LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s.

The initialism LGBT is intended to emphasize a diversity of sexuality and gender identity-based cultures. It may be used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non-cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant adds the letter Q for those w
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The Emperor of Gladness
The Starving Saints
The Manor of Dreams
The Incandescent
And They Were Roommates
Dream On, Ramona Riley (Clover Lake, #1)
Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame
Disco Witches of Fire Island
The Survivor Wants to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #2)
Come As You Are
Love in Focus
Rebel in the Deep (Crimson Sails, #3)
A Sharp Endless Need
Aggregated Discontent: Confessions of the Last Normal Woman
Manic Pixie Dream Earl (Earls Trip, #2)
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