  LGBTQ+ people have received increased attention in HCI research, paralleling
a greater emphasis on social justice in recent years. However, there has not
been a systematic review of how LGBTQ+ people are researched or discussed in
HCI. In this work, we review all research mentioning LGBTQ+ people across the
HCI venues of CHI, CSCW, DIS, and TOCHI. Since 2014, we find a linear growth in
the number of papers substantially about LGBTQ+ people and an exponential
increase in the number of mentions. Research about LGBTQ+ people tends to
center experiences of being politicized, outside the norm, stigmatized, or
highly vulnerable. LGBTQ+ people are typically mentioned as a marginalized
group or an area of future research. We identify gaps and opportunities for (1)
research about and (2) the discussion of LGBTQ+ in HCI and provide a dataset to
facilitate future Queer HCI research.
