By the mid-1990s, the gay rights movement had united with the bisexual community and later with gender-diverse individuals.
As time went on, finding a truly inclusive term became increasingly challenging. On this site, we use the abbreviation LGBTQ+, with the + representing other identities.
Below is a list of possible sexual and gender identities. These terms and their meanings are always evolving, so there’s no need to memorize them. What matters most is showing respect and using the terms people prefer.
A
- Abigender
- Abimegender
- Aboixygender
- Abrisexual
- Abroalterous
- Abrocurious
- Abroplatonic
- Abroqueerplatonic
- Abroromantic
- Abrosensual
- Abrosexual
- Abro (orientation)
- Absorgender
- Accipiogender
- Ace
- Aceflux
- Acefog
- Acejump
- Acemid
- Acespike
- Acevague
- Acevoid
- Achillean
- Adandrogymasculine
- Adandrogynous
- Adfeminine
- Adfemmasculine
- Adgender
- Admasculine
- Aesthetic Attraction and Orientation
- AFAB (Assigned Female at Birth)
- Affigogender
- AGAB (Assigned Gender at Birth)
- Agenderflux
- Agiagender spectrum (Agiaspec)
- AIAB (Assigned Intersex at Birth)
- Allogender
- Alloromantic
- Allosexual
- Allo (orientation)
- Ally
- Alterous Attraction and Orientation
- AMAB (Assigned Male at Birth)
- Amaregender
- Amatonormativity
- Ambiamorous
- Ambonec
- Amorgender
- Anattractional spectrum (A-spec or A-spectrum)
- Androgyne (gender)
- Androsexual
- Apogender
- Aporagender
- Aqueerplatonic (AQP)
- Aroace
- Aroacegender
- Aroace Agender or Triple A
- Aromantic
- Aromantic spectrum
- Asexual
- Asexual Spectrum or Ace-Spec
- Assigned Gender
- Autosexual
- AXAB (Assigned X at Birth)
- A-specs of the Axe