The LGBTQ meaning has evolved over time. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, but what does the Q, I and A stand for? Here's a history of all the terms used in the LGBTQ community.
and LGBTQ heroHarvey Milk. Three years later, Milk challenged Baker to design a gay community symbol, resulting in the first rainbow LGBTQ flag. Each of the eight colors had a meaning: Pink (Sex), Red (Life), Orange (Healing), Yellow (Sunlight), Green (Nature), Turquoise (Magic/Art),...
It’s also worth noting that the story of these English terms is only one of the many out there. Each language has its own set of terms used by people who identify somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum. As in other areas, English does play an outsized role in affecting other languages’ LGBT...
The first LGBTQ+ anthology for middle-graders featuring stories for every letter of the acronym, including realistic, fantasy, and sci-fi stories by authors like Justina Ireland, Marieke Nijkamp, Alex Gino, and more! A boyband fandom becomes a conduit to coming out. A former bully becomes a...
we waited in line outside the castle again. This time, I brought along a copy of my book to give her. She told our kids they were lucky to have such wonderful daddies and to be part of such a special family. She gave us each a hug and a kiss on the cheek and told us that sh...
You have likely come across the acronym (technically,initialism)LGBTQIA+or one of its variants before. Here’s what each letter in this acronym means: L:Lesbian G:Gay B:Bi(sexual) T:Trans(gender) Q:Queeror Questioning (sexuality and/or gender identity) ...
Cade doesn’t know that Gael and Valencia are the same person. Valencia doesn’t know that every time she thinks she’s fighting Patrick, she’s fighting Cade. And when Cade and Valencia blame each other for a devastating enchantment that takes both their families, neither of them realizes ...
let's begin at the beginning. there's a handful of terms within the lgbtqia+ acronym—so can we just clarify what they all stand for to get on the same page? bash hendra: yes, excellent question. p eople aren't always on the same page about what each letter stands for. but most ...
Queer in this chapter is used as an umbrella term for sexualities that have been regarded as deviant from the heterosexual norm, and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* (meaning various transidentifications) and queer identities over time. The different terms in the acronym LGBTQ (lesbian, gay...
and in each marriage there is a third party: John has a lover, a working class man named Frank, and Edith spends almost as much time with her friend Angelica as she does with Henry. John and Catherine have three grown daughters and a long, settled marriage, over the course of which Ca...