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Inclusive demography constitutes appropriate and accurate characterization of an individual\u2019s sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data. Appropriate demography fosters sense of inclusion and belonging for those belonging to medically marginalized communities such as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and Indigenous Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) communities and improves health outcomes. Acquiring inclusive demographics in healthcare research is needed for the following critical reasons. First, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals experience undue psychological harm when their identities are not appropriately captured in survey data, promoting further alienation of the LGBTQIA2S+ community in medicine and research. Second, LGBTQIA2S+ populations are disproportionately burdened by several major cardiovascular and cardiovascular-associated diseases, including hypertension and diabetes. 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