Welcome to the eighth entry of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender/Transexual Queer/Questioning , Intersex Asexual + thread. (LGBTQIA+ in acronym form). During the years this thread has existed for everyone to talk a bit about everything in the community from hardships to victories or as simple as how our days are going or anything really. Feel free to share how your day is going or bring anything you would like to discuss with us as we are a friendly bunch.
This thread is open to anyone regardless of gender, race, and/or sexual orientation. Everyone is welcome. Newcomers, Lurkers, Juniors, feel free to tell us a bit about yourself by using the Ice Breaker Questionnaire (IBQ).
The IBQ (Ice Breaker Questionnaire)
Feel free to fill in the information you are comfortable sharing with us and help us getting to know ya a bit.
What does all that mean?:
Lesbian: A woman who is primarily attracted to other women.
Gay: A man who is primarily attracted to other men.
Bisexual: A person who is attracted to both people of their own gender and another gender. Also called “bi”.
Transgender: This term has many definitions. It is frequently used as an umbrella term to refer to all people who do not identify with their assigned gender at birth or the binary gender system. This includes transsexuals, cross-dressers, genderqueer, drag kings, drag queens, two-spirit people, and others. Some transgender people feel they exist not within one of the two standard gender categories, but rather somewhere between, beyond, or outside of those two genders.
Transsexual: A person whose gender identity is different from their biological sex, who may undergo medical treatments to change their biological sex, often times to align it with their gender identity, or they may live their lives as another sex.
Queer: 1) An umbrella term sometimes used by LGBTQA people to refer to the entire LGBT community. 2) An alternative that some people use to "queer" the idea of the labels and categories such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, etc. Similar to the concept of genderqueer. It is important to note that the word queer is an in-group term, and a word that can be considered offensive to some people, depending on their generation, geographic location, and relationship with the word.
Questioning: For some, the process of exploring and discovering one's own sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Intersex: A person whose sexual anatomy or chromosomes do not fit with the traditional markers of "female" and "male." For example: people born with both "female" and "male" anatomy (penis, testicles, vagina, uterus); people born with XXY.
Asexual: A person who generally does not feel sexual attraction or desire to any group of people. Asexuality is not the same as celibacy.
Genderqueer: A term which refers to individuals or groups who “queer” or problematize the hegemonic notions of sex, gender and desire in a given society. Genderqueer people possess identities which fall outside of the widely accepted sexual binary (i.e. "men" and "women"). Genderqueer may also refer to people who identify as both transgendered AND queer, i.e. individuals who challenge both gender and sexuality regimes and see gender identity and sexual orientation as overlapping and interconnected.
Pansexual: A person who experiences sexual, romantic, physical, and/or spiritual attraction for members of all gender identities/expressions, not just people who fit into the standard gender binary (i.e. men and women).
Resources:
The Trevor Project
It Gets Better
Trevor Project Hotline 1-866-4-U-TREVOR.
GLBT National Youth Hotline: 1-800-246-7743
GLBT National Hotline: 1-888-THE-GLNH
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Helpline: 617-267-9001 or Toll-free: 888-340-4528
Media:
Documentaries & TV List by Berzeli
Film List by Berzeli
TV & Film list by RatskyWatsky
Literature List by Mumei
Previous Threads: You can find useful information in these threads or simply read to see how people have been behaving over the years. It's certainly an entertaining read.
We're Here! We're Queer! The All-Purpose Gay Discussion Thread!
Gay and Bisexual relationship thread |OT| & Gay and Bisexual Coming-out thread |OT|
Gay and Bisexual thread |OT2|Bears and Twinks and Otters. Oh My!
LGBThread |OT3| Friends of Dorothy!
LGBThread |OT4| We're (still) Here! We're (still) Queer!
LGBTQIA Thread |OT5| Can't even drink straight
LGBTQIA+
OT6 We’re taking over -- first the alphabet, then the world!LGBTQIA+ | OT7 | ~First comes love, then comes marriage~
Important:
Don't post NSFW images. We are a thirsty bunch but there are limitations on what can be posted so no nudity posted in here.
Respect each other. If an argument happens please try to cool it down.
We have a Discord Group. If you would like to join you can PM me, Kitchenmotors, Sai-Kun and Deliohttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=29556
Wall of Shame
Now let's remember some classic gifs.
Enjoy the thread and stay fabulous.
