTQIA+ (and you aren’t)
You are a surrogate for an LGBTQIA+ person or people

Doulas
Health visitors
Midwives
Maternity care assistants
Neonatal nurses
Nursery nurses
Obstetricians
Neonatologists
Paediatricians
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Healthcare professional students
Retired healthcare professionals

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What will happen to my responses?

Each question will be checked to see if it has already been answered by research. Questions that have not been answered will be put in order of importance in the next stage of the project. This will be done by LGBTQIA+ people, their family/supporters and health professionals in a follow-up survey and then a workshop. If you want to take part in the second survey or workshop, you can tell us at the end of this survey.

Finally, the top priority questions will be published and we will tell as many people as we can about them to try and make sure that researchers focus on answering those questions, and to help them get funding to do the research. For more information on the end result of a Priority Setting Partnership and its impact, or to see what published questions look like, look here

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