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Asexuals and demisexuals aren't inherently LGBT, thus they do not belong in this template. Tdmurlock (talk) 20:04, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I respectfully disagree. Asexual and demisexual people are subject to related discrimination and misunderstanding as sexual minorities and thus belong under the LGBTQ umbrella. Thisisnotatest (talk) 20:45, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Asexuality and its forms are considered LGBT inherently. DarknessGoth777 (talk) 05:31, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a note 11 but not a note 12. Romania is marked with note 12 and no country is marked with note 11. Is Romania actually note 11? Thisisnotatest (talk) 20:49, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Add African-American LGBT community to culture section. 2600:6C50:7EF0:71E0:511F:3D4E:C2A1:F2C7 (talk) 06:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

•  Not done: - this template is for a general overview on LGBT topics. There is a whole separate category of Category:LGBT by location and Category:LGBT culture by location which otherwise would also have to be added, which would make this template even bigger than it already is.

However, I’m adding it to the more appropriate more precise template target being Template: LGBT in the United States

Hi Raladic. I understand the concern about not overwhelming the sidebar, however, this a closed drop-down section, so the sidebar will stay limited in size unless [show] is clicked on. I also could've added a lot more pages, such as ones including years, but limited my additions and removed those I added which included this to trying and stop the sidebar becoming overwhelmed. What would you class as "high level related pages"? And can we come to some sort of a compromise on including some of these? Maybe we could open a new section or sections for some of them? Or maybe create a new sidebar for LGBT related media? It would be good to hear your thoughts. All the best. Helper201 (talk) 02:59, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The way the LGBTQ sidebar is used is almost always in a partial expanded way, as it has a section expand, which is used on most pages.

That's why the overlinking is not going to be useful for the LGBTQ sidebar as this is basically the main sidebar to get to top-level articles and then people typically navigate on from there to sub-articles, via more specific sub sidebars, or more commonly bottom navboxes, that's more or less how the navigation is structured for the hundreds of LGBTQ topic articles.

For LGBTQ media, we have the Template:LGBTQ fiction and of course all sorts of other navigational aids related to LGBTQ articles under the Category:LGBTQ templates. As for the Slang term pages, we already have Template:LGBTQ_slang_terms.

If you wanted to create sidebars as companions for those two media bottom navboxes for inclusion on those pages, that of course could be something you could do. Raladic (talk) 03:12, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]