Outline of LGBT topics

Overview of and topical guide to LGBT topics

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LGBT topics

* Lesbian
* Gay
* Bisexual
* Transgender

Sexual orientation and gender

* Aromanticism
* Asexuality
* Gray asexuality
* Biology
* Bisexuality
* Pansexuality
* Demographics
* Environment
* Gender fluidity
* Gender identity
* Gender role
* Gender variance
* Homosexuality
* Intersex
* Non-heterosexual
* Non-binary gender
* Queer
* Queer heterosexuality
* Questioning
* Sexual identity
* Sex–gender distinction
* Trans man
* Trans woman
* Transgender
* Transsexual
* Two-spirit

History

|  General

* Timeline
* Same-sex marriage
* Homosexuality
* Movements
* Gay liberation
* Same-sex unions
* Stonewall riots

Identities

* Lesbian
* Gay men
* Bisexuality
* Transgender
* Intersex

Culture

* Business
* Coming out
* Community
* African-American
* Dyke March
* Events
* Largest events
* Gay village
* Media
* Films
* New queer cinema
* Periodicals
* LGBT culture
* in New York City
* Pride
* Pride Month
* Parade
* Queer art
* QPR and QPP
* Same-sex relationship
* Slang
* Socialization
* Subcultures
* Symbols
* Flags
* Takatāpui
* Moe aikāne
* Tourism

Rights

* Adoption
* Civil union
* Decriminalization
* Intersex human rights
* Marriage
* Military service
* Parenting
* Rights by country or territory
* Transgender rights
* Yogyakarta Principles

Health

* MSM and Blood donation restrictions / HIV
* LGBT medical organizations
* Reproduction
* Transgender health care
* Youth suicide
* Detransition

Social attitudes

* 2020s anti-LGBT movement in the United States
* Allonormativity
* Amatonormativity
* Cisnormativity
* Heteronormativity
* LGBT rights opposition
* Mixed-orientation marriage
* Media portrayal
* Religion and homosexuality / trans people
* Sexual diversity
* Stereotypes

Issues

* Acephobia
* Arophobia
* AIDS stigma
* Anti-LGBT rhetoric
* Grooming conspiracy theory
* Biphobia
* Bullying
* Censorship
* Closeted
* Outing
* Comphet
* Criminalization
* Domestic violence
* Erasure
* Straightwashing
* Bisexual
* Lesbian
* Trans
* Gay bashing
* Gayphobia
* Heteropatriarchy
* Heterosexism
* Homophobia
* Liberal
* Intersex discrimination
* Lesbophobia
* LGBT youth
* Suicide
* Vulnerability
* Migration
* Racism
* Sexualism
* Transphobia
* Non-binary people
* Trans men
* Trans women
* Violence
* Trans people

Academic fields and discourse

* Communism and LGBT rights
* Gender studies
* Lesbian feminism
* Lavender linguistics
* LGBT conservatism
* LGBT conservatism in the United States
* Queer anarchism
* Queer studies
* Queer theory
* Social construction of gender
* Socialism and LGBT rights
* Transfeminism
* Transgender studies
* Travesti

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The following outline offers an overview and guide to LGBT topics:

LGBT is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".[4] It may refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual, non-heteroromantic, or non-cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

## Sexuality

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* Human sexuality
* Sexology
* Sexology (magazine)
* Sexual diversity
* Gendered sexuality
* Gender variance
* Human male sexuality
* Human female sexuality
* Transgender sexuality
* Sexual attraction
* Androphilia and gynephilia
* Attraction to transgender people
* Sexual orientation
* States
* Monosexuality
* Homosexuality
* Bisexuality
* Pansexuality
* Asexuality
* Gray asexuality
* Subjects
* Ego-dystonic sexual orientation
* Environment and sexual orientation
* Biology and sexual orientation
* Neuroscience and sexual orientation
* Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation
* Handedness and sexual orientation
* Epigenetic theories of homosexuality
* Fraternal birth order and male sexual orientation
* Demographics of sexual orientation
* Timeline of sexual orientation and medicine
* Scales of sexual orientation
* Sexual fluidity
* Bi-curiosity
* Heteroflexibility
* Gray asexuality
* Queer heterosexuality

## Identity

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* Queer
* Questioning
* Sexual orientation identities
* Non-heterosexual
* LGBT psychology
* Heteroflexible
* Homosexual
* Lesbian
* Gay
* Gay men
* Bisexual
* Pansexual
* Bi-curious
* Asexual
* Romantic orientation
* Aromantic
* Gender identity
* Man
* Woman
* Non-binary
* Third gender
* Androgynos
* Akava'ine
* Apwint
* Bakla
* Bugis genders
* Chibados
* Enaree
* Eunuch
* Fa'afafine
* Fakaleitī
* Femminiello
* Galli
* Güevedoce
* Hijra
* Kathoey
* Khanith
* Köçek
* Koekchuch
* Lhamana
* Māhū
* Mak nyah
* Mukhannathun
* Muxe
* Nádleehi
* Nullo
* Rae-rae
* Sipiniq
* Sworn virgin
* Takatāpui
* Travesti
* Tumtum
* Two-spirit
* Winkte
* Gender
* Androgyne
* Cisgender
* Transgender
* Trans men
* Trans women
* Non-binary
* Transsexual
* Gender-affirming surgery

## Sex and physiology

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* Male
* Female
* Endosex
* Intersex

## Romance

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* Same-sex relationship
* LGBTQ romance
* Yaoi
* Yaoi fandom
* Romantic orientation
* Aromanticism
* Same gender loving

## Expression

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* Camp
* Coming out
* Passing (gender)
* Cross-dressing
* Drag (clothing)
* Drag king
* Drag queen
* Female queen (drag)
* Transvestism
* Gender roles
* Manhood
* Womanhood
* Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities
* Gender expression
* Masculinity
* Femininity
* Epicenity
* Androgyny
* Homoeroticism
* Effeminacy
* Butch and femme

## Practices

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* Men who have sex with men
* Gay beat
* Gay bathhouse
* Women who have sex with women
* Sexual practices between men
* Sexual practices between women

## Society

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* Homosexuality in society
* Societal attitudes towards homosexuality
* LGBT social movements
* Education and the LGBT community
* LGBT student movement
* LGBT student center
* GLSEN
* Gay–straight alliance
* LGBT bullying
* LGBT sex education
* Safe Schools Coalition Australia
* Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students Association
* LGBT adoption
* Same-sex marriage
* Same-sex parenting

## Language

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* Gay male speech
* Gayle language
* IsiNgqumo
* LGBT linguistics
* LGBT linguistic profiling
* LGBT slang
* Down-low (sexual slang)
* Polari
* Swardspeak
* Terminology of homosexuality

## Culture

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* LGBT culture
* LGBT community
* African-American LGBT community
* Bi community
* Trans community
* LGBT social movements
* Homophile Movement
* Gay liberation movement
* Lesbian feminism
* LGBT symbols
* Gay bar
* Lesbian bar
* Gay Games
* Gay icons
* LGBT+ media
* Print:
* The Gay News-Telegraph
* Gay News
* Queer Zine Archive Project
* Moving Image:
* Gay News and Views
* New Queer Cinema
* Gay pornography
* Lesbian erotica
* GayVN Awards
* Gay pride
* Black gay pride
* WorldPride
* Gay village
* Gaydar
* Queer art
* LGBT music
* Queer nationalism
* Pinkwashing (LGBT)

## History

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* LGBT history
* Bisexual American history
* First homosexual movement
* Gay Liberation
* Gay men in American history
* History of homosexuality
* History of lesbianism
* History of same-sex unions
* Lesbian American history
* LGBT history in the United States
* Stonewall riots
* Timeline of African and diasporic LGBT history
* Timeline of LGBT history in Britain
* Timeline of LGBT history
* Transgender American history
* Transgender history
* Timeline of transgender history
* Timeline of asexual history

## Religion

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* Queer theology
* LGBT matters and religion
* LGBT matters and Christianity
* LGBT people and Islam
* LGBT topics and Islam
* LGBT topics and Judaism
* Hinduism and LGBT topics
* Buddhism and sexual orientation
* Sikhism and sexual orientation
* Homosexuality and religion
* Christianity and homosexuality
* The Bible and homosexuality
* Homosexuality and Taoism
* Transgender people and religion
* Intersex people and religion
* LGBT themes in mythology
* Hindu mythology
* African diasporic mythologies
* Classical European mythology
* Chinese mythology

## Rights

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* LGBT rights by country or territory
* LGBT movements
* UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity
* Yogyakarta Principles
* Declaration of Montreal
* LGBT rights at the United Nations
* Lesbians during the socialist government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
* Lesbians during the socialist government of Felipe González
* Lesbians during the government of José María Aznar
* Intersex human rights
* Intersex Human Rights Australia
* Right to sexuality
* Ideology
* Socialism and LGBT rights
* Communism and LGBT rights
* Libertarian perspectives on LGBT rights

## Bibliography

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* Bisexual literature
* Gay literature
* Gay New York
* G-men (magazine)
* Lesbian literature
* LGBT themes in comics
* LGBT themes in anime and manga
* Bara (genre)
* Yaoi
* Shotacon
* Yuri (genre)
* LGBT themes in speculative fiction
* Slash fiction
* Femslash
* Transgender literature

## Lists

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* Lists of LGBT people
* LGB people
* Bisexual people
* Sexually fluid people
* Pansexual people
* Transgender people
* Non-binary people
* Intersex people
* Aromantic people
* Asexual people
* Cross-dressers
* List of LGBTI holders of political offices in Australia
* List of LGBT Jews
* LGBT-related films
* LGBT characters in comics
* LGBT-related webcomics
* List of gay characters in anime
* List of yaoi anime and manga
* LGBT characters in film/radio/TV
* List of boys' love dramas
* List of LGBT-related awards
* LGBT community centers
* LGBT events
* LGBT holidays
* List of LGBT periodicals
* Years in LGBT rights
* List of LGBT rights articles by region
* LGBT topics in medicine
* List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences
* List of LGBT rights organizations
* List of LGBT organizations that affiliate with political parties
* List of LGBT medical organizations
* List of bisexuality-related organizations

## Anti-LGBT topics

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* AIDS stigma – prejudice against people with HIV+ and AIDS
* Amatonormativity – is the set of societal assumptions that everyone prospers with an exclusive romantic relationship
* Anti-homosexual attitudes – societal attitudes against homosexuality
* Anti-LGBT rhetoric – themes, catchphrases, and slogans which have been used to condemn homosexuality or to demean homosexuals
* Homophobic propaganda – propaganda based on negative and homophobia towards homosexual, putatively homosexual and sometimes other non-heterosexual or non-cisgender people
* Cairo 52 – in Egypt, fifty-two men charged with "habitual practice of debauchery" and "obscene behaviour" under Article 9c of Law No. 10 of 1961
* Cissexism – bias in favor of people who identify with the gender assigned to them at birth
* Transphobia – antipathy toward transgender people
* Anti-gender movement – movement which seeks to discredit gender in favor of assigned sex
* TERF – acronym for Trans-exclusionary radical feminism
* Transmisogyny – antipathy toward trans women
* Trans panic defense – a legal strategy in which a defendant claims they acted in a state of violent, temporary insanity
* Contact hypothesis – showing that contact with LGBT+ people mitigate dislike
* Discrimination against gay men
* Discrimination against non-binary gender people
* Ego-dystonic sexual orientation – mental disorder of having a sexual orientation or an attraction that is at odds with one's idealized self-image
* Ex-gay movement – people who once identified as homosexual or bisexual, but who no longer assert that identity
* Heteronormativity – lifestyle norms that holds that people fall into distinct and complementary genders with natural roles in life
* Heterosexism – attitudes, bias, and discrimination in favor of heterosexuality or heterosexual people
* Homophobia – antipathy toward homosexual people
* Lesbophobia – antipathy toward lesbians
* Biphobia – antipathy toward bisexual people
* Acephobia – antipathy toward asexual people
* LGBT erasure – tendency to intentionally or unintentionally remove LGBT groups or people from record, or downplay their significance
* Conversion therapy – pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation
* Lesbian erasure
* Bisexual erasure
* Straightwashing – portraying LGB or otherwise queer characters in fiction as heterosexual
* Capital punishment for homosexuality
* Gay gang murders – a series of suspected anti-LGBT hate crimes perpetrated by large gangs of youths in Sydney, between 1970 and 2010
* Anti-gay purges in Chechnya – forced disappearances, secret abductions, imprisonment, torture and extrajudicial killing by authorities targeting persons based on their perceived sexual orientation
* LGBT rights opposition – opposition to legal rights for LGBT people
* LGBT-free zone
* LGBT stereotypes
* Violence against LGBT people – violence motivated by sexuality or gender identity
* Gay bashing – verbal or physical abuse against a person who is perceived by the aggressor to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual
* Trans bashing – the act of victimizing a person physically, sexually, or verbally because they are transgender or transsexual
* Gay panic defense – a legal defence for assault or homicide alleging a sexual advance by the victim against the assailant

## See also

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* List of suicides of LGBT people
* Outline of transgender topics
* Bibliography of works on the United States military and LGBT+ topics
* Gay-friendly
* Healthcare and the LGBT community
* Hermaphrodite
* Homosexuality and psychology
* LGBT youth vulnerability
* LGBTQ psychology
* Mental disorders and gender
* Sex and gender in suicide
* Sexual orientation and suicide
* Suicide among LGBT youth
* Transgender youth

## External links

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1. ^ Julia Goicichea (August 16, 2017). "Why New York City Is a Major Destination for LGBT Travelers". The Culture Trip. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
2. ^ Eli Rosenberg (June 24, 2016). "Stonewall Inn Named National Monument, a First for the Gay Rights Movement". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
3. ^ "Workforce Diversity The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
4. ^ "Definition of LGBT". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved March 3, 2024.

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| Symbols|

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| Gender identity|

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* Theyby
* Transgender
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* Woman
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Third sex / Third gender|

* Bakla
* Balkan sworn virgins
* Bissu
* Fa'afafine
* Fakaleitī
* Femminiello
* Hijra
* Kathoey
* Köçek
* Māhū
* Mukhannathun
* Muxe
* Travesti
* Two-spirit
* Winkte

Sexual identities|

| Sexual orientations|

* Asexual
* Bisexual
* Homosexual

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* Aromanticism
* Asexuality
* Gray asexuality
* Demisexuality
* Attraction to transgender people
* Banjee
* Bi-curious
* Gay
* Gay men
* Heteroflexible
* Lesbian
* Monosexual
* Non-heterosexual
* Pansexual
* Queer
* Questioning
* Romantic orientation
* Same gender loving
* Sexual minority
* Tom / Dee

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* Acronyms
* Detransition
* Effeminacy
* Erotic target location error
* Ex-gay
* Ex-ex-gay
* Female
* Gender and sexual diversity
* Gender assignment
* Gender binary
* Gender essentialism
* Gender expression
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* Hermaphrodite
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* Intersex
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* Tumtum
* Legal status of transgender people
* Male
* Men who have sex with men / Sexual practices between men
* Sex–gender distinction
* Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures
* Social construction of gender
* Straight ally
* Tomboy
* Transgender health care
* Women who have sex with women / Sexual practices between women

History

| LGBT history|

* History of homosexuality
* History of gay men in the United States
* History of lesbianism
* LGBT history timeline
* Migration
* Social movements
* History of Christianity and homosexuality
* History of same-sex unions
* Pederasty
* Category:LGBT history

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Pre-modern era|

* Adelphopoiesis
* Ancient Egypt
* Ancient Greece
* Ancient Peru
* Ancient Rome
* Medieval Europe

16th to 19th century|

* Molly house
* Section 377
* First homosexual movement

20th century|

* Dance of the Forty-One
* Institut für Sexualwissenschaft
* Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany
* Cadet scandal
* Johns Committee
* Sea queens
* Compton's Cafeteria riot
* Stonewall riots
* Gay Liberation Front
* Handkerchief code
* Festival of Light action
* White Night riots
* Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire
* Florida orange juice boycott
* Operation Soap
* Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
* ACT UP
* Section 28
* Tasty nightclub raid
* Bar Abanicos police raid

21st century|

* Timeline of same-sex marriage
* Lawrence v. Texas
* Russian anti-LGBT law
* Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014
* Rainbow wave
* Rainbow Night
* 2020s anti-LGBT movement in the United States

* Rights and legal issues

| LGBT rights by country or territory|

* Africa
* Americas
* Asia
* Europe
* Oceania
* List of LGBT rights articles by region

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LGBT rights topics|

* Adoption
* Capital punishment for homosexuality
* Censorship of LGBT issues
* Civil unions and partnerships
* Criminalization of homosexuality
* decriminalization
* Hate crime laws
* Intersex human rights
* Military service
* Parenting
* Assisted reproduction
* Same-sex marriage
* Timeline
* List of couples
* Socialism
* Transgender rights
* Transgender rights movement
* United Nations/Yogyakarta Principles
* La Francophonie
* Commonwealth of Nations

LGBT rights movements|

* Homophile
* Gay liberation
* LGBT rights groups
* LGBT rights activists
* Pink capitalism
* Separatism
* Gay
* Lesbian

Sexual orientation — Medicine, science and sexology

* Biology
* Birth order
* Demographics
* Disability and LGBT identities
* Environment
* Homosexuality and psychology
* Homosexuality in the DSM
* Kinsey scale
* Klein Grid
* Neuroscience
* Prenatal hormones
* Sexual inversion
* Sexual orientation change efforts
* Conversion therapy
* Split attraction model
* Sexual orientation identity
* Timeline of sexual orientation and medicine

* Societal attitudes
* Prejudice
* Violence

| Societal attitudes|

* Amatonormativity
* Heteronormativity
* Heteropatriarchy
* Homonationalism
* Pinkwashing
* Gay panic defense
* LGBT rights opposition
* Anti-LGBT rhetoric
* LGBT stereotypes
* LGBT suicides
* Suicide among LGBT youth
* Monuments and memorials
* Queerbaiting
* Homosexuality and religion
* Transgender people and religion

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Prejudice and discrimination|

* Arophobia
* Acephobia
* Anti-gender movement
* AIDS stigma
* Biphobia
* Gayphobia
* Grooming conspiracy theory
* Heterosexism
* Homophobia
* Liberal homophobia
* Lesbophobia
* Non-binary discrimination
* Racism
* Riddle scale
* SPLC-designated list of anti-LGBT hate groups
* Transmisogyny
* Transphobia

Violence against LGBT people|

* Corrective rape
* Death penalty for homosexuality
* Gay bashing
* History of violence in the UK
* History of violence in the US
* Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany
* Significant acts of violence against LGBT people
* Violence against transgender people
* Unlawfully killed transgender people

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