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LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
Lesbian writer Emma Donoghue found that the term lesbian (with its modern meaning) has been in use in the English language from at least the 18th century. The 1732 epic poem by William King, The Toast, uses "lesbian loves" and "tribadism" interchangeably: "she loved Women in the same Manner as Men love them; she was a Tribad". [19]
SAGA, meaning Sexuality And Gender Acceptance [116] /Awareness [117] /Alliance [118] /Association [119] – unspecific general term, used as an alternative to both LGBT and GSA QPR, standing for queerplatonic relationship , is a relationship that is not solely romantic or platonic. [ 120 ]
Johns Hopkins University removed an online glossary of LGBTQ terms this week after its definition of the word "lesbian" used the term "non-men" to refer to women and some nonbinary people and ...
In her new book, “Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion,” historian Eleanor Medhurst documents the course of lesbian fashion, which she said is frequently determined by politics, and how it ...
LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT, [1] [2] LGBT+, [3] LGBTQ+, [4] and LGBTQIA+ [5]) is an initialism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. [6] [7] It is an umbrella term, broadly referring to all sexualities, romantic orientations, and gender identities which are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex.
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The use of lesbian in medical literature became prominent; by 1925, the word was recorded as a noun to mean the female equivalent of a sodomite. [15] [16] The development of medical knowledge was a significant factor in further connotations of the term lesbian.