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A six-band rainbow flag representing the LGBTQ community. LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT, LGBT+, LGBTQ+, and LGBTQIA+) is an initialism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning.
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]
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.
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.
GLBT, standing for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. It was the commonly used acronym prior to the 1980s. Due to the AIDS crisis , the L was placed first to honor the lesbians who provided care and donated blood when healthcare workers refused to help.
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 ...
The term pride or sometimes gay pride expresses the LGBTQ community's identity and collective strength; pride parades provide both a prime example of the use and a demonstration of the general meaning of the term. [not verified in body] The LGBTQ community is diverse in political affiliation. Not all people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or ...
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