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LGBTQ linguistics is the study of language as used by members of LGBTQ communities. Related or synonymous terms include lavender linguistics, advanced by William Leap in the 1990s, which "encompass[es] a wide range of everyday language practices" in LGBTQ communities, [1] and queer linguistics, which refers to the linguistic analysis concerning the effect of heteronormativity on expressing ...
Lesbians, Levis and Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives (1st ed.). The Haworth Press. ISBN 0-7890-0661-8. Faderman, Lillian (1991). Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America (1st ed.). Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231074889. Greenberg, David F. (2008). The Construction of Homosexuality ...
In her new book, “Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion,” historian Eleanor Medhurst documents the course of lesbian fashion, which she said is frequently determined by politics, and how it ...
In 2009, due to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act being signed into law, the definition of federal hate crime was expanded to include those violent crimes in which the victim is selected due to their sexual orientation; previously federal hate crimes were defined as only those violent crimes where the victim is ...
The use of lesbian in medical literature became prominent; by 1925, the word was recorded as a noun to mean the female equivalent of a sodomite. [13] [14] The development of medical knowledge was a significant factor in further connotations of the term lesbian.
Johns Hopkins University removed an online glossary of LGBTQ terms this week after its definition of the word "lesbian" used the term "non-men" to refer to women and some nonbinary people and ...
LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT, [1] LGBT+, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, and LGBTQIA+) is an initialism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning.It is an umbrella term, originating in the United States, broadly referring to all sexualities, romantic orientations, and gender identities that are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex.
This is a partial list of notable people who were or are gay men, lesbian or bisexual. The historical concept, definition and terminology of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the general term "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. A number of different classification ...