Welcome to WikiProject LGBT studies! We're a group of editors who aim to improve Wikipedia's coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and Queer studies topics. WikiProject LGBT studies (WP:LGBT) brings Wikipedia users of various sexual orientations, gender identities, geographic locations, and personal backgrounds together to discuss and collaborate on coverage of LGBT content across Wikipedia. Check out the rest of our project page below and Portal:LGBT to see what we've accomplished so far. If you are new to Wikipedia, or just feeling lost, please click here.
If you would like to help, please add your user name to the members' list below! Anyone with a Wikipedia user account—regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity—is free to join. If you do not already have a free Wikipedia user account, click here to read some reasons to create one.
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To create a thriving WikiProject that rivals WP:MILHIST in its activity, efficiency, and success.
To bring every LGBT related article up to FA status.
To maintain or improve articles that come under our jurisdiction.
Scope
The scope of the projects is to:
Identify and categorize existing LGBT and Queer studies articles on Wikipedia
Develop standards for what is required for LGBT and Queer studies articles to qualify as excellent
Improve the quality of existing LGBT and Queer studies articles
Ensure LGBT and Queer studies articles are in line with Wikipedia's minimum standards and policies, including but not limited to: WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:NPOV
Identify and develop standardized tables, tags and categorization schemes for LGBT and Queer studies articles
Identify and create LGBT and Queer studies articles that are not yet included in Wikipedia
Identify potential material that may also be transwikied — (i.e. collect information for possible high-quality LGBT/Queer studies textbooks for Wikibooks).
Members of WikiProject LGBT Studies maintain Portal:LGBT. We also share a deletion sorting page with other related WikiProjects, which lists all relevant XfDs within our scope.
What this Wikiproject is not
This project does not extend beyond the cultural, political and historical manifestation of LGBT and intersex bodies, identities, attractions, and relationships, and related societal reactions.
This project does not extol any point of view, political or otherwise, other than that of a neutral documentarian.
This project is not limited to European/North American issues.
Things you can do
A lot of people join the project and want to help, but don't really know how. Here's a list of tasks that either need regular attention or fulfill the goals of our project:
Bot report: Unreferenced BLPs for this WikiProject — Biographies of Living Persons (BLP) have higher standards than other articles for references, due to the real-life effect they can have. (See WP:BLP for more information.)
Deletion discussions: Sexuality and gender — LGBT-related deletion discussions can be manually added here until such time as the article alert bot service is active again.
New articles with LGBT keywords (click "show" to view)
This list, produced by a bot, identified the following articles as possibly being within the scope of this project. Please add {{WikiProject LGBT studies}} to appropriate articles. The raw list is here and articles are removed after a week whether tagged or not.
This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
One of the main tasks of the LGBT WikiProject is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's LGBT articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to help in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work. They also play a role in the WP:1.0 program, which the WikiProject uses to help automate some of the assessing process.
The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{LGBTProject}} template banner; this causes the articles to be placed into the appropriate sub-categories of Category:LGBT articles by quality, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist. WP:1.0 also produces a statistics page, and a log of articles assessed.
The LGBT WikiProject runs a monthly Collaboration, to try to harness the editing skills of the entire Project to bring one article up to Featured Article standard a month. The COTM article is also peer reviewed shortly before becoming the Collaboration article, in order to help editors pinpoint what most needs changing. See Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Collaboration for more information.
New collaborations are currently agreed upon on the talkpage on an ad hoc basis until a more formal nomination process is warranted.
Community department
The Community Department of the LGBT WikiProject is a centralised place to develop ways of fostering a sense of community and belonging in all our members, and to recruit more people into our community. Editors who are happy and have support when they need it are more likely to work harder at improving articles than if they feel no-one cares.
To achieve this, we currently have:
A successful recruiting program to headhunt helpful contributors to the Wikipedia.
A welcome template to inform new members of aspects of the WikiProject and where they can go for help.
A newsletter to keep members up to date with all the latest news from the WikiProject
Any other ideas are welcome! Please propose them on the main talkpage.
As awareness of us grows, WikiProject LGBT studies has been featured in an increasing number of external sources; a list of these is maintained here. There is also a Press kit for anyone interested in drumming up some publicity (or just showing off).
Jumpaclass
Jumpaclass is a fun semi-competition that the LGBT WikiProject runs to improve the quality of lower-quality articles. There are many processes for higher quality articles, such as Peer review and FAC, but many stubs and start rated articles languish unedited for lack of interest. Jumpaclass is a unique attempt to correct that.
To enter, find an article you would like to improve from the list of assessed LGBT articles: you can choose Stub, Start, or B class articles. You then have seven days to improve the article. If within a week, you "jump" an article one or more assessment classes, you win points that are noted on a leadership board. Check Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Jumpaclass for all the details. Challenge a friend to go "head to head" with you and see who can jump their article the furthest!
Peer Review
The LGBT WikiProject peer review articles on request. This is to encourage better articles by having contributors who may not have worked on articles to examine them and provide ideas for further improvement. The process is highly flexible and can deal with articles of any quality though requesting reviews on very short articles may not be productive as there is little for readers to comment on. This process is not an academic peer review by a group of experts in a particular subject, and articles that undergo this process should not be assumed to have greater authority than any other.
The Person Task Force is a working group of members of the LGBT studies WikiProject dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biography articles of confirmed LGBT persons. Its specific focus is on living persons who have come out publicly, and of deceased persons whose sexuality is not in doubt. As examples, the article on Ellen DeGeneres is within the scope of the task force - she came out publicly in 1997. Little Richard came out, but has (since then) denied being gay, so his article is not in the task force. Examples of deceased persons include the article on Harvey Milk, who was publicly out for most of his life. The article on William Shakespeare, however, would not be within this task force's scope, since his sexuality has been debated.
Translation
If you know another language besides English, please consider adding your name to our List of Translators. Translation is a very new process, so we're still tweaking its purpose and objectives. Feel free to join in the discussion!
Watchlist
The WikiProject maintains two watchlists: one for controversial LGBT articles, one for all articles tagged as within our scope.
The main Watchlist is here. Anyone who comes across contentious or highly vandalised article is welcome to add to it. The Watchall list may be found here. It lists every article tagged by us, and may also be helpful if a normal alphabetical list is needed. It is updated automatically by bot, so manual changes are not required.
The {{User WikiProject LGBT studies}} member userbox (example below) contains links to both watchlists, as well as a link to all changes on article talk pages tagged by this project.
This is an essay on style. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more WikiProjects on how to format and present article content within their area of interest.
A person's gender and sexuality is intimate to who they are and how that impacts their personal and professional life will vary. Extreme care should be taken to avoid undue weight focusing on these aspects in relation to the overall article. A statement "Smith is openly gay" may be all that is needed in many cases unless it can be tied to how it impacted Smith's career or life. Sometimes the fact that a person has come out is noteworthy itself, but it should be reported in the article dispassionately and neutrally: "In May 2009, in an interview with ABC News, Smith came out as transgender." It is helpful to readers to add the context, especially in the form of statements from the subject.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a newspaper: We follow, not lead. Implicit in the policy on biographies of living people (BLP) is the understanding that Wikipedia articles should respect the basic human dignity of their subjects. Wikipedia aims to be a reputable encyclopedia, not a tabloid; our articles must not serve primarily to mock or disparage their subjects, whether directly or indirectly – for instance, it is not acceptable to use Wikipedia as a venue for outing people. Wikipedia's articles are mirrored and distributed globally, what we write here can negatively impact people's lives; even the families and friends of someone discussed in articles. This is of particular importance when dealing with individuals whose notability stems largely from their being victims of another's actions; Wikipedia editors must not act, intentionally or otherwise, in a way that amounts to participating in or prolonging the victimization. The correct balance must always be sought, and the highest ethical standards are an important part of Wikipedia's goals to produce and distribute content freely.
Sexuality, gender identity and sex characteristics are not interchangeable. However they often intersect and defining the effects of each can be difficult if not impossible.
The Wikipedia Manual of Style's guidelines on identity guide us to refer to transgender individuals according to the names and pronouns they use to identify themselves.
Identification and categorization of people is bound by Wikipedia's policy on Biographies of Living Persons (BLPs). To add content on a person's religion, sexuality and gender variance you need reliable sourcing. After taking that into account:
A living person may be categorized and identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) only if they themselves publicly identify as such, e.g., Billie Joe Armstrong.
A deceased person may be categorized and identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual if they had documented, noteworthy relationships with persons of the same sex or other sexes, such as Marlon Brando.
Intersex is a biological status related to physical sex characteristics, typically a medical fact, and reqires reliable sourcing. Intersex people may be male, female, or non-binary, and may perceive being intersex as related to their sex, or not, or as a medical condition, or not. Some intersex people may be LGBT, while others are heterosexual and cisgender. Care has been taken to limit the interrelationships between LGBT pages and intersex pages because of these issues.
How to write about transgender and non-binary people
As the guideline on birth names and gender identity note, the birth names of transgender and non-binary people should only be included in the lead sentence if the people were notable prior to coming out. (This accords with our principle to avoid harm and give information due, not undue, weight.) Instead, this information may be woven into an "Early life" section – "Smith was born male but never felt this reflected who she was and she transitioned as soon as she was independent of her family." Ideally statements from the subject will help clarify how they saw themselves at the time so we can let them speak for themselves.
In cases where the prior name is known only as the result of being outed, editors may feel it would be giving it undue weight to include it in the article, unless it was subsequently widely reported in reliable sources. However, caution must be taken to avoid situations where Wikipedia may be unintentionally contributing to the prior name's dissemination through invalid circular referencing. (In 2014, for example, a noted transgender woman's birth name was added to her Wikipedia article on the basis that it had been revealed by a source. However, that source quickly withdrew its article out of respect for the subject's privacy rights. In attempting to keep the name in the article, some editors sought out new replacement sources, but it turned out that all of the new sources for her birth name had received the information from our article rather than the original source.)
Transgender is an adjective; hence one says "Smith is a transgender woman" (or simply "a trans woman"). The use of it as a noun (as in "Smith is a transgender", "the film features two transgenders") is often considered offensive, is deprecated by several style guides and dictionaries, and should be avoided.[1][2][3] Likewise, transsexual is an adjective, and should not be used as a noun.[4]Transgendered is also offensive and deprecated by style guides and should also not be used.[5][6][7] (Direct quotations, however, should not be altered.)
When describing a living person, their documented preference for a description of sexual orientation should be used as a default. Where a self description is unavailable, gay or lesbian is preferred to homosexual in articles about living people. For historical articles whose subjects pre-date the widespread public adoption of these identities (roughly before 1970), homosexual can be used as an accurate adjective describing the subject. Generally homosexual should be confined to descriptions of sexual activity or clinical orientation.
Examples from independent style guides:
The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (5th ed., 2015, ISBN9780812963892), "gay (adj.)": "preferred over 'homosexual' in most contexts. Generally confine 'homosexual' to specific references to sexual activity or clinical orientation."
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal Editorial Style Guide (CDC, ver. 5.1, 2015), "homosexual, bisexual, gay": "Using these terms as adjectives is acceptable, as in 'gay men,' and dependent on the author's discretion. However, avoid using these terms as nouns as they may too vague or perceived as pejorative. Sometimes the phrase 'men who have sex with men' or MSM is used because some of these men do not label themselves as gay, homosexual, or bisexual."
Associated Press Style Book (2013, ISBN9780465082995), "Gay": "Preferred over 'homosexual' except in clinical contexts or references to sexual activity".
The Canadian Press Stylebook (2013), "Sexuality": "Gay is usually preferred as an alternative for homosexual men and is also commonly used for women, although lesbian is preferred by many women."[1]
BBC News Radio Newsroom Alphabetical Checklist (2012) "Gay": "some people believe the word "homosexual" has negative overtones, even that it is demeaning. Most homosexual men and women prefer the words 'gay' and 'lesbian'. Either word is acceptable as an alternative to homosexual, but 'gay' should be used only as an adjective."
Significant mass changes of articles from gay to homosexual, or the reverse, require a supporting specific consensus or are likely to be viewed as disruptive.
^GLAAD Media Reference Guide, "Transgender Issues": "Problematic: 'transgenders,' 'a transgender' Preferred: transgender people, a transgender person Transgender should be used as an adjective, not as a noun. Do not say, 'Tony is a transgender,' or 'The parade included many transgenders.' Instead say, 'Tony is a transgender man,' or 'The parade included many transgender people.'"
^Dictionary.com, "transgender": "The adjective is more common than the noun; in fact, some people reject the use of transgender as a noun."
^Dictionary.com, "transgender": "Some transgender people object to the adjectival variant transgendered, because the –ed suffix could imply that something 'happened' to make the person transgender."
^GLAAD Media Reference Guide, "Transgender Issues": "Problematic: 'transgendered'. Preferred: transgender. The adjective transgender should never have an extraneous '-ed' tacked onto the end. An '-ed' suffix adds unnecessary length to the word and can cause tense confusion and grammatical errors. It also brings transgender into alignment with lesbian, gay, and bisexual. You would not say that Elton John is 'gayed' or Ellen DeGeneres is 'lesbianed,' therefore you would not say Chaz Bono is 'transgendered.'"
Templates and suchlike
Please use these templates where applicable.
Beware of using too many templates on the same article which can clutter the page.
→ If the article is about LGBT rights in a particular region, use {{Infobox LGBT rights}} instead. → If the article is about an LGBT rights organization, use {{Infobox organization}} instead. → If the article is about an LGBT rights activist, use {{Infobox person}} instead. → If the article is about recognition of same-sex partnerships, see the Same-sex unions template below.
Lists current status of same-sex unions around the world, with links to relevant articles. Due to its very large size, should mainly only be used on articles about same-sex unions in a particular region.
Templates reminding editors of the policies (in particular MOS:IDENTITY surrounding gendered pronouns, etc., for transgender article subjects, as pronoun-related arguments are commonplace
Do not apply this template automatically, MOS:IDENTITY does require we have reliably sourced evidence of the subject's preferences. Neither template might be appropriate for a person who prefers the use of only gender-neutral pronouns for themselves.
Userbox to show that you're a project member, also provides some quick project-related links such as a link to all changes to article talk pages tagged by this project. To use, add {{User WikiProject LGBT studies}} to your user page.
...that Nireah Johnson, a transgender woman, was murdered by Paul Moore after Moore discovered Johnson was a biological male? — appeared 20 August 2007
...the first edition of Patience and Sarah, winner of the 1971 Stonewall Book Award, was self-published and all copies sold by the author after six publishers rejected it for not being marketable? — appeared 22 August 2007
... that horror novelist Anne Rice has cited the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter as an inspiration for her own homoerotic vampire fiction? — appeared 8 November 2008
... that the first same-sex kiss on an American soap opera was between fictional characters Lena Kundera and Bianca Montgomery in 2003, who were also American soap opera's first lesbian couple? — appeared 12 November 2008
... that Anita Bryant's participation in Save Our Children, a coalition working to overturn gay rights ordinances in Miami and other cities in 1977 and 1978, destroyed her career? — appeared 20 November 2008
... that for the 1967 television documentary CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, the network concealed the identity of one of the gay interview subjects by seating him behind a potted palm tree? — appeared 22 November 2008
...that openly-gay actor Robert La Tourneaux considered his role as the gay hustler in the 1970 film The Boys in the Band to be the "kiss of death" for his career? — appeared 26 November 2008
... that ABC moved the Roseanne episode "December Bride", which featured a same-sex wedding, from its usual broadcast time slot to one 90 minutes later, citing the episode's "adult humor"? — appeared 29 November 2008
... that The Pittsburgh Courier crusaded against the blue discharge, calling it "a vicious instrument that should not be perpetrated against the American Soldier"? — appeared 12 January 2009
... that the Heian period Japanese story Torikaebaya Monogatari is the tale of a man who lives as a woman and his sister who lives as a man, who eventually swap places in order to lead happy lives? — appeared 26 February 2009
... that a sex scandal in Boise, Idaho, in 1955 resulted in almost 1,500 people being interviewed and a list of 500 suspected homosexuals? — appeared 9 June 2009
... that half of the regular advertisers for the ABC series thirtysomething pulled out of the episode "Strangers", costing the network some $1.5 million, because it showed two men in bed together? — appeared 14 June 2009
... that Freeheld is an Academy Award winning documentary by Cynthia Wade that follows a New Jersey detective fighting for the right to pass on her pension to her female domestic partner? — appeared 24 August 2009
... that Section 20A of South Africa's Sexual Offences Act, which prohibited all sexual acts between men at a party, defined "party" as "any occasion where more than two persons are present"? — appeared 7 December 2011
... that Die Freundin, a German lesbian magazine published from 1924 to 1933, was temporarily shut down by the Weimar government? — appeared 16 February 2012
... that Friendship and Freedom, published in 1924, was the first gay-interest periodical in the United States? — appeared 28 February 2012
... that Minnesotan actor Odin Biron moved to Moscow speaking almost no Russian but went on to become a popular character on the top-rated Russian sitcom Interns? — appeared 13 December 2015
... that Randy W. Berry, who grew up on a cattle ranch in Colorado, is the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in the US Department of State? -- appeared 20 February 2016.Zigzig20s (talk) 10:27, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
... that in 1981 Bobbi Campbell became the first person to publicly identify as a person living with HIV/AIDS? — appeared on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016
Awarded to WikiProject LGBT studies for their sense of humour and input into the DYK April Fool's Day nominations of SS Lesbian(1915) and SS Lesbian(1923)Mjroots (talk) 06:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Members
Recognition
Below is an LGBT Barnstar for anyone who has made significant contributions to LGBT articles. An LGBT ribbon may be found here.
The LGBT Barnstar is awarded to editors who make significant contributions to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender articles that expand Wikipedia’s knowledge about homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality, typical behaviour, notable LGBT people, events and movements, sociological issues, and population statistics.
There is a userbox available for members of this project. Please feel free to put this on your userpage by adding {{User LGBT Project}}:
I am a supporter of Equal Rights, an LGBTI activist from India.--Sou Boyy (talk)
PaulO I follow United States based LGBTI organizations as well as ILGA. I apply direct edits and rarely visit article discussions (non public pages). If I can help anyone, please always feel free to leave me a message on my talk page.
Ramondt (talk) I am extremely interested in the above subject and would like to be part of this study. Happy to tell folks about my life experiences as someone of the alternative or third sex.
Agne27 (talk·contribs) Hmm, my name was on here before and I've gotten the newsletters. Might as well sign up again. My wife can validate my Dyke-card. :P
Beggarsbanquet (talk·contribs) - mainly interested in articles on LGBT music and film and LGBT people in those fields, lesbians and lesbian culture, and addressing Wikipedia's overall heteronormative bias in reporting on historical figures.
Biffwa (talk·contribs) New Wikipedia member - most interested in LGBT history and archival sources as contributing to LGBT history, particularly in the UK.
BigPadresDUDE (talk·contribs) - i am bisexual myself and had sex with a man so i have first on experiance and my wife is bi herself to and had sex with a women and she also has her own on account wikipedia is our hobbie and we both like the same things WE CAN BOTH HELP with Bisexual Articles
Blindeffigy (talk·contribs) I focus on all things LGBT. My sexuality has nothing to do with caring for other people, but..uh..I am gay, Lol. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR NO REASON.
BVick1636 (talk·contribs) - Know a fair amount about the Billy Dolls, Know a lot about the early days of homosexual literature available via mail order and in local book stores from the mid 60's until about 1975. Know about early methods of supplying film materials slides, 8mm, super 8mm, super 8mm with sound, then VHS/BETA tapes, then DVD, finally Blu-Ray Discs. Early advrtising was done secretly in POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE in the mid-60's. I have a copy of the soundtrack to the movie DEEP THROAT that ws only sold in the theatres that showed it. I bought an old projector from the early 60's and found on it a silent B&W porn video of 2 dancers that may be valuable and God only knows who is on it of when it was actually done.
Bxmuchacho (talk·contribs) New York City, LGBT History, LGBT Culture, LGBT Politics, Latin America, Brazil
Calibanu (talk·contribs) NZ LGBT rights activist, Politics and Religion contributor to Gaynz.com, passionately interested in intl solidarity work with East Asian, African and Russian LGBT communities.
Chase1493 (talk·contribs) Gay College Student interested in LGBT rights. I try to follow the status of Same-Sex Marriage closely
Checkingfax (talk·contribs) Interested in closing all underrepresented gaps on Wikimedia. I am cisgender and not afraid to say so.
chrish65 (talk·contribs) LGBT biographies, LGBT history, LGBT film directors and writers
ChrisTW (talk·contribs) Civil Rights, US & UK Immigration, Psychology, Psychobiology, Evolution.
Citrivescence (talk·contribs) I primarily create and edit articles related to the sociology of queerness, QTPOC public figures, and the intersection of queer issues in popular culture.
CommuniqueNew2 (talk·contribs) Mainly interested in gender variance and intersex and the various ways people conceptualize such variance. Nonbinary trans woman, perisex, she/her.
DaliJim (talk·contribs) interested in gay (and LGBT in general) porn industry
danlev (talk·contribs) Interested in LGBT rights, LGBT laws around the world, LGBT pop culture. Creating a LGBT project documenting the world's position on LGBT rights called Equalitopia (see User:Danlev/Equalitopia).
Dewthatflies (talk·contribs) Currently writing the article for the book Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture, and will endeavour to contribute more once that's done.
EricV89 (talk·contribs) I have self identity issues which makes me confused sometimes, sorta. Anyways, I want to get involved in this project and focus on same sex marriage. Thanks kindly.
Evolauxia (talk·contribs) Interested in a variety of topics; have a background in science, though not sexuality but am familiar with various disciplines as well as arts
Fluffball70 (talk·contribs) - Currently working up Dawn Langley Simmons amongst many others...Both me and my partner have been out and active lesbians in both the UK and the USA for too many years....
Ged_UK (talk·contribs) Once I've cleared my personal to-do list, I'll be able to help more. Often patrol the New Articles, so can tag stubs etc as appropriate.
George Ho (talk·contribs) Wrote just one LGBT-related article and porn-related articles. Only interested in verifying people's sexual identity and removing disputed, unsourced, or poorly sourced information about sexual identity.
Hans100 (talk·contribs) I am a film producer and psychologist and therefore my expertise is in film and social science, the depiction of LGBT in media, and psychosocial issues such as homosexism (e.g., homophobia) and the psychological health of all mankind but LGBT individuals specifically.
HejTuWou (talk·contribs) As a gay person myself, I'm proud to improve the overall quality of LGBT articles in Wikipedia. Whenever I see cleanup requests found by the Bot I try my best to fulfill them. I am also able to translate to Malay and Chinese for articles if needed.
Hopping (talk·contribs) - currently in medical school. Especially interested in intersection of Queer studies and medicine: History of medical understanding of sexuality/gender identity. Physician obligations toward LGBT patients. History of LGBT medical advocacy groups.
Intesvensk (talk·contribs) - Interesting project. I speak Swedish if that is of any use to anyone.
IrishWolfhoundJC (talk·contribs) Keeps an eye on the articles concerning pending LGBT related legislation in Congress.
Irockz (talk·contribs) Transgender Pansexual, particularly interested in the trans part.
Itsjennalf (talk·contribs) Interested in human studies and helping share the positive influence of the LGBTQ+ community!
itssosophs (talk·contribs) Trans* embodiment, desire, and capitalism, specifically trans* pornography.
Jacobshaven3 (talk·contribs) Overall LGBT pages, specifically Bisexuality, Biphobia and other associated pages.
Jademushroom (talk·contribs) - Jessica Lee, former president of student organization Purdue Queer Student Union. Would like to add student organizations and lower level activism. Would like to focus on PQSU and NOGLSTP pages.
JAK0723 (talk·contribs) - Young and bi, like to share my views and increase my wiki editing skills.
Jnkatz1 (talk·contribs) - Jonathan Ned Katz, Author/Historian/Founder of OutHistory.org. Interested in Wikipedia writers/editors who would like to help with OutHistory.org, another MediaWiki-based website, on LGBT U.S. history. Contact me at jnk123 at mac.com We need your help!
Jonathankwanhc (talk·contribs) I am the B in LGBT and I come from Hong Kong, I am interested in the achieving LGBT rights through debates. I did edit some of the LGBT right pages in wikipedia and the creator of the page "LGBT rights in Jersey". But don't expect me to be a typical "liberalist", though I support legalization of marijuana, I am against abortion, immigration, globalization, EU and single currency. However, I do support democracy, justice, freedom and preserving, restoring unique history and traditions around the world.
Jowilson510 (talk·contribs) Queer Bowling Green State University WGSS student, future HESA master's student, avid Queer Studies reader and scholar
joy299 (talk·contribs)- I am interested in LGBT advocacy and LGBT visibility in popular culture. More generally, I would simply like to experience the collaborative nature of a WikiProject
Kallme (talk·contribs) Interested in improving articles about LGBT rights in Latin America
Karl Xtrava (talk·contribs) - Karl Taps Xtravaganza, specialist in the history of the New York LGBT gay ballroom scene. 25 year member of the House of Xtravaganza.
Kathryn NicDhàna (talk·contribs) - A bit busy right now, but eventually can help with writing, copyediting, sourcing and research on a variety of related subjects.
KatQ (talk·contribs) Queer storyteller in western Europe, working professionally in many ways with LGBTQ* matters. Wikipedian mostly to fight prejudice here and help keep things factual.
Knorpel (talk·contribs) - Professional translator interested in translating articles from English, German and Portuguese into Spanish, especially about LGBT civil rights
Kolindigo (talk·contribs) - Interested mostly in lesbian and gender issues, LGBT issues in Judaism, and LGBT in sports. Will do what I can. :)
Lisapollison (talk·contribs) I am an Anthropologist and Folklorist - my interest in LGBT is in the area of crime and the societal reaction when LGBT people are victims of , perpatrators of or simply involved in notable crimes. I greatly expanded the article on the case behind the play M.Butterfly, Bernard Boursicot. I have also tried to add details of her Lesbian identity to the Kitty Genovese article but get shot down every time. I've joined the project out of frustration over having anti-LGBT activists delete any mention of being LGBT from articles on historical people or incidents involving LGBT people even when the people self-identified as such. I'm hoping that by working within the project, I can learn how to best deal with such activisim. Thanks.Lisapollison
Loco085 (talk·contribs) I'll help creating articles related to Latin American LGTB.
Lychosis (talk·contribs) - I dunno... I'd like to help out whatever way I can...
Lynnhb (talk·contribs) New editor. Especially interested in creating/expanding biographies (accurately cited of course) of activists who've been the brave pioneers of LGBT rights (mostly US, which I'm familiar with.) To ensure role models aren't forgotten/document history.
Magenstat (talk·contribs) A student from Rice University planning to contribute a page on Homelessness among LGBT Youth in the United States.
Maplestrip (talk·contribs) – Non-binary. Primarily interested in fiction. Please leave newsletters on my subpage rather than on my talk page.
Marianomoli (talk·contribs) I am an English-Spanish-French speaker interested in Same-sex marriage and gay rights around the world.
Markie Twist (talk·contribs) sex therapy, sexuality education, sexology, sexual orientation, relational orientation, gender identity, multi-partnered relationships
mavin-neo (talk·contribs) entrepreneur looking to create safe spaces for the LGBTQ - both physical and virtual.
MishMich (talk·contribs) Interested in intersex & trans medical, social & scientific issues; internal LGBT interrelations & politics, LGBT & intersex history; Anglican & CofE LGBT issues.
nanners314 (talk·contribs) Dipping my toes into editing! Special interest in nb identities, and also increasing visibility for Middle East/North Africa related topics.
Philippe (talk·contribs) Broke the Kinsey scale, currently wiki-addicted beyond all belief, referred by User:FisherQueen, who promised me a cookie. :-)
Picture of a Sunny Day (talk·contribs) I'm a queer trans woman named Rebecca. I'm passionate about chipping away at the systemic biases of cissexism and transphobia that exist on Wikipedia. I'm interested in creating and expanding biography articles on notable trans* individuals, making sure trans* articles follow the MOS:IDENTITY guidelines, and rewriting or removing unsourced, cissexist POV statements such as "born male" or "biological female" from trans*-related articles.
Pigman (talk·contribs) Sure, why not? Although I haven't been particularly active on LGBT articles, the newsletter will probably inspire me.
Psychonavigation (talk·contribs) Bisexual, skeptical, impartial, and totally centered politically. I'm new here, so I'm bored... gotta have summin ta doooo!
Rainbowofpeace (talk·contribs) - LGBT activist mostly interested in discrimination and studying LGBT people as a cultural group in the same way anthropologist analyze different ethnic and religious groups.
Rastko Pocesta (talk·contribs) - interested in the history of LGBT liberation movement and current legal status of same-sex unions
Rebeach (talk·contribs) New editor; planning to review & update bio pages on drag queens/female impersonators, as I've come into possession of a rare 1950's reference book.
Renegade Replicant (talk·contribs) - Straight myself (as far as I know thus far), but I'm a strong supporter of the community and interested in learning more.
Robapalooza (talk·contribs) Currently working on the biography and media coverage of Alan G. Rogers, reportedly the "first known gay combat fatality of Operation Iraqi Freedom."
RobertMfromLI (talk·contribs) - Mostly vandal fighting, but willing to help in specific areas if needed/requested.
Ross Burgess (talk·contribs) Interested in LGBT history in the UK. My main area of activity is now the UK LGBT Archive (formerly the LGBT UK History Project) which has a different focus from Wikipedia, with much less emphasis on notability.
Ryvr (talk·contribs) Interested in NPOV, politics, history, subcultures, culture, and style. I welcome discussion on my talk page!
Sceptre (talk·contribs) - off-wiki activist; interested in intersectional issues, esp. most recently between feminism and transgender issues; but also with LGBT rights in general.
sfdrye (talk·contribs)Hi All, I'm a relatively new editor here on WP and as a queer male, I have a special interest in LGBTTIQQ2S issues. I've just added some content to the gay bashing page and I'm looking to contribute further!
Shiningroad (talk·contribs) Particularly interested in contributing to Wikipedia coverage of LGBTness intersecting with other identities - for example, stuff about LGBT people with disabilities
shouta317 (talk·contribs) I wish to increase and coverage of LGBT issues on wikipedia in order to raise awareness on the advocacy of LGBT right and equality. I'm new to wikipedia, hope to learn from the seasoned users here.
Starlighttango (talk·contribs) Hello there! I'm a new editor here and I'd just like to pitch in however I can!
Stevenmg (talk·contribs) Interested in culture, history, politics, subculture, and literature. Keen interest in improving access to LGBT historical resources in the United States and beyond.
Taulapapa (talk·contribs) I am interested in fa'afafine and other indigenous queer issues, and with queer artists everywhere
Taurusthecat (talk·contribs) I am interested in ensuring content relating to gay material and issues in mainstream media is accurately represented, and on Wikipedia, that it is not deleted or maliciously modified to diminish it's importance.
TCMemoire (talk·contribs) Queer editor here. I'm interested in a bit of everything, especially asexuality, gender identity, and LGBTQ+ in anthropology and world LGBTQ+ cultures, since I'm an anthropologist-in-training! I'll also fight vandalism.
Tdempsey (talk·contribs) General LGBT activist in the South - returning after a long absence
Teammm (talk·contribs) - Maryland, USA - Paralegal Degree - Interest in law, LGBT civil rights.
Viciouslies (talk·contribs) Non-profit communications professional, formerly an employee of GLSEN and the ACLU's LGBT Project. Particularly interested in LGBT legal history articles.
VisaBlack (talk·contribs) Gay Writer. Interested in LGBT Hip-hop, Male Sexuality, LGBT Rights & Politics, & Homosexuality in Ancient Cultures. Just ask if you need help on an article, I have the spare time.
Wintertran (talk·contribs) -I'm a college student and i'm interested in gay right and same-sex marriage so ill try to learn and contribute best of me for LGBT community
WJBscribe (talk·contribs) - Most interested in the political and legal aspects of LGBT issues, especially human rights
Wuchrist (talk·contribs) - Interested in Homophobia within ethnic minority communities
Wxman87 (talk·contribs) Bisexual cisgender male looking to contribute to LGBTQ topics. Specifically to bring more visibility and inclusion of bisexuality.
Xsonxfanx (talk·contribs)-vandal fighter, and frequent contributor to LGTB TV and web series.
Xtgyal (talk·contribs) - Maryland, USA transgender college student working towards degree in Gender/Sexuality/LGBT Studies. Interested in history & anthropology of gender/sexuality and contemporary LGBTQIA activism.
YEloi (talk·contribs)- LGBTQQA( et. al.) activist with focus on Transgender topics.
Zefrog (talk·contribs) I have started several articles and expanded others (see profile for details). I also focus on categorisation of LGTB related articles.
Vexthesmol (talk·contribs) PlyAce - genderfluid. A fairly new editor. Interested in non-binary genders and more obscure sexualities especially on the Ace spectrum. Also interested in fictional LGBT characters
Gaurav Jhammat (talk·contribs) - Punjab, India. I have created several articles on sexual orientation and articles showing in LGBT sidebar on my local wiki (Punjabi Wikipedia).
DaltonHird (talk·contribs) Interested in queer-related topics both contemporary and historical.
Kmwebber (talk·contribs) I am interested in queer issues, historical events, and media. I may be contributing to topics on LGBT intimate partner violence.
Pollywilson516 (talk·contribs) I am a queer gender fluid woman excited to take the leap and help contribute to the beautiful world of Wikipedia, specifically with French and Canadian artists/actresses/women and all LGBT members.
brookeenglish (talk·contribs) I am a transfeminine person who is pansexual. I am currently pursuing a degree in Women and Gender Studies and am primarily interested in contributing to articles about transgender issues.
SmallerOnTheOutside (talk·contribs) - I'm nonbinary and very quite gay (+pansexual). Interested in queer theory, queer media (particularly cinema and lit), and of course, queer activism. Most interested in trans, NB and other gendery stuff.
kiteinthewind (talk·contribs) Supporting equality, interested in LGBT culture and history, and eager to improve LGBT-related article's quality on Wikipedia
Fandomania (talk·contribs) Very new to Wikipedia, but excited to contribute to anything pro-LGBT as I am biromantic. Very enthusiastic about representation in media and very strong advocate for equal rights. Happy to help!
Kbabej (talk·contribs) I identify as gay and like to work on biographies.
Alexey Karetnikov (talk·contribs) Scientist (PhD in molecular virology). Gay. Interested in mechanisms of formation of human sexual orientation, and in issues related to LGBT rights.
Nattes à chat (talk·contribs) I mainly do translation English to French and vice versa, but would also like to write on lesbians and drag kings, as well as LGBT history and rights in Switzerland, France and Africa.
Houssem Abida (talk·contribs) I am here to help mainly by translating any LGBT culture related articles especially biographies and political movements, in either english, french or arabic.
Mell0nite (talk·contribs) Interested in LGBT issues, mostly trans and nonbinary topics.