LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s.

The initialism LGBT is intended to emphasize a diversity of sexuality and gender identity-based cultures. It may be used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non-cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant adds the letter Q for those w
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    A sharply funny, profoundly tender decades-long love story about two women whose lives are deeply entwined, whether they like it or not.

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    Parenting is never easy, but it’s a hell of a lot harder when your toddler is a chupacabra.

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    An enticing, highly illustrated queer rom-com featuring one beat-up notebook, two love stories, and a happily ever on hold for over three-decades―a sw ...more
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    Luna, Phoenix, Queen
    Stitched
    Actually, Nevermind
    The Dying Light (Two Rivers, #4)
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    The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerLuck in the Shadows by Lynn FlewellingMagic's Pawn by Mercedes LackeyKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
    LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
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    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedOne Dark Window by Rachel GilligWicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
    Anything You Really Liked
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    The Song of Achilles
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
    Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
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    The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
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