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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Take Me with You
Bone of My Bone
Bromantasy
The Bone Door
The Lost Book of Lancelot
Waiting on a Friend
The Fake Divination Offense (Magic and Romance, #2)
Decomposition Book
Body Count
A Kiss of Crimson Ash (Games of the Goddess, #1)
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    Score (Hollywood Renaissance, #2)
    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1
    気になってる人が男じゃなかった Vol. 1 [Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Vol. 1]
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    All the Way to the River
    Girl's Girl
    One Last Stop
    Our Wives Under the Sea
    Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
    Last Night at the Telegraph Club
    Take Me with You
    The Homemade God
    Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzOne Dark Window by Rachel GilligThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedVictor's Blessing by Barbara SontheimerWicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
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