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This is a collection of resources for researching and editing LGBTQ+ related content, including guidelines, research sources, and templates.

Policies, guidelines, and essays

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There are several Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and essays that are particularly relevant when writing about LGBT people and topics.

  • WP:LGBTQ+/Guidelines is an essay with advice on writing about LGBTQ+ topics generally, how to write about transgender and non-binary people, and when to use gay or homosexual as labels.
  • WP:BLP is a policy requiring a high degree of care and high-quality sources when writing about living people.
  • WP:EGRS is a guideline on how to apply categories that relate to ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, or disability.
  • MOS:GENDERID is a guideline on how to refer to a person whose gender might be questioned.
  • WP:GENDERIDENTITY is an essay answering frequently asked questions about MOS:GENDERID.
  • MOS:MULTIPLENAMES is a guideline on when to mention previous names.

Research

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General resources

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Historical Resources

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LGBTQ+ rights

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Lists of LGBTQ+ people

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Lists of potentially notable people who may not have articles on Wikipedia (will require further research to provide reliable sources, but a starting point):

LGBTQ+ Health

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LGBTQ+ Sexuality & Psychology

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American Psychological Association

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Templates and suchlike

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Please use these templates where applicable. Beware of using too many templates on the same article which can clutter the page.

Template(s) Use on Description
Part of a series on...
{{LGBTQ}} or
{{LGBTQ sidebar}}
Article pages of main LGBT topics. LGBTQ topics navbox (see here for usage notes).
{{Bisexuality topics}} or
{{Bisexuality topics sidebar}}
Article pages of main bisexuality topics. Bisexuality topics navbox
{{Intersex}} or
{{Intersex sidebar}}
Article pages of main intersex topics. Intersex topics navbox. Note: lists only a small subset of items in Category:Intersex and medicine accessible via a more link.
{{Infobox intersex rights‎}} Infobox for intersex rights in country pages. See example page Intersex rights in the United States.
{{Transgender footer}} or
{{Transgender sidebar}}
Article pages of main transgender/transsexuality topics Transgender topics navbox
{{LGBT rights}} Article pages of main LGBT rights issues LGBT rights series box

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.

{{Same-sex unions}} Article pages 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.
Infoboxes
{{Infobox LGBT rights}} LGBT rights in country/state articles Displays a map and summary of the country or state's LGBT rights (see template page for usage instructions)
Portals
{{Portal|LGBTQ}} Goes in "See also" section of relevant articles Links to: LGBTQ portal
{{Portal|Transgender}} Goes in "See also" section of relevant articles Links to: icon Transgender portal
Stub templates
{{LGBTQ-stub}} Article pages (below categories) Tells readers that this article is a stub and invites them to expand it. It also lists the article in the LGBTQ stubs category.
Project templates
{{WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies}} Article talk pages WikiProject LGBTQ+ banner, to be placed on all LGBTQ+ article talk pages (see here for usage notes)
  • class is optional - see the Assessment page for more information on classifying. Be bold, and assess!
  • If you don't want to assess, you can write {{WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies| class=}} Someone else will do the assessment later.
{{MOS-TW}}, {{MOS-TM}} Article talk pages 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.
{{User WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies}} Your user page 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.
{{LGBTQ+ Welcome}} User talk pages Welcome box for new participants' talk pages. Use in the form {{subst:LGBTQ+ Welcome}}.