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[[File:Lgbt.jpg|thumb|Alt=The colours of the LGBT flag in horizontal stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.|The LGBT rainbow flag, based on the one designed in 1978.]]'''LGBT''' is short for "[[Lesbian]], [[Gay]], [[Bisexual]], and [[Transgender]]." It is the most well-known collective term for the community of gender, sex and sexuality minorities. Many towns and universities have LGBT groups for local socialising, networking, and [[activism]]. '''MOGII''' is another label for this group of people, and is short for "marginalized orientations, [[gender identity|gender identities]], and [[intersex]]." This term is the most inclusive of many kinds of [[gender nonconforming]], gender variant, and [[nonbinary]] people, as some do not necessarily identify strictly as transgender.

==Variant and alternative acronyms==

The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT.

Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other minorities have been accepted into the community and added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], Pansexual, [[Asexual]], Queer, Questioning, and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTIQAP, and LGBTQQAP. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, or LGBTQQAP+. If an A is added to any form of the LGBT acronym in any way, it's important to understand that this A stands for asexuals, not allies. This is because allies are supporters of gender and sexuality minorities, rather than members of that minority. Because the ever longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into QUILTBAG (queer/questioning, undecided, intersex, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, asexual, gay).

Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as:

* '''GSM''' (gender and sexuality minorities), or '''GSRM''' (gender, sex, and romantic minorities). Criticisms of this term: This excludes some people it shouldn't, such as [[intersex]] people, whose sex is neither a gender nor a sexuality. This term is unsatisfactory because it could include some kinds of people it shouldn't: people who aren't LGBT+, such as [[cisgender]] [[heterosexual]] people who consider themselves "sexuality minorities" because they have unusual sexual fetishes, or even harmful paraphilias such as pedophilia.<ref>Bird. "About MOGAI and MOGII." [http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii]</ref>

* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+.<ref>Bird. "About MOGAI and MOGII." [http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii]</ref> MOGAI is perhaps easier to say, while MOGII is more accurate, because the correct phrase is "gender identities," not "gender alignments." Of all the terms listed on this page, this one is the most inclusive of many kinds of nonbinary, gender variant, and gender nonconforming identities.

==Queer==

'''Content warning: This section contains or refers to several pejorative words for MOGII people.'''

Queer is a reclaimed slur. Some people choose not to use an acronym, and instead use the word "[[queer]]" as a collective term for all these LGBT+ identities. It is used as a concise way of referring to all parts of the MOGII community. It's also used for all the more difficult-to-define identities that are not [[heterosexuality|heterosexual]] and/or not [[cisgender]].

There is no question that the q-slur was well-established in many countries a pejorative against gay men, lesbian women, and other MOGII people for the past hundred years (since at least 1914),<ref>''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang,'' 2nd ed (2005), p. 1161.</ref><ref>''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'' (2008), p. 792-793.</ref> and that it is still used that way in many countries. The degree to which the q-slur is an offensive word varies by region and by generation. In the early 1990s, the academic discipline of [[queer theory]] emerged. As a result, the q-slur has been reclaimed to such an extent that people in some academic settings aren't aware that the word is offensive at all. They use it in casual and polite conversation with no discomfort.

However, in other settings, whether rural or urban, the q-slur is one of the strongest slurs against LGBT people. In hate crime, the word is used along with or instead of strong slurs such as "fag" or "tranny". As with other hate speech, it is very common among MOGII people for the word to be a trigger for post-traumatic flashbacks of memories of violence, harassment, and abuse. As explained by [[non-gendered]] activist Christie Elan-Cane, LGBT people who are used to hearing it used as a slur don't want academics and psychologists apply it to them, and they don't like the word [[genderqueer]].<ref>Christie Elan-Cane. November 5, 2011. [http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html]</ref><ref>Mac. November 7, 2011. [http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie]</ref>

MOGII people are entitled to call themselves queer, because that is how reclaiming a slur works. However, MOGII and non-MOGII people alike should take caution about using the word for other people. Because the word is so strongly linked with violence against MOGII people, people would be considerate to avoid using the word around survivors. Out of respect, use alternative phrases. If possible, replace the phrases "queer community" with "LGBT community," and "queer literature" with "MOGII literature," for example. Unless it is specifically one's intention to talk about "genderqueer people," instead say "[[nonbinary]] people" or "[[gender variant]] people". In some contexts, it may be suitable to refer to the word euphemistically as the "q-slur." It is important to understand that this is still a painful word to many people in many countries, and to speak with that understanding.

==See also==
*[[Sexual orientation]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]
*[[Gender binary]]

==References==
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-[[File:Malmö Pride (28826883725).jpg|thumb|Pride march in Sweden, 2016, showing a variety of flags representing different LGBT identities. From left to right, some pride flags visible in this photo include the transgender flag (blue, pink, and white), the LGBT flag (rainbow), the [[Wikipedia:Bear flag (gay culture)|International Bear Brotherhood Flag (brown, white, and gray)]], the [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Asexuality|asexual]] flag (purple, white, gray, black), the [[genderqueer flag]] (purple, white, green), transgender flag (blue, pink, white, with added transgender symbol), [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Pansexuality|pansexual]] flag (cyan, yellow, and magenta), and rainbow flag again.]]
-'''LGBT''' is short for "[[romantic and sexual orientation#Lesbian|Lesbian]], [[romantic and sexual orientation|Gay]], [[romantic and sexual orientation#Bisexuality|Bisexual]], and [[Transgender]]." It is the most well-known collective term for the community of gender, sex and sexuality minorities. Many towns and universities have LGBT groups for local socialising, networking, and [[activism]].
+[[File:Lgbt.jpg|thumb|Alt=The colours of the LGBT flag in horizontal stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.|The LGBT rainbow flag, based on the one designed in 1978.]]'''LGBT''' is short for "[[Lesbian]], [[Gay]], [[Bisexual]], and [[Transgender]]." It is the most well-known collective term for the community of gender, sex and sexuality minorities. Many towns and universities have LGBT groups for local socialising, networking, and [[activism]]. '''MOGII''' is another label for this group of people, and is short for "marginalized orientations, [[gender identity|gender identities]], and [[intersex]]." This term is the most inclusive of many kinds of [[gender nonconforming]], gender variant, and [[nonbinary]] people, as some do not necessarily identify strictly as transgender.
 ==Variant and alternative acronyms==
-[[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|Alt=The colours of the LGBT flag in horizontal stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.|The LGBT rainbow flag, based on the one designed in 1978.]]
+The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT.
-The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. Depending on location, LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT.
-Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other minorities have been accepted into the community and added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], [[Pansexual]], [[Asexual]], [[Aromantic]], [[Queer]], [[Questioning]], [[Two-spirit]], and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, LGBTIQAP, LGBTQQAP, etc. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, LGBTQIA+, or LGBTQQAP+. The A, when it is added, can refer to asexual and aromantic, as well as [[agender]]. However, there has been some debate whether the A stands for allies. This comes from the belief that the term "ally" used to describe a closeted LGBT+ community member who wanted to be a part of the community while also protecting themselves from their unsafe or unsupportive environment.
-Because the ever-longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into different acronyms. Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as:
-*'''QUILTBAG''' (queer/questioning, undecided, intersex, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, asexual, gay) was among the first proposed alternative acronyms. It was coined by Sadie Lee in 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=QUILTBAG&oldid=59811453 |title=QUILTBAG |access-date=30 July 2021 |date=19 July 2020 |website=Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary}}</ref> Though QUILTBAG is relatively long compared to LGBT, having the acronym be a pronounceable word made it easy to talk about. However this also leads to confusion, as it is not a distinct word. The '''U''' is sometimes stated to stand for "[[List of uncommon nonbinary identities#Unisex|Unisex]]", a type of nonbinary identity.<ref name="medi_Lite">{{Cite web |title=Literary Canon Fodder {{!}} Cardyn Brooks Reviews |author= |work=Media Diversified |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |quote=...the absence of any QUILTBAG (Queer, Questioning, Unisex, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Asexual, All, Gay) characters...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322214924/https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="yapr_Auth">{{Cite web |title=Author Guest Blog: Diversity in YA |author=Suzanne 'Xan' van Rooyen |work=YA Pride |date=22 April 2013 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= http://www.yapride.org/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |quote=QUILTBAG stands for queer, unisex, intersex, lesbian, trans, bi, asexual and gay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207125034/http://www.yapride.org:80/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
-*'''SAGA''' (Sexual and Gender Acceptance) is among the acronyms that seek to describe the common threads amongst the community, rather than list out all the possible identities. However, like QUILTBAG, it is a word that has a different meaning, which causes confusion. It also can describe an organization, Sexuality and Gender Alliance.
+Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other minorities have been accepted into the community and added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], Pansexual, [[Asexual]], Queer, Questioning, and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTIQAP, and LGBTQQAP. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, or LGBTQQAP+. If an A is added to any form of the LGBT acronym in any way, it's important to understand that this A stands for asexuals, not allies. This is because allies are supporters of gender and sexuality minorities, rather than members of that minority. Because the ever longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into QUILTBAG (queer/questioning, undecided, intersex, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, asexual, gay).
-* '''GSM''' (gender and sexuality minorities), or '''GSRM''' (gender, sex, and romantic minorities). Criticisms of this term: This excludes some people it shouldn't, such as [[intersex]] people, whose sex is neither a gender nor a sexuality. This term has been considered harmful because it could include some kinds of people it shouldn't: people who aren't LGBT+, such as [[cisgender]] [[heterosexual]] people who consider themselves "sexuality minorities" because they have unusual sexual fetishes, or even harmful paraphilias such as pedophilia.<ref name="bird">{{cite web|author=Bird|title=About MOGAI and MOGII.|url=http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119020133/https://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|date=2014|archive-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>
+Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as:
-* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+. MOGII is perhaps easier to say, while MOGAI is more accurate (cishet [[Sexes#Dyadic_sexes|perisex]] women have a marginalized gender ''identity'', but their gender aligns with their [[assigned gender at birth]] so they are not a marginalized gender ''alignment'').<ref name="bird" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226115818/https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|title=why I’ve started using MOGAI|archive-date=26 December 2019|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> "MOGAI" is said to have been coined by Tumblr user cisphobeofficial circa 2015.<ref name="moga_moga">{{Cite web |title=mogai-archive, mogai, & xenogenders |author=ezgender |work= |date= |access-date=30 July 2021 |url= https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |quote=In (approximately) 2015, Tumblr user cisphobeofficial coined the term MOGAI. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612141457/https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. In some contexts, MOGAI is used to refer only to "newer" or more "niche" identities (such as [[xenogenders]] for example), so you will sometimes see people who are "pro-LGBT and anti-MOGAI" although the latter term technically includes the former. '''IMOGA''' (intersex, marginalized orientations or gender alignments) is a variation of MOGAI mostly used on Tumblr.
+* '''GSM''' (gender and sexuality minorities), or '''GSRM''' (gender, sex, and romantic minorities). Criticisms of this term: This excludes some people it shouldn't, such as [[intersex]] people, whose sex is neither a gender nor a sexuality. This term is unsatisfactory because it could include some kinds of people it shouldn't: people who aren't LGBT+, such as [[cisgender]] [[heterosexual]] people who consider themselves "sexuality minorities" because they have unusual sexual fetishes, or even harmful paraphilias such as pedophilia.<ref>Bird. "About MOGAI and MOGII." [http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii]</ref>
-** The "opposite" of MOGAI, though not frequently used, is COGAP (Centered Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Perisex).<ref name="lgbt_COGA">{{Cite web |title=COGAP |work=LGBTA Wiki |date=10 March 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/COGAP |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.fo/bzAdk}}</ref>
-* '''LGBTPN''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary) is an alternative created by those who do not include asexual or aromantic people in the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bihets.tumblr.com/post/161790289892/evilqueerinclusionist-rammstein-borderline |title=PSA: Don’t trust people who use the acronym LGBTPN. |date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.fo/SO8Ny |archive-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
+* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+.<ref>Bird. "About MOGAI and MOGII." [http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii]</ref> MOGAI is perhaps easier to say, while MOGII is more accurate, because the correct phrase is "gender identities," not "gender alignments." Of all the terms listed on this page, this one is the most inclusive of many kinds of nonbinary, gender variant, and gender nonconforming identities.
 ==Queer==
-[[File:Twin Cities Pride Parade (18061984670).jpg|thumb|Pride marchers carrying a banner that says "Queer is hot, war is not." Twin Cities, 2013.]]
+'''Content warning: This section contains or refers to several pejorative words for MOGII people.'''
-Queer is a word with a complex history. Some people choose not to use an acronym such as LGBT, and instead use the word "queer" as a collective term for all identities which are not [[heterosexual]] and/or not [[cisgender]]. "Queer" may also be used for [[Romantic and sexual orientation|orientations]] and [[gender]]s that are difficult to define in more specific terms.
-Beginning around the 1980s, the word "queer" began to become a political reclamation. Flyers like one circulated in the 1990 New York Pride Parade proclaimed queer as a word indicative of a rejection of heteronormative standards.<ref>["Published anonymously by Queers"]. 1990. QUEERS READ THIS: A leaflet distributed at pride march in NY. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this [https://web.archive.org/web/20230615015513/http://qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
-In the early 1990s, the academic discipline of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory queer theory] developed. This comes from the use of "queer" as a political statement and a gender stance, which places queerness as against assimilation. The field of queer theory not only looks into LGBT history, but the ramifications of queer theory itself.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PNYlUuvPOQ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false {{dead link}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|title=queer theory|website=Oxford Reference|language=en|doi=10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151416/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
-For many people even today, "queer" represents a rejection of assimilation and respectability politics, whereas rejection of the word queer is associated with assimilationist politics. Queer is used by activists that seek broader societal changes that reach the most disenfranchised LGBT people.<ref>Ferry, Nicole C. (2012) [https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Rethinking the Mainstream Gay and Lesbian Movement Beyond the Classroom Exclusionary Results from Inclusion-Based Assimilation Politics]. ''Journal of Curriculum Theorizing''. '''28''', (2): 104-117. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207135556/https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Gamson1995">{{cite journal|last1=Gamson|first1=Joshua|title=Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma|journal=Social Problems|volume=42|issue=3|year=1995|pages=390–407|issn=00377791|doi=10.2307/3096854}}</ref>
+Queer is a reclaimed slur. Some people choose not to use an acronym, and instead use the word "[[queer]]" as a collective term for all these LGBT+ identities. It is used as a concise way of referring to all parts of the MOGII community. It's also used for all the more difficult-to-define identities that are not [[heterosexuality|heterosexual]] and/or not [[cisgender]].
-However, queer is still used as a slur against LGBT people.<ref>''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang,'' 2nd ed (2005), p. 1161.</ref><ref>''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'' (2008), p. 792-793.</ref> The degree to which queer is considered offensive varies by region and by generation. In 2011, one blogger, themself queer and genderqueer, called it the slur of choice in the UK among "queer bashers," making it necessary to "fight tooth and nail" for their right to call themself both in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" /> As with other hate speech, it is very common{{Citation needed}} among LGBT+ people for the word to be a trigger for post-traumatic flashbacks of memories of violence, harassment, and abuse.
+There is no question that the q-slur was well-established in many countries a pejorative against gay men, lesbian women, and other MOGII people for the past hundred years (since at least 1914),<ref>''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang,'' 2nd ed (2005), p. 1161.</ref><ref>''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'' (2008), p. 792-793.</ref> and that it is still used that way in many countries. The degree to which the q-slur is an offensive word varies by region and by generation. In the early 1990s, the academic discipline of [[queer theory]] emerged. As a result, the q-slur has been reclaimed to such an extent that people in some academic settings aren't aware that the word is offensive at all. They use it in casual and polite conversation with no discomfort.
-Even so, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care V7 listed genderqueer as one of many specific terms used by people outside the gender binary in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Professional Association for Transgender Health|date=2012 |title= Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Conforming People [7<sup>th</sup> Version] |page=96 |url= https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306101047/https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In response, [[non-gendered]] activist [[Christie Elan-Cane]] spoke against queer being applied to per, calling the use of "[[genderqueer|gender queer]]" in the WPATH standards inappropriate, offensive, and a barrier to mainstream acceptance.<ref>Christie Elan-Cane. November 5, 2011. http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20210805230506/https://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Others, calling themselves genderqueer, praised the WPATH inclusion as validating their identities, calling Elan-Cane's complaints generational rather than universal.<ref name=":0">Mac. November 7, 2011. http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie [https://web.archive.org/web/20201030130158/http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
+However, in other settings, whether rural or urban, the q-slur is one of the strongest slurs against LGBT people. In hate crime, the word is used along with or instead of strong slurs such as "fag" or "tranny". As with other hate speech, it is very common among MOGII people for the word to be a trigger for post-traumatic flashbacks of memories of violence, harassment, and abuse. As explained by [[non-gendered]] activist Christie Elan-Cane, LGBT people who are used to hearing it used as a slur don't want academics and psychologists apply it to them, and they don't like the word [[genderqueer]].<ref>Christie Elan-Cane. November 5, 2011. [http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html]</ref><ref>Mac. November 7, 2011. [http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie]</ref>
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+MOGII people are entitled to call themselves queer, because that is how reclaiming a slur works. However, MOGII and non-MOGII people alike should take caution about using the word for other people. Because the word is so strongly linked with violence against MOGII people, people would be considerate to avoid using the word around survivors. Out of respect, use alternative phrases. If possible, replace the phrases "queer community" with "LGBT community," and "queer literature" with "MOGII literature," for example. Unless it is specifically one's intention to talk about "genderqueer people," instead say "[[nonbinary]] people" or "[[gender variant]] people". In some contexts, it may be suitable to refer to the word euphemistically as the "q-slur." It is important to understand that this is still a painful word to many people in many countries, and to speak with that understanding.
 ==See also==
-*[[Romantic and sexual orientation]]
+*[[Sexual orientation]]
 *[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]
 *[[Gender binary]]
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