“…Over one-fourth of the articles (27%; n=48) [95-142] reported on stigma, discrimination, violence, and their associations with physical and mental health. Among these, 16 articles focused on stigma-related aspects of LGBTQI+ health [96, 100-102, 109, 110, 112, 114, 119, 124-126, 129, 132, 137, 140], 3 on violence [97, 103,118], 17 on mental health and its correlates, such as quality of life [95,99,105,106,108,111,115,123,127,128,130,131,135,136,138,139,142], two on resilience [122,133] and one article each on coping skills [141] and promoting LGBTQI+ acceptance [134]. Three articles reported on stress [116], perceived psychological impact [120] and violence [121] associated with Section-377 of the Indian Penal Code, which until September 2018 criminalised adult consensual same-sex relationships.…”