10 Terms describing asexuality or aromanticityīecause of sodomy laws and threat of prosecution due to the criminalization of homosexuality, LGBT slang has served as an argot or cant, a secret language and a way for the LGBT community to communicate with each other publicly without revealing their sexual orientation to others.9 Terms describing cisgender or heterosexual people.8 Terms related to transgender and non-binary people.7 Terms describing transgender and non-binary people.6 Terms describing androgynous or intersex people.5 Terms describing bisexuals or pansexuals.
