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Welcome to the LGBTQIA+ Wiki!

The LGBTQIA+ Wiki is a resource of LGBTQIA+ terminology and labels used by various queer communities, as well as the questioning and/or curious. The wiki is designed to be a helpful resource for explaining identities that are often unknown, unheard of, or difficult to find information for.

LGBTA stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and asexual/aromantic/agender. It's an adaptation of the initialism LGBT, which originated in the 1990s. It may be used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual, non-heteroromantic, non-cisgender, non-allosexual, and/or non-alloromantic. Some popular variants include LGBTQ, LGBTIA, LGBTQA, or LGBTIAQ. The Q stands for questioning/queer, and the I stands for intersex. Other variations include LGBT+ or LGBTA+, which is used to encompass the full spectrums of sexuality and gender.

Looking for answers? Confused about LGBTQIA+? Check out the FAQ!

Where To Start

Questioning? Need some more information? Hopefully the categories below will be enlightening! You can also check out these resources: (part 1, part 2, part 3).

Orientation	Gender	Terminology
A-Spec Identities Atertiary Identities Gender-Loving-Gender Orientations Romantic Orientations Sexual Orientations	Abinary Genders Androgynous Genders Exclusive Genders Fluid Genders Genders Xenogenders	Attraction Identity Plurality Presentation Questioning Pronouns

Helping Out

You can help out by creating an article for an identity that doesn't have a page. Before you make a new article, it's recommended that you read the Creating and Editing guide. Please note that all changes, new pages, and new files must be approved by a moderator before they appear to the public. The moderation queue is checked at least twice a day. Whilst anyone can make changes or new pages, your edits may not be accepted. Main reasons are below:

Improper formatting or grammar
No resources backing up the provided information

If your edit was rejected and does not match the above, feel free to ask a moderator.

If you want to help out but don't know where to start...

Articles in this category need their resources to be archived according to the archival template.
Articles in this category do not have resources. If you find some, you are encouraged to add them!
There's a large ongoing housekeeping project to review ALL wiki pages, more information on the Discord server.

For further information on term coining, see this article. For flags, see this.

Contact Us

Want to discuss the Wiki, give us some feedback? You can either email admin@lgbtqia.wiki or message/ask our Tumblr feedback blog.

We also have a Discord server as another avenue for feedback, as well as being a community for like-minded individuals! We're welcome to all identities as long as they are not harmful!

Banned from the Discord or Wiki and believe it was an unfair judgement? Please let us know with this form.

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This site is categorized as an educational wiki. If you are having issues accessing the site from work or school, please inform our staff and we will attempt to change the categorization for the given site-blocking product.

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+==Welcome to the LGBTQIA+ Wiki! ==
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+The LGBTQIA+ Wiki is a resource of LGBTQIA+ terminology and labels used by various queer communities, as well as the questioning and/or curious. The wiki is designed to be a helpful resource for explaining identities that are often unknown, unheard of, or difficult to find information for.
-==Welcome to the LGBTA Wiki==
-This wikia is meant to be a resource of members of the LGBTA+ community, people who are questioning, or anyone who's curious. Specifically this wikia is meant to explain identities that are often unknown or unheard of, and therefore have very little information about them elsewhere online. It's also meant to be a full resource, explaining everything this is to know know about any given identity, which can sometimes be hard to find as information can be scattered all across the internet.
+[[LGBTA+|LGBTA]] stands for [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]], and [[asexual]]/[[aromantic]]/[[agender]]. It's an adaptation of the initialism LGBT, which originated in the 1990s. It may be used to refer to anyone who is non-[[Straight|heterosexual]], non-[[heteroromantic]], non-[[cisgender]], non-[[allosexual]], and/or non-[[alloromantic]]. Some popular variants include LGBTQ, LGBTIA, LGBTQA, or LGBTIAQ. The Q stands for [[questioning]]/[[queer]], and the I stands for [[intersex]]. Other variations include LGBT+ or LGBTA+, which is used to encompass the full spectrums of sexuality and gender.
-==Where To Start==
-'''[[LGBTA+|LGBTA]]''' stands for [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]], and [[asexual]]/[[aromantic]]/[[agender]]. It's an adaptation of the initialism LGBT, which originated in the 1990s. It may be used to refer to anyone who is non-[[Straight|heterosexual]], non-heteromantic, or non-[[cisgender]]. Some popular variants include LGBTQ, LGBTIA, LGBTQA, and LGBTIAQ. The Q stands for [[questioning]]/[[queer]], and the I stands for [[intersex]]. Others include LGBT+ or LGBTA+, which is used to encompass the full spectrums of sexuality and gender.
+Looking for answers? Confused about LGBTQIA+? Check out the [[LGBTQIA+ Wiki:FAQ|FAQ]]!
-==Popular Pages==
-<gallery widths="131" orientation="square" navigation="true" hideaddbutton="true" captionalign="left">
-Minsexual.png|[[Minsexual]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Minsexual
-Aroflag.jpg|[[Aromantic Spectrum]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Aromantic_Spectrum
-Aroflag.jpg|[[Aromantic]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Special:Analytics
-Aroaceflag2.jpg|[[Aroace]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Aroace
-Grayaroflag.png|[[Greyromantic]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Greyromantic
-Aceflag.png|[[Asexual Spectrum]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Asexual_Spectrum
-Neopronouns.png|[[Neopronouns]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Neopronouns
-Cupioromoflag.jpg|[[Cupioromantic]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Cupioromantic
-</gallery>
-==Helping Out==
+==Where To Start==
+Questioning? Need some more information? Hopefully the categories below will be enlightening! You can also check out these resources: ([[User blog:Chaoticcylinder/"I'm Questioning My Sexuality, Is There A Term For..." (Part 1)|part 1]], [[User blog:Chaoticcylinder/"I'm Questioning My Sexuality, Is There A Term For..." (Part 2)|part 2]], [[User blog:Chaoticcylinder/"I'm Questioning My Sexuality, Is There A Term For..." (Part 3)|part 3]]).
-To create a new article simply enter the title in the box below.
+{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;width:92%" |
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+|-
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+! style="text-align:center;background-color:#b89adb;font-size:110%;" | '''Orientation'''
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+! style="text-align:center;background-color:#b89adb;font-size:110%;" | '''Gender'''
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+! style="text-align:center;background-color:#b89adb;font-size:110%;" | '''Terminology'''
-buttonlabel=Create new article
+|-
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+| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;width:33%;background-color:#ded3eb;text-size;" |
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+*[[:Category:A-spec_Identity|A-Spec Identities]]
-Before you make a new article it's recommended that you read the [[New Page Guidelines]] and be sure to follow the [[Community Guidelines]].
+*[[:Category:Atertiary_Identity|Atertiary Identities]]
-If you want to help out but don't know where to start you can also help by adding relevant information to one of our [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Category:Article_stubs stub articles]. Information like who coined the term, when is was coined, who created the flag and when, as well as more information about the identity itself is always appreciated.
+*[[:Category:Gender-Loving-Gender|Gender-Loving-Gender]]
-<mainpage-endcolumn />
+*[[:Category:Orientation|Orientations]]
+*[[:Category:Romantic_Orientation|Romantic Orientations]]
-<mainpage-rightcolumn-start />
+*[[:Category:Sexuality|Sexual Orientations]]
-==Article of the Week==
+| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;width:33%;background-color:#ded3eb;" |
-<gallery orientation="square" position="center" hideaddbutton="true" captionalign="left" spacing="small">
+*[[:Category:Abinary Genders|Abinary Genders]]
-Voidpunk.png|[[Voidpunk]]|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Voidpunk
+*[[:Category:Androgynous_Genders|Androgynous Genders]]
-</gallery>
+*[[:Category:Exclusive_Genders|Exclusive Genders]]
+*[[:Category:Fluid_Genders|Fluid Genders]]
+*[[:Category:Gender|Genders]]
+*[[:Category:Xenogender|Xenogenders]]
+| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;width:33%;background-color:#ded3eb;" |
+*[[:Category:Attraction|Attraction]]
+*[[:Category:Identity|Identity]]
+*[[:Category:Plurality|Plurality]]
+*[[:Category:Presentation|Presentation]]
+*[[:Category:Questioning|Questioning]]
+*[[:Category:Pronouns|Pronouns]]
+|}
-==Announcements==
+== Helping Out ==
+You can help out by creating an article for an identity that doesn't have a page. Before you make a new article, it's recommended that you read the [[LGBTQIA+ Wiki:Creating and Editing Pages|Creating and Editing]] guide. Please note that all changes, new pages, and new files must be approved by a moderator before they appear to the public. The moderation queue is checked at least twice a day. Whilst anyone can make changes or new pages, your edits may not be accepted. Main reasons are below:
+* Improper formatting or grammar
-=== February 9, 2020 ===
+* No resources backing up the provided information
-Despite the fact that the home page of this wikia is often one of the most viewed pages it was always kind of bare bones and boring. It was intended to just be a placeholder but I never got around to properly designing it. That is no longer. The main page is now more streamlined; it has two columns to make it look nicer, and I added important links like the new page guidelines. There is also a popular page tab and an article of the week tab. These two tabs will be updated every week.
+If your edit was rejected and does not match the above, feel free to [[User talk:Jeb CC|ask a moderator]].
-=== November 21, 2019 ===
-The poll posted one month ago has been closed. You can see the results [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/User_blog:Chaoticcylinder/Negative_Comments_Poll_Results here].
+If you want to help out but don't know where to start...
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+* Articles in [[:Category:Identities With unarchived resources|this category]] need their resources to be archived according to the [[Template:Archive|archival template]].
-<br style="clear:both;"/>
+* Articles in [[:Category:Pages Without Resources|this category]] do not have resources. If you find some, you are encouraged to add them!
-==Latest Activity==
+* There's a large ongoing housekeeping project to review ALL wiki pages, more information on the Discord server.
+For further information on term coining, see [[User blog:Chaoticcylinder/Creating A Term Advice|this]] article. For flags, see [[User blog:Chaoticcylinder/Creating a Flag Advice|this]].
-<activityfeed></activityfeed>
+== Contact Us ==
+Want to discuss the Wiki, give us some feedback? You can either email [mailto:Admin@lgbtqia.wiki admin@lgbtqia.wiki] or message/ask our Tumblr [https://www.tumblr.com/virgildoesthings feedback blog].
+We also have a [https://discord.gg/e5Wf8qD534 Discord server] as another avenue for feedback, as well as being a community for like-minded individuals! We're welcome to all identities as long as they are not harmful!
-<mainpage-endcolumn />
+Banned from the Discord or Wiki and believe it was an unfair judgement? Please let us know with this [https://forms.gle/jnzG5PD92aoAgu2m7 form].
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+*Wiki Pages: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
+*Wiki Edits: {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}
+''This site is categorized as an educational wiki. If you are having issues accessing the site from work or school, please inform our staff and we will attempt to change the categorization for the given site-blocking product.''
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