What is LGBTQ+
The standard abbreviation LGBTQ stands for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer or Questioning community.
People often use the term LGBTQ+ to mean all of the communities that are included in the “LGBTTTQQIAA”:
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgender
Transsexual
2/Two-Spirit
Queer
Questioning
Intersex
Asexual
Ally
+ Pansexual
+ Agender
+ Gender Queer
+ Bigender
+ Gender Variant
+ Pangender
- Various other terms are used to describe the community, including LGBTQ+2, but depending on the individual person they will prefer to use certain terms.
- The terms for the community are also always evolving.