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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

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

General resources

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

Historical Resources

LGBTQ+ rights

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 LGBTQ+ people

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

LGBTQ+ Sexuality & Psychology

American Psychological Association

Templates and suchlike

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: 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}}.