A six-band rainbow flag representing the LGBTQ community LGBTQ LGBT LGBT+ LGBTQ+ LGBTQIA+ 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 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+ LGBTQ+ plus sign , to represent additional identities not captured within the acronym. Many further variants exist which add additional identities, such as LGBTQIA+ intersex , asexual , aromantic , and agender ) and 2SLGBTQ+ two-spirit ), or which order the letters differently, as in GLBT 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...
Canadian lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgender (LGBTQ ) rights are some of the most extensive in the world. Same-sex sexual activity , in private between consenting adults, was decriminalized in Canada on June 27, 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 Bill C-150 ) was brought into force upon royal assent . In a landmark decision in 1995, Egan v Canada Supreme Court of Canada held that sexual orientation is constitutionally protected under the equality clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ban conversion therapy nationwide for both minors and adults.
Canada was referred to as the most gay-friendly country in the world, when it was ranked first (indicating least dangerous) in Asher & Lyric's LGBTQ+ Danger Index in 2023. It was also ranked second in the Gay Travel Index Equaldex Equality Index in 2024. The country's largest cities feature their own gay areas and communities , such as Toronto 's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood, Montreal 's Gay Village commercial district , Vancouver 's Davie Village and Ottawa 's Bank Street Gay Village . Every summer, Canada's LGBT community celebrates gay pride in all major cities, with many political figures from the federal, provincial and municipal scenes. (Full article...
Bayard Rustin BY -ərdcivil rights , socialism , nonviolence , and gay rights . Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
Rustin worked in 1941 with A. Philip Randolph on the March on Washington Movement to press for an end to racial discrimination in the military and defense employment. Rustin later organized Freedom Rides , and helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to strengthen Martin Luther King Jr. 's leadership; he taught King about non-violence. Rustin worked alongside Ella Baker , a co-director of the Crusade for Citizenship , in 1954; and before the Montgomery bus boycott , he helped organize a group called "In Friendship" to provide material and legal assistance to people threatened with eviction from their tenant farms and homes. Rustin became the head of the AFL–CIO 's A. Philip Randolph Institute , which promoted the integration of formerly all-white unions and promoted the unionization of African Americans. During the 1970s and 1980s, Rustin served on many humanitarian missions, such as aiding refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia. (Full article...
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Understand one thing. Heterosexual and Homosexual have one thing in common. It is the bond between two people that is important.
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Jimmy Carter and Andy Warhol
Credit: White House photo by Jack E. Kightlinger
U.S. president Jimmy Carter with
Andy Warhol in 1977. Warhol was famous worldwide for his work as a painter, an avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer, an author and a public figure. He was one of the first major U.S. artists to be open about being gay.
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir 1 – Klaus Wowereit (1953–), German politician and former Governing Mayor of Berlin
2 – Annie Leibovitz (1949–), American portrait photographer
3 – Erik Bruhn (1928–1986), Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author
3 – Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
3 – Gore Vidal (1925–2012), American author, essayist, and political activist
4 – Alan L. Hart (1890-1962), American physician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, and novelist
4 – Terri L. Jewell (1954–1995), American author, poet and Black lesbian activist
4 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
5 – Chevalier d'Éon (1728-1810), French diplomat, spy, and soldier
5 – John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), English poet and literary critic
6 – Bruno Balz (1902-1988), German songwriter
6 – Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), Polish composer and pianist
7 – Dan Savage (1964–), American sex advice columnist
8 – Kristanna Loken (1979–), American model and actress
10 – Wade MacLauchlan (1954–), Canadian politician, Premier of Prince Edward Island
11 – Jerome Robbins (1918–1998), American theater producer, director, and choreographer
11 – Matt Bomer (1977–), American actor
11 – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), former First Lady of the United States and human rights activist
12 – Xulhaz Mannan (1976–2016), Bangladeshi magazine editor and LGBT activist
13 – Ian Thorpe (1982–), Australian freestyle swimmer, five-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2000 & 2004)
14 – Isaac Mizrahi (1961–), American fashion designer & TV presenter
14 – Ben Whishaw (1980–), English actor
15 – Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher
15 – Jenna Talackova , Canadian beauty pageant contestant, model and TV personality
16 – Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish writer, poet, and aesthete
16 – Cressida Dick (1960–), British police commissioner
17 – Montgomery Clift (1920–1966), American actor
17 – Mark Gatiss (1966–), English actor, screenwriter and novelist
17 – Ryan McGinley (1977–), American photographer
17 – Laura Nyro (1947–1997), American songwriter, singer, and pianist
18 – Uzi Even (1940–), Israeli professor, former politician and first openly gay member of Israeli parliament
18 – Brittney Griner (1990–), American basketball player
18 – Martina Navratilova (1956–), American tennis player
19 – George Nader (1921–2002), American actor
19 – Robert Reed (1932–1992), American actor
20 – Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French poet
21 – William Dale Jennings (1917–2000), American LGBT rights activist, playwright, and author
21 – Peter Mandelson (1953–), British Labour politician and former European Commissioner for Trade
21 – Megan Smith (1964–), American technology corporate executive, and former Chief Technology Officer of the United States (2014-2017)
21 – Andrew Scott (1976–), Irish actor
22 – Brian Boitano , American figure skater, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
22 – Saffron Burrows (1972–), English actress
22 – Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), British poet and translator
22 – Marc Shaiman (1959–), American film/TV/theatre composer, lyricist & arranger
23 – Jean Acker (1893–1978), American actress
23 – Ireland Baldwin (1995–), American model
23 – Lilyan Tashman (1896–1934), American actress
24 – Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), French aristocrat & Monegasque royalty
24 – August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835), German poet
25 – Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist, photographer, and writer
25 – Chely Wright (1970–), American country singer-songwriter
26 – Liliane Maestrini (1987–), Brazilian beach volleyball player
26 – Glen Murray (1957–), Canadian politician, world's first openly gay mayor of a major city (Winnipeg , MB)
27 – Katherine Bradley (1846–1914), English poet
28 – Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Irish painter
28 – Caitlyn Jenner (1949–), American TV personality & Olympic Gold Medalist in Decathlon (1976)
28 – Frank Ocean (1987–), American singer-songwriter
29 – Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (1973–), American business executive and former WNBA basketball player
29 – Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958–), Canadian playwright, novelist, actress & broadcast journalist
30 – Timothy Findley (1930–2002), Canadian novelist & playwright
31 – Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), American playwright, poet and novelist
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