Defns relatg to lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer and ace (LGBTQ+) terms.
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LGBTQ+ is an acronym that has been veloped to reprent dividuals who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer/qutng (GLAAD, 2018). Until the 1980s, the term gay was largely ed to refer to non-heterosexual people of all inti. The AIDS crisis helped build solidary between gay men and lbian women (Andrte, 1999).
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Bee many healthre workers refed to be the same room wh AIDS patients, lbians were the primary retakers, nurs, and blood donors to gay men and other people who were sufferg om AIDS (Farman, 2016). Some lbian women may prefer to intify as gay or as gay women (The Trevor Project, 2021a).