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LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT, LGBTQ+, and LGBTQIA+) is an initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. It is an umbrella term, broadly referring to all sexualities, romantic orientations, and gender identities which are not heterosexual or cisgender.

In the 1990s, gay, lesbian, and bisexual activists adopted the term LGB, supplanting narrower terms such as "gay or lesbian". Terminology eventually shifted to LGBT, as transgender people became more accepted within the movement. Around that time, some activists began to reclaim the term queer, seeing it as a more radical and inclusive umbrella term, though others reject it, due to its history as a pejorative. In recognition of this, the 2010s saw the adoption of LGBTQ, and other more inclusive variants.

Some versions of the term, such as LGBT+ and LGBTQ+ add a plus sign, to represent additional identities not captured within the acronym. Many further variants exist which add additional identities, such as LGBTQIA+ (for intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender) and 2SLGBTQ+ (for two-spirit), or which order the letters differently, as in GLBT and GLBTQ.

The collective of all LGBTQ people is often called the LGBTQ community. These labels are not universally agreed upon by everyone that they are intended to include. For example, some intersex people prefer to be included in this grouping, while others do not. Various alternative umbrella terms exist across various cultures, including queer, same gender loving (SGL), Gender, Sexual and Romantic Minorities (GSRM). (Full article...)

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The Röhm scandal resulted from the public disclosure of Nazi politician Ernst Röhm's homosexuality by anti-Nazis in 1931 and 1932. As a result of the scandal, Röhm became the first known homosexual politician.

Röhm was an early member of the Nazi Party and was close to party leader Adolf Hitler. In the late 1920s, he lived in Bolivia where he wrote letters to a friend, Karl-Günther Heimsoth, in which he candidly discussed his sexual orientation. Röhm's double life began to fall apart when he returned to Germany in 1930 and was appointed leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing. Although the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Communist Party of Germany supported the repeal of Paragraph 175, the German law criminalizing homosexuality, both parties utilized homophobia to attack their Nazi opponents and inaccurately portrayed the Nazi Party as dominated by homosexuals. Their goal was to prevent or delay the Nazi seizure of power, which ultimately occurred in early 1933. (Full article...)

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Leisha Hailey is an American actress and musician known for playing Alice Pieszecki in the Showtime Networks series The L Word and The L Word: Generation Q. Hailey first came to the public's attention as a musician in the pop duo The Murmurs and has continued her music career as part of the band Uh Huh Her.

Currently, Hailey appears as Alice in The L Word: Generation Q and hosts podcast PANTS with fellow L Word star and close friend, Kate Moennig. (Full article...)

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“

My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.

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—Rita Mae Brown

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Current events

October 5: Supreme court of Mauritius rules the colonial era law criminalizing homosexuality unconstitutional
August 5: DaBaby Levitating remix losing US radio audiences after the rapper's comments on HIV/AIDS
May 19: Taiwan's legislature first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage
February 1: Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight murders
October 30: 22nd annual ILGA-Europe conference meets in Brussels: in pictures
October 30: In pictures: thousands attend 16th annual Taiwan Pride

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Torchwood/Doctor Who star John Barrowman (saluting, in the style of his TV character), and partner Scott Gill (left), on a parade float at Pride London in 2007. Barrowman and Gill entered a civil partnership in December 2006.

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...that Mohamed Camara's 1997 film Dakan was the first West African film to explore homosexuality?
... that for the 1967 television documentary CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, the network concealed the identity of one of the gay interview subjects by seating him behind a potted palm tree?
... that Vanessa Redgrave's portrayal of transsexual Renée Richards in the 1986 biopic Second Serve was praised as embodying "every internal contradiction of the polymorphously perverse"?
... that the author of Hollywood Undercover posed as an aspiring gay actor while investigating claims of a Church of Scientology "cure" for homosexuality?

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This month's birthdays

1 – Jeffrey Buttle (1982–), Canadian figure skater, 2008 World Champion
1 – Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014), American transgender activist and author
1 – Lily Tomlin (1939–), American actress, comedian, writer, and producer
2 – Ferdinand Karsch (1853–1936), German zoologist and sexologist
2 – Elizabeth Birch (1956–), American attorney, former corporate executive, and LGBTQ advocate
3 – Michael Huffington (1947–), American politician, former Republican congressman (California), and film producer
3 – Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), American writer and poet
4 – Mary Renault (1905–1983), English novelist
5 – Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), British musician
6 – Jane Addams (1860–1935), social worker, writer, activist and first American woman to win Nobel Peace Prize
6 – Julien Green (1900–1998), American expatriate writer
6 – Sylvester (1947–1988) American singer
7 – Michael Feinstein (1956–), American singer and pianist
7 – Rudy Galindo (1969–), American figure skater, 1996 World Bronze Medalist
7 – Paul Iacono (1988–), American actor
7 – Valerie Taylor (1913–1997), American pulp fiction author
7 – Peter Wheatley (1947–), English Anglican bishop
7 – Evan Rachel Wood (1987–), American actress
8 – Dema Harshbarger (1884–1964), American talent manager and concert promoter
8 – Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English poet, author, and soldier
8 – Mark Foley (1954–), American politician, former Republican congressman (Florida), and radio host
9 – Paul Goodman (1911–1972), American sociologist and poet
9 – John Curry (1949–1994), British figure skater, 1976 Olympic Champion
10 – Pope Julius III (1487–1555), Head of the Roman Catholic church, 1550-1555
10 – Alison Bechdel (1960–), American cartoonist
10 – H.D. (1886–1961), American poet, novelist, and memoirist
10 – Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), German fashion designer, artist, and photographer
11 – D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and literary critic
11 – Kristy McNichol (1962–), American actress
11 – Karel Kovář (Kovy) (1996–), Czech YouTube personality
12 – Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong film actor and musician
13 – Nell Carter (1948–2003), American actress and singer
13 – Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), French-American actress
14 – Rob McCall (1958–1991), Canadian ice dancer, 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
14 – Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991), Italian novelist
15 – Ann Bannon (1932–), American author
16 – Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931), German photographer
18 – Trajan (53–117), Roman emperor
18 – Eugenia Rasponi (1873–1958), Italian aristocrat, suffragist, and businessperson
18 – Greta Garbo (1905–1990), Swedish actress
18 – Matěj Stropnický (1983–), Czech left-wing politician
19 – Brian Epstein (1934–1967), English music manager (The Beatles)
19 – Soni Wolf (1948–2018), American queer activist, and co-founder of Dykes on Bikes
19 – Tegan Quin (1980–), Canadian singer-songwriter-musician and member of indie rock duo Tegan and Sara
19 – Sara Quin (1980–), Canadian singer-songwriter-musician and member of indie rock duo Tegan and Sara
19 – Riyad Vinci Wadia (1967–2003), Indian independent filmmaker
21 – Anne Burrell (1969–), American chef and TV personality
21 – Billy Porter (1969–) American actor, singer, writer, and director
21 – Fannie Flagg (1944–), American actress, comedian and author
21 – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640–1701), younger brother of King Louis XIV
21 – Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973–), Latvian politician
23 – Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965–), Indian Prince
24 – William Dobell (1899–1970), Australian sculptor and painter
25 – Pedro Almodóvar (1949–), Spanish film director and producer
27 – Carrie Brownstein (1974–), American musician, writer and actress
28 – St. Vincent (1982–), American singer-songwriter and musician
29 – William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844), English novelist, travel writer, and also the richest commoner in England at the time
29 – Danica Roem (1984–), American journalist and politician, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates