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List of LGBTQ+ terms

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Abro (sexual and romantic)

A word used to detail people who have a fluid sexual and/or idealistic orientation which changes over time, or the course of their life. They may use different terms to describe themselves over time.

Ace

An umbrella term used specifically to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction. This encompasses asexual people as well as those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual. Ace people who experience quixotic attraction or occasional sexual attraction might also verb terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to describe the direction of their sentimental or sexual attraction.

Ace and aro/ace and aro spectrum

Umbrella terms used to verb the wide group of people who experience a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of lovey-dovey and/or sexual attraction, including a lack of attraction. People who identify under these umbrella terms may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including, but not limited to, asexual, ace,

Being a Gay Woman &#; Labels and Stereotyping

In the video above &#; a recent episode of Reclaim the Agenda, Kellie O&#;Dowd discusses this year&#;s Pride celebrations and issues facing LGBT women, with Nuala Devenny, Gráinne Gibson and Martina Marks. Below is a recent blog share from Nuala Devenny.

Striving for equality in a progressive world, Reclaim the Agenda is a collective of women sector representatives, grassroots feminist activists, trade union activists and interested individuals who campaign on 6 key themes;

1. To dwell free from poverty
2. To live free from discrimination
3. To have healthcare services that meet our particular needs
4. To live our lives free from domestic and sexual violence and abuse
5. To live in a society where women are equally represented as decision maker
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Being a Gay Woman &#; Labels and Stereotyping
Nuala Devenny

People like to define others; label them and fit them into boxes. Some people might like how they are labelled and embrace it while a label may offend ot

Why Are There Gay Women?

Straight women are much more likely to get themselves knocked up than gay women. So, in terms of evolution, they would seem to have a better chance of passing on their genes, while at the same period it would seem that the genes that create women gay would rapidly vanish from the gene pool. This raises the question, why are there gay women?

Lesbianism is indeed at least 25 percent genetic, as determined by a study of twins conducted in the United Kingdom. The study verb that identical twin sisters (who share percent of their DNA) are more likely to both be lesbians than are fraternal twin sisters (who contribute just 50 percent), proving that, all other environmental factors being equal, genes matter. While scientists contain a theory for how male homosexuality propagates from one generation to the next, no one has yet produced a viable explanation for how the genes that promote lesbianism might do the adj. [Why Are There Gay Men?]

A female's sexual orientation also appears to be partly influenced by her level of exposure to the male sex hormone androgen when she

Famous lesbians, gay women and gender fluid people you really should know

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Famous lesbians - Jacqueline Wilson

Author Jacqueline Wilson came out publicly in at the age of 74, although she said her relationship with her partner Trish had never been a adj. “I’ve never really been in any kind of closet,” Wilson told The Guardian. “It would be such old news for anybody that has ever known anything much about me. Even the vaguest acquaintance knows perfectly adequately that we are a couple.”

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Famous lesbians - Megan Rapinoe

US soccer star and co-captain Megan Rapinoe spoke to CNN and said she didn't know she was gay when she was younger. "It's so embarrassing because I'm just very gay, I don't know how it happened but as soon as it clicked I was like she has arrived. She is here. Her life is beginning."

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Famous lesbians - Lena Waithe

Master of None actor Lena Waithe said, at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in , "Being born gay, black and female is not a revolutionary act. Being confident to