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

Policies, guidelines, and essays[edit]

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

WP:LGBT/Guidelines is an essay with advice on writing about LGBT 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[edit]

General resources[edit]

GLBTQ.com Archive
Queer Resources Directory
Publications by UK LGBT rights group Stonewall
Links and Resources from BiNet USA
Gender Spectrum

Historical Resources[edit]

LGBT rights[edit]

ACLU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Project
Equaldex – tables of rights for every country and many states, provinces, and regions; opinion polls
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Lambda Legal
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Transgender Equality

Lists of LGBT people[edit]

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

LGBT Health[edit]

LGBT Sexuality & Psychology[edit]

American Psychological Association[edit]

Templates and suchlike[edit]

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...
{{LGBT}} or {{LGBT sidebar}}	Article pages of main LGBT topics.	LGBT 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\|LGBT}}	Goes in "See also" section of relevant articles	Links to: LGBT portal
{{Portal\|Transgender}}	Goes in "See also" section of relevant articles	Links to: Transgender portal
Stub templates
{{LGBT-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 LGBT stubs category.
Project templates
{{WikiProject LGBT studies}}	Article talk pages	WikiProject LGBT banner, to be placed on all LGBT 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 LGBT 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 LGBT 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.
{{LGBT Welcome}}	User talk pages	Welcome box for new participants' talk pages. Use in the form {{subst:LGBT Welcome}}.