List of LGBTQ acronyms
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This page lists common initialisms relating to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) people and the LGBTQ community.
Key
| Letter | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 2S | two-spirit (umbrella term for gender-variant Indigenous North Americans) |
| L | lesbian |
| G | gay |
| B | bisexual |
| T | transgender or transsexual |
| Q | queer or questioning[1][2] |
| I | intersex |
| A | asexual, aromantic, or agender. Sometimes mistaken for ally.[3][4][5][6][7] |
| N | non-binary |
| P | pansexual, panromantic, or polysexual |
| + or * | "plus" or "star". wildcard indicating inclusion of other sexual and gender minorities not reflected in the acronym[8] |
Variants of LGBTQ
- 2SLGBTQI+[9]
- GB – gay and bisexual. Typically referring to men attracted to men when about male sexual orientation or where gender modality is not addressed.[10][11][12]
- GBT or GBTQ[13] – variant omitting "lesbian", typically when referring only to men.[14]
- GLBT – Commonly used until the 1980s. The L was placed first in honor of lesbians who provided care and donated blood during the AIDS Crisis, and LGBT became the dominant spelling.[15][16]
- HBTQ – homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer.[17] More common in Swedish.[18][19]
- LB – lesbian and bisexual. Typically referring to women attracted to women when about female sexual orientation or where gender modality is not addressed.[20][21][22]
- LBT or LBTQ,[23][24][25] – variant omitting "gay", typically when referring only to women.[26]
- LGB or GLB[27] – lesbian, gay, and bisexual.[28][29] In the 21st century, the term became associated with anti-trans groups such as LGB Alliance and #DropTheT.[30][31]
- LGBPA+[28][32][33][34]
- LGBQ[35]
- LGBT
- LGBT+
- LGBTA[3][36]
- LGBTH, with H for HIV+[37]
- LGBTI[38]
- LGBTIH, with H for hijra[39]
- LGBTQI, LGBTIQ, LGBTQI+, or LGBTIQ+[40]
- LGBTQIA or LGBTQIA+[41]
- LGBTQIAP+, with P for pansexuality or panromantic[42][43]
- LGBTQIAPD+, with D for demisexual and demiromantic[44][45]
- LGBTQIAPK+, with K for kink[46][47][48]
- LGBTQIAPN+ or LGBTIAPN+,[49][50] with N for non-binary[51]
- LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM,[a] acronym for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, flexual, asexual, genderfuck, polyamorous, bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadism/masochism".[52][53][54] The acronym was coined in the early 2000s by LGBTQ students at Wesleyan University, including asexual activist David Jay, who took credit for the inclusion of FAG in the acronym.[55][56] In 2015, the term's continued inclusion on a campus housing page from that period provoked backlash.[56]
- LGBTTT or LGBTTTIQ,[57][58] with TTT standing for transgender, transvestite (or travesti), and transsexual.[59][60]
- LGT, GLT, or GLTT – referring only to monosexual and monoromantic identities.[61][62] More common in Brazil around the middle of 1990s.[63]
- LGTB or GLTB – more common in Spanish.[64][65][66][67]
- QUILTBAG, with U standing for undefined, unlabeled, or unsure[68][69]
Alternatives to LGBTQ
- GSRD, GSD – gender and sexual (and romantic) diversity
- SGM, GSM, GSRM – gender and sexual (and romantic) minority[70][71][72]
- SGMY – sexual and gender minority youth.[71][73]
- MOGAI or MOGII – marginalized orientations, gender alignments and intersex[74][75]
- SOGI – sexual orientation and gender identity.[76][77]
- MVPFAFF – Māhū, Vakasalewa, Palopa, Fa'afafine, Akava'ine, Fakaleitī (Leiti), and Fakafifine (identities in the Pacific Islander community)[78]
- SOGIE – sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.[72]
- SOGIESC – sexual orientation, gender identity and (gender) expression, and sex characteristics.[79][80]
- SSOGIE – sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.[72]
Same gender attraction
- MLM / WLW – men loving men / women loving women (or non-binary people), regardless of sexual or romantic orientation as gay, bi, pan, etc.[81]
- MSM / WSW – men who have sex with men / women who have sex with women. Used primarily in public health as a behavioral category distinct from sexual orientation.[82][83][84][85]
- NBLNB – non-binary loving non-binary.[81]
- SGA, same-gender attraction[86]
- SGL – same-gender loving. This term is used by some in the Black community to avoid identity terms considered Eurocentric.[80][16]
Distinguish from
- SSA - same-sex attraction / same-sex attracted. A phrase used by some religious groups in the late 20th century as part of the ex-gay movement.[87][88] From the 2010s, it has also been used in non-religious circles, either as a non-prescriptive term to include those of different sexual orientations without naming specific labels,[89] or heterosexual-identified men and women who have same-sex partners or same-sex attraction,[90] or as a trans-exclusionary term to specify male-male and female-female same-sex relationships.[91][92][93]
Sex and gender
- AFAB – assigned female at birth
- AGAB/ASAB – assigned gender at birth / assigned sex at birth.[94]
- AMAB – assigned male at birth
- DSD – disorders of sex development (or differences in sex development).[95] Describes intersex variations. The former is considered pathologizing by some intersex people.[96]
- FLINTA* – German acronym of frauen (women), lesben (lesbian), intersexuelle (intersex), nicht-binäre (non-binary), transgender and agender.[97]
- FTM/MTF – female-to-male or male-to-female respectively. Considered outdated; trans man and trans woman are preferred.[98][99]
- FFS – facial feminization surgery
- GAC – gender-affirming care; the medical aspect of gender transition
- GAHT – gender-affirming hormone therapy
- GNC – gender non-conforming
- ITNB+ – intersex, trans, non-binary, and gender nonconforming.[100] More common in Portugal.[101]
- NB (sometimes spelled "enby") – non-binary.[102] Occasionally confused for "non-Black" (also abbreviated NB).[103]
- PGP – preferred gender pronouns. Sometimes proscribed in favor of just "pronouns", to avoid implying that one's pronouns are just a preference, or that they necessarily indicate one's gender.[104]
- PTP – person with a transgender parent[16]
- TGD – transgender and gender diverse[105][106][107]
- TGE – transgender and gender expansive[108][109]
- TGI – transgender, gender diverse, and intersex.[110] The term is also inclusive of people who identify as transsexual.[111]
- TGNC – trans and gender nonconforming[16]
- TQI+, QTI+, or QIT+, meaning queer, trans, or intersex, and other groups.[112][113][114][115]
- T4T – trans for trans; transgender people primarily or exclusively seeking relationships with other transgender people.[116][117]
- VSC – variations in sex characteristics. An alternative term for intersex variations.[95]
- XtX, XtF, XtM,[118] FtX and MtX,[119] alternative terms that are used in place of FtM or MtF. X represents nonbinary or undefined genders. F stands for female and M stands for male.[120]
Others
- GSA – gay–straight alliance, or genders and sexualities alliance.[121]
- GLA – gay and lesbian alliance[122][123]
- GLOW – "gay, lesbian, or whatever"[124][125]
- QPR – queerplatonic relationship; committed intimate partnerships which are non-romantic[126]
- QPOC – queer people of color.[127]
- QSA, meaning queer–straight alliance.[128][129]
- QTPOC/QTIPOC, standing for queer and trans people of color or queer, trans, and intersex people of color.[16][130]
- QTWOC, standing for queer and trans women of color.[131]
See also
Notes
- Sometimes LGBTTQQPFAGIBDSM or GLBTQQFAGPBDSM