LGBTQ
adj.— «It can be used to describe both gender identity and sexual orientation and increasingly is being used in a new, wide-ranging alphabet soup—LGBTQQ, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning in Youth Pride’s case, or in the case of the Rhode Island Foundation’s “Meet the Neighbors” report released last year, LGBTQ, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited (a Native American reference), queer and questioning.» —“‘Queer’ label still raises questions” by Sheila Mullowney Newport Daily News (R.I.) May 17, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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