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It goes back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, designed the first rainbow flag. Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., to create a symbol of pride for the gay community.

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https://she-raandtheprincessesofpower.fandom.com/wiki/LGBTQAIP%2B

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Several of the characters of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power are members of official or post-series romantic relationships. Additionally, characters in the show may identify under LGBT+ sexualities, romanticisms, or genders. Some of them that are not confirmed to be but are established to be in t…

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Overall, here's a summary of the website. The F-slur is offensive because
1. It has a very deep and meaningful history
2. Language can mean a lot
3. It means more than you think
4. It isnt for you.

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Because of its history

Much like who can and can't say it, the etymology (the root) of faggot is also very contentious. The standout theory mandates faggot as a "bundle of sticks" derived from the Latin, fascis. I once read some Tumblr post that claimed the bundle of sticks were for burning because of gay death penalties or maybe something to do with witchcraft. But that's just a hot - and unsubstantiated - urban legend.

In Yiddish, the word faygele means little bird, which I guess is pretty cute but also maybe not very relevant.

Apparently in ye olde British private schools fagging was the practice where younger boys performed special "duties" for older boys.

This year I learned that faggot is also a type of offal meatball best served with peas and mash.

But most interesting is that in the late 16th century the word faggot was reserved as a derogatory and abusive word for women - namely older women. This is directly in line with how tightly wound together misogyny and homophobia/femmephobia are in our modern understandings of oppression - where it's typically the derision of women that people fashion onto seemingly effeminate men.

The Oxford English Dictionary cites that the earliest written use of the word faggot appeared in a book of American slang as a slur for gay men: "All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight." Sounds like a good time, even if the authors didn't intend it so.

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Why Straight People Shouldn't Throw Around the F-Word

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Straight people should not throw around the F-slur. Words have power, and those powers carry different weights across time. To some, the word will always carry too much pain. Others actively strip away the word's power and reclaim the slur all for themselves.

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There is a show on Netflix that supports the LGBTQ+ community, but has those characteristics in it! The main character, Adora, is confirmed a lesbian as well as one of her friends Catra. Watch this show it is amazing ;-;

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Gilbert Baker (June 2, 1951 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist, designer, and activist, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag.

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The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ (Published 2018)

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Words and abbreviations are changing with the need to address and respect people who do not feel represented.

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https://www.seventeen.com/life/a18209179/lgbtq-meaning/

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Many people throughout the queer community have different ways of referring to themselves. Some of us use the sometimes-umbrella term "queer" or "LGBT" and "LGBTQ+" initialisms. They all have important meanings-and no, your jokes about it getting as long as the alphabet aren't funny.

There's a long history around the terms we use, and it's crucial to know the meanings behind each letter so that you're being inclusive of the many identities that construct and define the community.

"LGBT" stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. This has evolved from the term "gay community," which was used in the 50s and 60s before the term GLB emerged to also include lesbian and bisexual people, who felt that "gay" wasn't inclusive of other identities.

By the end of the 1990s, activist organizations started using LGBT or GLBT, including the T for transgender and transsexual folks, though it was debated because some believed the GLB community should be restricted to sexual identity and not inclusive of gender identity.

However, the T is here to stay, as it should be, since trans activists have long been at the forefront of the community's fight for rights and acceptance. For instance, trans women of color activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were central to the Stonewall riots, which have been called the genesis of the LGBTQ community we know today.

The additions to the initialism LGBT are Q (which means "queer" and, in few cases, "questioning"), I (which stands for intersex folks), and A (asexual).

GLAAD and other major journalism guides have established the acronym LGBTQ as common practice for referring to the community. However, it's important to listen to members of the community and how they identify themselves. While "queer" can be a good umbrella term for some, others dislike the word because of its history as a derogatory insult against LGBTQ people.

There are so many other terms you should be familiar with as well. Keep reading for a glossary of phrases commonly used both in and outside the LGBTQ community:

A person is asexual when they "do not experience sexual attraction or an intrinsic desire to have sexual relationships."

Bisexual: Someone who is attracted to more than one gender.

Cisgender: Identifying with the gender you were assigned at birth.

Gay: An adjective used to describe "people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions are to people of the same sex."

Gender: This "refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed."

Gender Identity: Gender identity is different that gender as it is "one's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither," According to the Human Rights Campaign. It is "how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth."

Lesbian: A woman who is attracted to other women.

LGBTQ: An acronym that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, with the "Q" often meaning either "queer" or "questioning."

Intersex: This is "an umbrella term describing people born with reproductive or sexual anatomy and/or a chromosome pattern that can't be classified as typically male or female."

Non-Binary: Someone whose gender is not male nor female or, is a blend of both.

Pansexual: A person attracted to all genders.

Sex: A label assigned by your doctor at birth based on your genitals.

Sexual Orientation: One's attraction to men, women, or non-binary people.

Transgender: Someone who identifies differently than how they were assigned at birth.

Queer: This is "an adjective used by some people, particularly younger people, whose sexual orientation is not exclusively heterosexual."

Our advice is to, of course, call people what they asked to be called, but when you need a universal term and you're outside of the community, stick to LGBTQ until someone requests differently.

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Many people throughout the queer community have different ways of referring to themselves. Some of us use the sometimes-umbrella term "queer" or "LGBT" and "LGBTQ+" initialisms. They all have important meanings-and no, your jokes about it getting as long as the alphabet aren't funny.

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lgbtqia+ is lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer nonbinary  omni asexual intersex genderfluid agender bigender pansexual polysexual genderqueer aromantic demisexual demeboy demigirl ect 

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Have archaeologists uncovered the remains of the first known gay man?

April 7, 2011 -- Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have unearthed the grave of what may be the remains of the oldest known homosexual or transgender man.

The prehistoric body dates to the Copper age -- or 2900 to 2500 years ago -- and was buried in a manner that was typically reserved for women.

The male skeleton was found on its side, facing east, and was surrounded by domestic jugs, objects previously seen only in female graves. An oval, egg-shaped container, usually associated with female burials, was also found at the feet of the skeleton.

"From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously, so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," lead archaeologist Kamila Remisova Vesinova told the U.K.'s Telegraph.

Men of the period were buried with weapons -- stone battle axes and flint knives -- none of which were found in the Czech grave.

Vesinova concluded that the grave represents "one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a 'transsexual' or 'third gender grave' in the Czech Republic."

Not everyone is so convinced.

"He's clearly being singled out. They're making a statement by not putting any of these male identity markers in the grave," Bettina Arnold, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, told ABCNews.com. "But what made this individual different? Was it their sexual orientation? That's a little tricky."

Some initial media reports suggested that the remains belonged to a "caveman." But by the Copper Age, 5000 years ago, Europeans weren't cavedwellers at all, said Arnold. They were "sedentary agriculturalists" -- farmers.

Homosexuality, as Westerners think of it today, comes with a lot of added societal baggage that wouldn't resonate at all with prehistoric man, Arnold said. She pointed to examples of "gender transformers" across most ancient societies. Some Native American tribes, for example, have room for as many as seven different genders.

Men in many cultures throughout history have occupied a sort of liminal space between the two sexes: They would dress and act like women, but that behavior would have no bearing on their sexual orientation or who they slept with. These "third-gender" people, said Arnold, were sometimes even accorded special spiritual or shaman status in their societies.

Homosexuality Is as Old as Mankind

"This is not an uncommon phenomenon in prehistoric cemetery populations," said Arnold. "It's always there, but in small percentages."

Indeed, some draw comfort in the immutability this seems to suggest about human -- or even just plain animal -- nature.

"Homosexuality is found in a great many other species -- from ducks to chimps -- as well as many cultures where people are allowed to express it. In some societies, it is even celebrated, such as the Navajo where lesbians are believed to have a special connection to the spiritual world," Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist at Rutgers University, wrote in an email to ABCNews.com.

"So," Fisher continued, "there is every reason to think that some of our ancestors were gay."

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Have archaeologists uncovered the remains of the first known gay man? April 7, 2011 -- Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have unearthed the grave of what may be the remains of the oldest known homosexual or transgender man.

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LGBTQ-inclusion and visibility benefits all students by promoting acceptance and respect, and teaching them more about the diverse people and families in the world. LGBTQ-inclusion supports a student's ability to empathize, connect, and collaborate with a diverse group of peers, and encourages respect for all.

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It's not uncommon to see rainbow flags flying outside of homes and bars, pinned to shirts and on the back of bumpers-all with the universal and proud proclamation that #LoveIsLove. But who created the rainbow flag, and why did it become a symbol of the LGBT community?

The rainbow flag was created in 1978 by artist, designer, Vietnam War veteran and then-drag performer, Gilbert Baker. He was commissioned to create a flag by another gay icon, politician Harvey Milk, for San Francisco's annual pride parade.

The decision to enlist Baker proved serendipitous, as the idea of a flag to represent the gay and lesbian community had occurred to him two years earlier. As Baker told the Museum of Modern Art during a 2015 interview, he had been inspired by the celebrations marking America's bicentennial in 1976, noting that the constant display of stars and stripes made him realize the cultural need for a similar rallying sign for the gay community. And as a struggling drag performer who was accustomed to creating his own garments, he was well-equipped to sew the soon-to-be iconic symbol.

At the time, the most commonly used image for the burgeoning gay rights movement was the pink triangle, a symbol used by the Nazis to identify homosexuals. Using a symbol with such a dark and painful past was never an option for Baker. He instead opted to use a rainbow as his inspiration.

The different colors within the flag were meant to represent togetherness, since LGBT people come in all races, ages and genders, and rainbows are both natural and beautiful. The original flag featured eight colors, each having a different meaning. At the top was hot pink, which represented sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow signifying sunlight, green for nature, turquoise to represent art, indigo for harmony, and finally violet at the bottom for spirit.

With the help of close to 30 volunteers working in the attic of the Gay Community Center in San Francisco, Baker was able to construct the first draft of the now world-renowned rainbow flag. It was first showcased at San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978.

After the design was unveiled, participants of the parade proudly waved the new symbol in solidarity. Baker then took the design to Paramount Flag Company, which sold a version of the flag without hot pink and turquoise, which were replaced with blue for practicality purposes. After the assassination of Harvey Milk on November 27, 1978, demand for the rainbow banner only increased. Popularity spiked again a decade later when a West Hollywood resident sued his landlord over the right to hang his flag outside his residence.

In the years since, the rainbow flag has only grown in popularity and is now seen around the globe as a positive representation of the LGBT community. A mile-long version of the flag was created to celebrate the 25th anniversaries of two landmark events; the Stonewall Riots and Baker's creation of the flag itself.

Baker died on March 31, 2017, at the age of 65, just two years after the legalization of same-sex marriage throughout the U.S. His legacy lives on in the six-colored flag that flies proudly every Gay Pride month, recognizing the lives, and loves, of LGBT people worldwide.

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How Did the Rainbow Flag Become an LGBT Symbol?

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It's not uncommon to see rainbow flags flying outside of homes and bars, pinned to shirts and on the back of bumpers-all with the universal and proud proclamation that #LoveIsLove. But who created the rainbow flag, and why did it become a symbol of the LGBT community?

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https://www.verywellmind.com/what-does-lgbtq-mean-5069804

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The purpose of LGBTQ is to recognize the impact of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual transgender individuals have had history on locally, nationally and internationally.

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So the way that this affects plaza is that there are people that go to Plaza who are apart of the LGBTQ+ community. These people deserve to be who they are without being bullied or shamed. They also deserve to be seen and heard as an equal.

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LGBT History Month is an annual month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. It was founded in 1994 by Missouri high-school history teacher Rodney Wilson.

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the lgbtq+ community is a group of people of all race and gender who identify as something other than their assigned gender and or are romantically or sexually attracted to the same or multiple genders, or nobody at all.
There are members of this community almost everywhere you look, including the majority of this council. No matter who you are, you will get picked on about something in your life. That strongly includes being a member of this community. I think that it is important to bring awareness to this because who love and how you feel isn't something you can control, and people need to realize that.

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LGBTQ | An acronym for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.” Non-binary | An adjective describing a person who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman. Non-binary people may identify as being both a man and a woman, somewhere in between, or as falling completely outside these categories.

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LGBTQ | An acronym for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.” Non-binary | An adjective describing a person who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman. Non-binary people may identify as being both a man and a woman, somewhere in between, or as falling completely outside these categories.

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WHAT IS LGBTQIA+?

LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and more. These terms are used to describe a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity

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Don't mock others who have different pronouns because it can affect the way that person thinks about them self

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This is the Pride Flag

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June is celebrated for equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender pride as well as others. This happens because of the Stonewall riots and the work for equal rights for everyone. "In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBT Americans were commonly subjected."
https://youth.gov/feature-article/june-lgbt-pride-month

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) Americans. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBT Americans were commonly subjected. This uprising marks the beginning of a movement to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices against LGBT Americans.

Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, and LGBT Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that LGBTQ individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.

Federal and local policies and practices are increasingly acknowledging and focusing on LGBTQ youth and numerous national advocacy and other organizations are also giving greater attention to LGBTQ youth in their work. Encouraging greater acceptance and support for all youth, including those who are or are perceived to be LGBTQ, will make communities, schools, and other settings safer, better places for all youth.
To get involved:

The White House is holding an LGBT Pride Month Champions of Change Video Challenge to explore the stories of unsung heroes and local leaders who are leading our march towards a more perfect union. In early June, you will have a chance to weigh in and help identify finalists that will be featured as Champions of Change at an event at the White House!

Take a look at resources from the Administration on Children and Families' National Clearinghouse on Youth and Families. These resources are geared at helping youth-serving organizations understand and more effectively support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people: Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth With Open Arms.

Pride events occur throughout the month. Find a LGBT Pride event in your area.

Check out the It Gets Better Project. Take the pledge to speak up against hate and intolerance whenever and wherever you see it. Watch videos from folks who know "It gets better," or submit a video of your own.

For more information and resources:

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) Americans.