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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Villa Coco
The Secret World of Briar Rose
The Heirs
A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam (Six of Crows, #2.5)
Father Material (London Calling, #3)
The Disaster Gay Detective Agency
The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones
Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous (Everyday Magic, #1)
You Won't Forget Me
Nymph
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Long Island Girls
Let's Not Go Overboard Here
The Jellyfish Problem
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    All the Way to the River
    One Last Stop
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    Our Wives Under the Sea
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