LGBTQIA Definition & Meaning

LGBTQIA

Or LGBTIQA

adjective

pertaining collectively to people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or those questioning their gender identity orsexual orientation ), intersex, and asexual (or their allies).

noun

Usually LGBTQIAs, LGBTQIA's a person in this group.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of LGBTQIA¹

First recorded in 2005–10

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Example Sentences

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As Davis works with her clients, her hands might be gentle, but she’s also fierce about her politics and support of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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“When laws are vague, they are ripe for profiling,” Sharp-Collins said, “and I’m truly worried about Black, brown and the LGBTQIA+ individuals being overly policed and targeted for their mere presence in the area without them actually doing anything criminal.”

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A joint statement from Scottish LGBTQIA+ organisations said they were "incredibly disappointed" to see an end to conversion practices would not proceed - and that the community had felt rights were being "rolled back and reduced" for a long time.

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“It’s been incredible to watch LGBTQIA+ authors expand the boundaries of what YA can do,” Aiden Thomas, author of “The Sunbearer Trials,” told me.

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It’s a scary time for young LGBTQIA+ people, and a key focus of a lot of queer YA, says Thomas, is “how to face the monstrosities of the world without becoming monsters themselves — or, sometimes, what happens when they do.”

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When To Use

What does LGBTQIA��mean?

LGBTQIA is a term that collectively represents people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or those questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation), intersex, and asexual.An alternate letter order is LGBTIQA. Terms like LGBTQIA are sometimes used in a way in which the A is said to include or stand for Allies—cisgender and heterosexual people who support the people represented by the other letters. For example, an event may be labeled in a way that welcomes such allies. However, terms like LGBTQIA exist as a label for a community for those who have been marginalized and discriminated against due to their gender or sexual identity, so many don’t consider allies to be part of the abbreviation.There are many longer variations of LGBTQIA that include letters representing those who identify in different ways, such as those who identify as pansexual, transsexual, intergender, aromantic, nonbinary, and two-spirit. Common and more limited terms include LGBT and LGBTQ. Sometimes, a plus sign is added after the letters to represent any pertinent groups not represented by a letter. There is no consensus about which term is best, and others are commonly used or have been proposed.All of these terms are most commonly used as adjectives, as in LGBTQIA rights or the LGBTQIA community.Less commonly, such terms may be used as a noun to refer to a person who’s part of that community. When used this way, it’s typically used in the plural, as in This anti-discrimination law is a victory for all LGBTQIAs.Example: June is Pride Month, and it’s for the entire LGBTQIA community.

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