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Please note that descriptive language for queer identities evolves quickly and some of these descriptions may now be dated. Descriptions reflect the moment in which they were written and often reflect the terms that subjects used for themselves. Contact reference@glbthistory.org with any questions.

Banner photo: Two couples on Castro Street, ca. 1978; photograph by Crawford Barton, Crawford Barton Collection (1993-11), GLBT Historical Society.