From now on, I'm using the term & initialism "SexGender, (&/or) Sexuality Variant" (SGSV) instead of things like LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender People) or any of it's expanded variations, GSA (Gender-Sexuality Alliance), MOGAI (Marginalized Orientations, Genders, and Identities), and so on.
LGBT (even with the + or different additional letters) is too limited (even if you view them as umbrella terms), GSA is exclusionary or forgetful of sex variant/expansive people, and MOGAI centers marginalization, effectively focusing on the victimization(s) of those orientations, genders, and identities, while again, also forgetting sex variant/expansive people (though I guess you could claim they're under the "identity" label?) and includes things which I find…. hmm… problematic, to say the least. No hate to anyone who prefers these labels, I just have issues with them, so I'm coinin' my own.
SexGender (&/or) Sexuality Variant covers everyone who isn't perisex/dyadic/endosex(ed), cissexual/gendered, heterosexual/romantic, etc., as well as those who don't conform to kyriarichal norms (monogamous, reproductive, gender conforming, etc.), who are/will be negatively impacted by the enforcing of kyriarchy (Eurocolonial, allonormative, amatonormative, mononormative, repronormative, pericisheteronormative, sex-negative, binarist, gender/bio essentialist/centrist, etc. etc.) (Technically, it also includes perisex/endosex/dyadic, cis, hetero, etc. people because it's inclusive of all variations, but the primary focus is on those who are primarily impacted by the enforcing of kyriarchy.)
SGSV doesn't center victimization or marginalization, nor does it present these things as being exceptions or "others" to the "normal" Eurocolonial allo/amato/mono/repro/peri/cis/hetero/patriarichal (kyriarchal) POV; it presents them as being natural, normal, and harmless variants of human sexgender, and sexuality and expression of these things.
SGSV doesn't list off specific identities, lumping the others under a + or adding a fuckton of letters; it doesn't cause discourse over what order said letters should be in, which should be included/excluded, etc.; it's broad, inclusive, and far-reaching, with little else needed to be added or changed, as it includes anyone and everyone who is variant (or diverse/expansive/whatever) with their sexgender &/or sexuality/romance/relationships.
It's also slightly less US centric and can be translated based on the appropriate words (if any) for sex/gender and sexuality within a given language.
It's also not a slur that SGSV people might have trauma with, nor does it have origins in respectability politics, like a certain slur that white US city folk tend to favor. coughs
Intersex, transsexual, bi/multi/xenogenital, altersex, nullosex, AGABpunks & other varsex people; as well as transgender, nonbinary, abinary/atrinary, agender/genderless, multi-gendered, antibinary/third-gender, xenic, genderfluid people, & etc. (including microlabels or more specific terms) are represented due to being sexgender variant; it also covers drag artists, crossdressers, gender non-conforming people (tomboys, femboys, butches, etc.), cis+, and anyone who has a sexgender &/or sexgender expression/presentation outside of what Eurocolonial kyriarchy dictates appropriate. (It can also arguably represent disabled and/or bi+poc and/or children due to how kyriarchy views and degenders their bodies sometimes; if there are any labels for these phenom please let me know.)
Same sexgender attracted (homosexual, lesbian, gay, bi, sapphic, achillean, enbian, diamoric, detacian, French, "with enough beers I could be", "only for Hozier", etc.), arospec, &/or acespec people are represented due to being sexuality variant; it also covers fetishists/kinksters/paraphiles (objectum, ficto, etc.), sex workers, whores and sluts, polyamorous &/or ambiamorous people, non partnering &/or single people (voluntarily or otherwise), sologamists/soloamorists &/or self partnered people, child free people, interracial relationships, interfaith relationships, interability/interable relationships, amatopunks, and anyone who has a sexual/romantic/relationship outside of what kyriarchy dictates appropriate. (monogamous, m/f, both of the same race and religion, reproductive, vanilla, etc.)
All three of these (SGS) letters cover anyone who may be questioning their sexgender, and/or sexuality. By the mere act of questioning, you're variant, because the norm of kyriarchy is to never question, to fit into the box you're told to be and act/be the way you're told to.
I prefer "variant" to "diverse" or "expansive" because the latter words make it seem like kyriarchy is de facto "normal" or "real", instead of just another type of existence. Cishet is a variation of human gender/sexuality; it's not "the norm" outside of kryiarchal ideology and I refuse to treat it as if it is.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE I'm the first to have coined this. Feel free to use and/or give your thoughts on. I'm trying to make it as intersectional as possible, but. Hm. It is not perfect; this much I know. But I like it better than LGBT, GSA, MOGAI, etc. etc. because it's open ended, inclusive, and pisses off the most people :) Obviously you can use whichever term you personally prefer, I'm just throwing mine in the ring so to speak.
Disclaimer that I'm a neurodiverse varsex apothibinary trans bisexual (I'm one of those annoying people who has a shitload of labels to describe their experiences) and that I have trauma (among other issues) relating to the q slur/word, which is why I'm trying to find a label that will work for discussions of sexgender &/or sexuality variance and issues relating to said things that's more inclusive towards all affected by these issues while also not being triggering to those of us with trauma relating to different gender/sexuality based slurs. It's not perfect, but I like it. Please make any and all death/rape threats easy to read and remember to attack my identities, neurovariance, and other attributes when you send them.
(I coined this before I learned nonor was a thing so like shhh don't look over there shhh it's fiiiiiiiiine)
This is a human experience and it would be wrong (not to mention amoral, bigoted, and against my personal code) of me to gatekeep language and terminology (hermenutical/epistemic injustice), especially that which revolves around sexgender and experiences of sexgender variant people.
Even if we disagree, slightly or absolutely, on some or all things, I still want you to have language that describes your experiences. You don't need to recoin it, it's here for all to use. I block freely, but even if you're blocked by me (or vice versa), you can still use this term.
Feel free to spread the word &/or post it on other sites/archives/etc., though credit to Leighton S. (and/or my tumblr username: ugh-leigh-nb) (they/xe) for its origin would be greatly appreciated. It was originally coined in April/May/June ish of 2025.
I hope I'm making sense here lmao
I'll block people who are expressly bigoted on this post, or who attempt to start discourse/drama/arguments on it.
Tagging @radiomogai because that's whatcha do; it's tra👏di👏tion!!! You make a label, you tag the GOAT. 🐐
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