Research actions carried out in universities in relation to the homosexual and transgender community

Introduction: The homosexual and transgender community face attitudes of rejection by society, and specifically, situations of homophobia and transphobia in the university context. Objective: To analyze investigative actions in the international context carried out in universities in relation to people with homosexual sexual orientation and transgender gender identity. Methodology: Systematic review of scientific research, in which 63 articles were identified for analysis by applying the PRISMA statement. In this way, a total of 56 articles were obtained that met the required inclusion criteria. Conclusions and discussions: Most of the articles found report on research carried out with the heterosexual population, inquiring about social support, attitudes and construction of meanings towards homosexual sexual orientation and transgender gender identity in the university context. For their part, those studies that take the homosexual and transgender population as main actors address the process of recognition of sexual orientation and the difficulties to which the community is exposed in the different contexts of interaction.