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

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Letter  | Meaning

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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

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See also: LGBTQ (term) § Variants

* 2SLGBTQI+[9]
* GBT or GBTQ[10] – variant omitting "lesbian", typically when referring only to men.[11]
* 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.[12][13]
* HBTQ – homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer.[14] More common in Swedish.[15][16]
* LBT or LBTQ,[17][18][19] – variant omitting "gay", typically when referring only to women.[20]
* LGB or GLB[21] – lesbian, gay, and bisexual.[22][23] In the 21st century, the term became associated with anti-trans groups such as LGB Alliance and #DropTheT.[24][25]
* LGBPA+[22][26][27][28]
* LGBQ[29]
* LGBT
* LGBT+
* LGBTA[30][31]
* LGBTH, with H for HIV+[32]
* LGBTI[33]
* LGBTIH, with H for hijra[34]
* LGBTQI, LGBTIQ, LGBTQI+, or LGBTIQ+[35]
* LGBTQIA or LGBTQIA+[36]
* LGBTQIAP+, with P for pansexuality or panromantic[37][38]
* LGBTQIAPD+, with D for demisexual and demiromantic[39][40]
* LGBTQIAPK+, with K for kink[41][42][43]
* LGBTQIAPN+, with N for non-binary[44]
* LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM[a], acronym for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, flexual, asexual, genderfuck, polyamorous, bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadism/masochism".[45][46][47] 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.[48][49] In 2015, the term's continued inclusion on a campus housing page from that period provoked backlash.[50]
* LGBTTT or LGBTTTIQ,[51][52] with TTT standing for transgender, transvestite (or travesti), and transsexual.[53][54]
* LGT, GLT, or GLTT – referring only to monosexual and monoromantic identities.[55][56] More common in Brazil around the middle of 1990s.[57]
* LGTB or GLTB – more common in Spanish.[58][59][60][61]
* QUILTBAG, with U standing for undefined, unlabeled, or unsure[62][63]

## Alternatives to LGBTQ

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See also: LGBTQ (term) § Alternatives

* GSRD, GSD – gender and sexual (and romantic) diversity
* SGM, GSM, GSRM – gender and sexual (and romantic) minority[64][65][66]
* SGMY – sexual and gender minority youth.[65][67]
* MOGAI or MOGII – marginalized orientations, gender alignments and intersex[68][69]
* SOGI – sexual orientation and gender identity.[70][71]
* MVPFAFF – Māhū, Vakasalewa, Palopa, Fa'afafine, Akava'ine, Fakaleitī (Leiti), and Fakafifine (identities in the Pacific Islander community)[72]
* SOGIE – sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.[66]
* SOGIESC – sexual orientation, gender identity and (gender) expression, and sex characteristics.[73][74]
* SSOGIE – sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.[66]

## Same gender attraction

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* MLM / WLW – men loving men / women loving women (or non-binary people), regardless of sexual or romantic orientation as gay, bi, pan, etc.[75]
* 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.[76][77][78][79]
* NBLNB – non-binary loving non-binary.[75]
* SGA, SSA – same-gender attraction, same-sex attraction[80][81][82]
* SGL – same-gender loving. This term is used by some in the Black community to avoid identity terms considered Eurocentric.[74][83]

## Sex and gender

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* AFAB – assigned female at birth
* AGAB/ASAB – assigned gender at birth / assigned sex at birth.[84]
* AMAB – assigned male at birth
* DSD – disorders of sex development (or differences in sex development).[85] Describes intersex variations. The former is considered pathologizing by some intersex people.[86]
* FLINTA* – German acronym of frauen (women), lesben (lesbian), intersexuelle (intersex), nicht-binäre (non-binary), transgender and agender.[87]
* FTM/MTF – female-to-male or male-to-female respectively. Considered outdated; trans man and trans woman are preferred.[88][89]
* 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.[90] More common in Portugal.[91]
* NB (sometimes spelled "enby") – non-binary.[92] Occasionally confused for "non-Black" (also abbreviated NB).[93]
* 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.[94]
* PTP – person with a transgender parent[83]
* TGD – transgender and gender diverse[95][96][97]
* TGE – transgender and gender expansive[98][99]
* TGI – transgender, gender diverse, and intersex.[100] The term is also inclusive of people who identify as transsexual.[101]
* TGNC – trans and gender nonconforming[83]
* TQI+, QTI+, or QIT+, meaning queer, trans, or intersex, and other groups.[102][103][104][105]

* T4T – trans for trans; transgender people primarily or exclusively seeking relationships with other transgender people.[106][107]
* VSC – variations in sex characteristics. An alternative term for intersex variations.[85]
* XtX, XtF, XtM,[108] FtX and MtX,[109] 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.[110]

## Others

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* GSA – gay-straight alliance, or genders and sexualities alliance.[111]
* GLA – gay and lesbian alliance[112][113]
* GLOW – "gay, lesbian, or whatever"[114][115]
* QPR – queerplatonic relationship; committed intimate partnerships which are non-romantic[116]
* QPOC – queer people of color.[117]
* QSA, meaning queer-straight alliance.[118][119]
* QTPOC/QTIPOC, standing for queer and trans people of color or queer, trans, and intersex people of color.[83][120]
* QTWOC, standing for queer and trans women of color.[121]

## See also

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* Lists of acronyms
* LGBT slang

## Notes

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1. ^ Sometimes LGBTTQQPFAGIBDSM or GLBTQQFAGPBDSM

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