Portal:LGBTQ

Portal topics: Activities; Culture; Geography; Health; History; Mathematics; Nature; People; Philosophy; Religion; Society; Technology; Random portal


	The LGBTQ+ Portal

Introduction

The Castro, a historic gay village in San Francisco

Shortcuts

LGBTQ (also commonly seen as LGBT, LGBT+, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, and LGBTQIA+) is an initialism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. It is an umbrella term, originating in the United States, broadly referring to all sexualities, romantic orientations, sex characteristics, and gender identities that are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex.

In the 1990s, gay, lesbian, and bisexual activists adopted the initialism LGB. Terminology eventually shifted to LGBT, as transgender people gained recognition. Around that time, some activists began to reclaim the term queer, seeing it as a more radical and inclusive umbrella term, though others reject it, due to its history as a pejorative. In recognition of this, the 2010s saw the adoption of LGBTQ, and other more inclusive variants. (Full article...)

Refresh with new selections below (purge)

edit

Selected article - show another

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) community in San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent LGBT communities in the United States, and is one of the most important in the history of American LGBT rights and activism alongside New York City. The city itself has been described as "the original 'gay-friendly city'". LGBT culture is also active within companies that are based in Silicon Valley, which is located within the southern San Francisco Bay Area. (Full article...)

List of selected articles

Selected biography - show another

Warhol in 1980

Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔːrhɒl/; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, and filmmaking. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966), the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67), and the erotic film Blue Movie (1969) that started the "Golden Age of Porn".

Born and raised in Pittsburgh in a family of Eastern European immigrants, Warhol initially pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s. After exhibiting his work in art galleries, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist in the 1960s. His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons. He directed and produced several underground films starring a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars, and is credited with inspiring the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame." Warhol managed and produced the experimental rock band the Velvet Underground. Warhol expressed his queer identity through many of his works at a time when homosexuality was actively suppressed in the United States. (Full article...)

List of selected biographies

edit

Selected quote - show another

“

It wasn’t easy telling my parents that I’m gay. I told them at Thanksgiving. I said “Mom would you please pass the gravy to a homosexual?” She passed it to my father. A terrible scene followed.

”

—Bob Smith (comedian)

More quotes…

edit

Current events

See also: 2025 in LGBT rights

edit

Selected image - show another

The Transgender Pride flag was designed by Monica Helms, and was first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona (USA) in 2000.

All selected pictures
See Category:LGBT for more LGBT-related images

edit

Did you know… - show different entries

Question mark

...that Tanaz Eshaghian's film Be Like Others explores the experiences of transsexuals in Iran, a country that outlaws homosexuality but sanctions sex-reassignment surgery?
... that horror novelist Anne Rice has cited the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter as an inspiration for her own homoerotic vampire fiction?
... that Silverton, Oregon has elected the first openly transgender mayor in the United States?
... that after initially deciding not to air the Roseanne episode "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" because it included Mariel Hemingway kissing Roseanne Barr, ABC promoted it as "the lesbian kiss episode"?

More did you know facts

edit

This month's birthdays

1 – Gina Ortiz Jones (1981–), American intelligence officer and politician
3 – Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American expatriate writer
3 – Helen Stephens (1918–1994), American sprinter, two-time 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
3 – Li Yinhe (1952–), Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and LGBT activist
5 – William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist and poet
6 – Ramón Novarro (1899–1968), Mexican Hollywood actor and sex symbol
6 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), English royalty
7 – Mark Tewksbury (1968–), Canadian Olympic swimmer and LGBT rights activist
8 – James Dean (1931–1955), American film actor and cultural icon
9 – Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989–), Finnish swimmer
9 – Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American poet
10 – Bill Tilden (1893–1953), American tennis player
11 – Tammy Baldwin (1962–), American politician and first openly gay U.S. Senator
12 – Patricia Field (1941–), American costume designer, stylist & fashion designer.
12 – Philip, Prince of Eulenburg (1847–1921), German politician and diplomat
12 – George Smitherman (1964–), Canadian politician, former Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)
16 – John Schlesinger (1926–2003), English film and stage director
17 – Peter Karlsson (1966–1995), Swedish hockey player
18 – Audre Lorde (1934–1992), American writer and civil rights activist
18 – Jillian Michaels (1974–), American personal trainer, TV personality and author
19 – F. O. Matthiessen (1902–1950), American historian and literary critic
19 – Beth Ditto (1981–), American singer-songwriter
19 – Liz Carmouche (1984–), American mixed martial arts fighter
20 – William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872–1938), British politician
20 – Roy Cohn (1927–1986), American attorney during the McCarthy era
20 – John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley (1948–), English business executive
21 – W. H. Auden (1907–1973), Anglo-American poet
21 – Hubert de Givenchy (1927–2018), French fashion designer
21 – David Geffen (1943–), American record executive and film producer
21 – Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), French writer
21 – Elliot Page (1987–), Canadian actor and film producer
22 – Jane Bowles (1917–1973), American writer and playwright
22 – Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), American poet and playwright
26 – Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), American heiress and patron of the arts
26 – Jenna Wolfe (1974–), Jamaican-American anchor/correspondent and fitness expert
27 – Libby Davies (1953–), Canadian politician, first openly lesbian Canadian Member of Parliament
28 – Stephen Spender (1909–1995), English poet, novelist, and essayist