LGBTQ person

Classifiers Filled

Family

Thing Registry

Category

Society, people and institutions

Entry kind

thing

Plane

SOC

Domain

SOC.PER

Other names and narrower kinds

agender person, queer person, trisexual, LGBTQ woman, heteromantic person, homoromantic person, demiromantic person, LGBTQ+ politician, greyromantic person, megasexual person, two-spirit person, LGBTQ+ refugee

What it is Filled

A person who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or with another sexual orientation or gender identity outside heterosexual and cisgender norms, an umbrella term with variants such as LGBT, LGBTQ+ and LGBTQIA+; registry aliases name related identities including agender person, queer person and LGBTQ woman, and romantic orientation terms such as homoromantic and heteromantic, used especially by asexual people to describe romantic attraction, noting that heteromantic people are not necessarily LGBTQ unless they also hold another identity, while trisexual is a joke neologism rather than an established identity and appears loosely filed. LGBTQ people face discrimination and violence in many places, legal rights vary widely by country and are tracked by organisations such as ILGA World, and people facing violence or crisis can contact support services. The model uses respectful, non-stereotyping language.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain the term LGBTQ person respectfully, relay terminology, history, legal context and health and social research from human rights, health and sociological sources with contested positions attributed, describe the named identities and flag the loosely filed alias, route people facing violence or crisis to support, and distinguish sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics, without stereotypes.

Distinguishing features Filled

• Umbrella identity term
• Evolving acronyms
• Legal status varies
• Community and rights movements

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

• Infer, guess or disclose a person's sexual orientation or gender identity without consent.
• Use slurs, stereotypes or demeaning language about LGBTQ people.
• Support or promote conversion practices.
• Help identify or locate LGBTQ people where they face persecution.

Only with a human decision

• Recording or sharing a person's orientation or gender identity in any system.

May

• Refer to LGBTQ people using the terms they use for themselves.
• Point people to supportive health, legal and community services on request.
• Explain terms accurately and without judgement.

Moral aspects Filled

• LGBTQ people face violence, discrimination and in some places prosecution.
• Being outed can cost people their safety, family, job or liberty.

Who is affected

• LGBTQ people
• Their families
• LGBTQ young people

Owners Filled

Steward

Each person answers for their own identity; nobody else owns it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

• Q795052 - registry parent class
• Q830077 - registry parent class

related

• individual - in registry terms
• sexual orientation
• gender identity
• cisgender heterosexual person

Sources Filled

1. Wikidata item Q116920433: LGBTQ person - identity and sense of the item
2. Wikipedia: LGBTQ person - general description of the item

Open questions

• The registry alias trisexual should be removed or flagged as a joke term
• Should romantic orientation terms be separate entries?
• How should ILGA World data be linked and kept current?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q116920433/spec.json