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Sexual minority activists


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    • Activists, LGBT
    • Activists, LGBTQ+
    • Activists, LGBTQI
    • Activists, LGBTQIA
    • Activists, Queer
    • Activists, Sexual minority
    • LGBT activists
    • LGBT rights activists
    • LGBTQ+ activists
    • LGBTQ rights activists
    • LGBTQI activists
    • LGBTQIA activists
    • LGBTQIA rights activists
    • Queer activists
    • Rights activists, LGBT
    • Rights activists, LGBTQ
    • Rights activists, LGBTQIA
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    • found: Work cat.: Ghoshal, Neela. Audacity in adversity, 2018:p. 2 (LGBT activists from the Middle East and North Africa) p. 4 (based primarily on Human Rights Watch interviews with 34 activists working on the rights of LGBT people; Human rights activism is often part of a transnational movement, and this transnational dynamic is reflected in the work of LGBT activists; people doing LGBT rights work) p. 27 (Lebanese LGBT rights activists) (OCoLC)1031375723
    • found: Homosaurus, Jan. 6, 2023(LGBTQ+ activists. UF Activists (LGBTQ); Political activists (LGBTQ). SN LGBTQ+ people who organize or campaign for social, cultural, political, or economic goals and change. BT LGBTQ+ people. RT LGBTQ+ activism. NT AIDS activists; Bisexual political activists; Gay political activists; Lesbian political activists; Queer political activists; Transgender political activists)
    • found: GSSO - the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation ontology, Jan. 6, 2023(LGBTQ rights activist. Subclass of: minority rights activist. Alternate name: LGBTQ rights activists. Has broad synonym: LGBTQIA rights activist. Has narrow synonym: LGBT rights activist. Has related synonym: queer political activist; LGBTQ political activist; LGBTQ activist)
    • found: Sjöde, Linn. Right to be and act queer?, 2019, viewed online Jan. 6, 2023:t.p. (how Indian LGBTQI activists framed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in order to challenge it) (OCoLC)1234806426
    • found: Andersson, Simon. Fear and loathing in the Iron Closet, 2019, viewed online Jan. 6, 2023:t.p. (The right to freedom of assembly for LGBT rights activists in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova) (OCoLC)1096330958
    • found: Bodies and barriers : queer activists on health, 2020.(OCoLC)1111942785
    • found: Google search, Jan. 6, 2023(384,000 results for "LGBT activists"; 161,000 results for "LGBTQ activists"; 61,000 results for "LGBTQ+ activists"; 28,400 results for "LGBTQI activists"; 3,760 results for "LGBTQIA activists"; 167,000 results for "queer activists"; 2,910 results for "sexual minority activists")
  • History Notes

    • [Established May 2023.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2023-01-06: new
    • 2023-05-02: revised
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