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To understand LGBTQIA2S+ identities and communities we must first distinguish three important concepts (gender, sex, and sexuality) and talk about the version of the acronym we are usin

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By: Grant E. Loveless

What Does LGBTQIA2+ Mean & Its Importance?

The LGBTQIA2+ community, also known as the Rainbow community, are people who are allied with the LGBTQIA2+ movement or determine as an lesbian, queer , transgender, etc. People from the LGBTQIA2+ community advance in from all walks of life and contain people of all races and ethnicities, all ages, all socioeconomic statuses, and from all parts of the country. To interruption it down some more, LGBTQIA2+ is an abbreviation that stands for: female homosexual, gay, bisexual, transgender, lgbtq+ (or sometimes questioning), intersexual, asexual and two-spirited. The plus-sign signifies a number of other identities, and is included to store the abbreviation brief when written out; the complete abbreviation is LGBTTTQQIAA. The primary reason why the LGBTQIA2+ communtiy and pronouns matter is because it creates a positive impact on mental health, feeling well-being and quality of life for those a part or allied with the group. 

LGBTQIA2+ Pronouns: When & How To Employ Them

Every day we employ pronouns in our speech and writin

LGBTQIA2S+: What Does It All Mean?

As we celebrate Pride in , we would be remiss to ignore the historical context in which we celebrate and provide allyship to LGBTQIA2S+ communities and those who identify as LGBTQIA2S+. 

June 28, was a pivotal gesture in history for LGBTQIA2S+ in North America. Early in the morning police raided the Stonewall Inn - a safe haven for members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community (notably homeless gay youth) in Manhattan. This raid escalated with patrons of Stonewall clashing with the police and six days of demonstrations. A similar event in Canada, the Toronto Bathhouse Raids, occurred February 5, in four bath houses in downtown Toronto leading to the arrest of over men (many of those arrested were found to be innocent).  Public outcry over the treatment of LGBTQIA2S+ people members versus their counterparts in private clubs and heterosexual bath houses was prominent in demonstrations, participants describing police brutality and violation of civil liberties as constant and discriminatory. In July the Civil Marriage Act was given

Chances are you’ve probably seen LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA+ or LGBTQIA2S before, but do you know what each of these letters mean? While it’s important to mention that this is not an exhaustive list of all the identities and orientations in the collective, here’s a quick breakdown of the ones included in this acronym and their respective flags!

L for Lesbian: A woman or female-identified person who experiences sexual, romantic, or passionate attraction to people of the same or similar gender. However, it’s essential to note that not all lesbians are female-identified; some define their culture as more nonmale or femme than female or feminine. 

G for Gay: A term that describes people who experience sexual, sentimental, or emotional attraction to people of the matching or similar gender. 

B for Bisexual: A sexual orientation that describes people who experience sexual, romantic, or emotional attractions to people of more than one gender. 

T for Transgender: Trans is a gender persona that does not correspond with the gender assigned at birth. 

Q for Queer: Queer is an umbrella term t