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This page lists common and notable acronyms ^[a] that refer to or include the LGBT community or part of it.

List

• LGBT, standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
• LGBT+, with the plus sign including identities and experiences from groups not previously named ^[1]
• LGBTQ, with Q standing for queer or questioning ^{[2] [3]}
• LGBTI, with I standing for intersex ^[4]
• LGBTA, with A standing for asexuality, aromanticism, or agender. ^{[5] [6]} Sometimes it mistakenly has been used for allies as a form of aspec erasure. ^{[5] [7] [8]}
• LGBTQI, LGBTIQ, LGBTQI+, or LGBTIQ+, adding Q, I, and, sometimes, plus sign ^[9]
• LGBTQIA or LGBTQIA+, adding Q, I, A, and, sometimes, plus sign ^[10]
• LGBTQIAP+, with P standing for pansexuality ^[11]
• LGBTQIAPN+, with N standing for non-binary ^[12]
• LGBTQIAPK+, with K standing for kink ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• LGBTQIAPD+, with D for demisexual and demiromantic ^{[16] [17]}
• LGB, referring to LGBT sexual orientations, ^[18] recently adopted by groups opposing transgender rights ^[19]
• LBT, referring to LGBT women ^[20]
• GBT, referring to LGBT men ^[21]
• LGT or GLT, referring to monosexual or monoromantic LGBT people ^[22]
• QUILTBAG, with U standing for undefined, unlabeled, or unsure ^{[23] [24]}
• 2SLGBTQI+, with 2S standing for two-spirit ^[25]
• LGBTIH, with H for hijra ^[26]
• LGBTH, with H for HIV+ ^[27]
• LGBTQQICAPF2K+, with C, F, and K standing, respectively, for " curious", "friends and family", and "kink" ^{[28] [29]}
• LGBTTT or LGBTTTIQ, ^{[30] [31]} with TTT standing for transgender, transvestite, and transsexual ^{[32] [33]}
• GLA, standing for gay and lesbian alliance ^{[34] [35]}
• GLOW, standing for gay, lesbian, or whatever ^{[36] [37]}
• MOGAI or MOGII, for marginalized orientations, gender alignments or identities, and intersex ^{[38] [39]}
• GSRD, GSD, GSM, or GSRM, meaning gender, sexual, and romantic diversity or minority ^[40]
• TGE, standing for trans and gender expansive ^{[41] [42]}
• NB, (sometimes said as enby) standing for non-binary, but can be confused for meaning non-Black ^{[43] [44]}
• MLM, slang for men loving men. ^[45]
• WLW, slang for women loving women ^[45]
• NBLNB, slang for non-binary loving non-binary. ^[45]
• SOGI, standing for sexual orientation and gender identity. ^[46]
• SOGIESC, standing for sexual orientation, gender identity and (gender) expression, and sex characteristics. ^{[47] [48]}
• SGL, standing for same-gender loving. This term is used by some in the black community to avoid identity terms considered Eurocentric. ^{[48] [49]}
• QTPOC, standing for queer and trans people of color. ^{[49] [50]}

See also

• Lists of acronyms

Notes

References