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LGBTTQQIAAP en · ADJ

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  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, rare) Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual/aromantic/agender, ally, and pansexual.
    alt of ally
    alt of bisexual
    alt of gay
    alt of intersex
    alt of lesbian
    alt of queer
    • Although the initialism is constantly expanding and changing ‒ the longest version being LGBTTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pansexual) coined in the spring of[…] 2015 November 1, Tim Broadwater, Design, Gamification, and Usability Affecting Social Change for LGBTQIA People, Tim Broadwater, page 4:
    • Shifting to singular they from he or she may ruffle your grammatical feathers, and you may get lost in the number of letters found in LGBTTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, and pansexual). 2021 December 13, Hedreich Nichols, Finding Your Blind Spots: Eight Guiding Principles for Overcoming Implicit Bias in Teaching, Solution Tree Press, →ISBN:
    • ... and the initialisms coined to capture any deviation from perceived norms (e.g., LGBTTQQIAAP [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pansexual]); no wonder we are confused. 2022 May 5, R. John Aitken, The Infertility Trap: Why life choices impact your fertility and why we must act now, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 127:
    • In recent years, additional letters have been integrated into this acronym to include those who identify as transsexual (T), queer (Q), questioning (Q), intersex (I), asexual (A), ally (A), and pansexual (P), to produce LGBTTQQIAAP,[…] 2017 April 15, Kevin L. Nadal, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender, SAGE Publications, →ISBN: