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*'''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 describes an organization, Sexuality and Gender Alliance. | *'''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 describes an organization, Sexuality and Gender Alliance. | ||
* '''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 | * '''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>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." | * '''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." Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. | ||
==Queer== | ==Queer== | ||