Umbrella Term

Umbrella Terms, in the context of the LGBT+ community, refers to a term or identity that encompasses several other identities. It usually refers to a group of sexualities or gender identities that have something in common. A person could identify as one of the specific identities under an umbrella term, and/or they could identify with the umbrella term itself, (though in some cases this is not possible).

In some cases there can be umbrella terms inside umbrella terms. For example, xenogender is an umbrella term that can fit under the umbrella term of non-binary.

Examples
Examples of common umbrella terms include:


 * Transgender
 * Non-Binary
 * Genderqueer
 * Gender non-conforming
 * Queer
 * LGBT+
 * Multisexual
 * Ace-spec
 * Aro-spec

Many of these umbrella terms have additional umbrella terms inside them.