Glossary of LGBT Terms
http://www.uwo.ca/pridelib/family/glossary/
The LGBT community has been very resourceful in adapting traditional vocabularies and creating vivid new terms to express our distinctive experiences, outlooks, and interests. Consider the phrase “family pride.” It means “reverence for noble ancestors” when you’re talking straight; but when you’re talking queer, it can take on a host of new meanings — from “celebration of sexual diversity” to “defiance of heterosexism” to “delight in raising a new generation on our own terms” (e.g. “When the drag queens joined the lesbian moms in a rendition of We Are Fa-mi-ly during the Dyke March, a wave of family pride swept over the crowd”). In the glossary you will find a list of words and phrases relevant to LGBT family life, including academic terms, slang expressions, historical vocabulary, literary coinages, subcultural usages, political buzzwords, and common abbreviations.