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Welcome to WikiProject LGBT Studies! We're a group of editors who aim to improve the general quality and range of Wikipedia articles on LGBT and Queer studies topics.

We hope that this project page will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please add your name to the members' list! We welcome all those who wish to contribute to WP:LGBT, regardless of orientation.

If you are new to Wikipedia, or just feeling lost, please read this.

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Contents 1 Goals 2 Scope 2.1 What this Wikiproject is not 3 Related areas 4 Departments 4.1 Assessment 4.2 Collaboration 4.3 Community 4.4 Jumpaclass 4.5 Peer Review 4.6 Translation 4.7 Miscellaneous 4.7.1 Essential biographies 4.7.2 Watchlist 4.8 Proposed tasks 4.9 Proposed taskforces 5 Guidelines 6 Templates and suchlike 7 Categories 8 Lists 9 Articles 9.1 New articles related to LGBT 9.2 Articles recently tagged as related to LGBT 9.3 Current FACs 9.4 LGBT Articles listed as Good Articles 9.5 LGBT Featured Articles 10 Barnstar 11 Members

[edit] Goals

1. To create a thriving WikiProject that rivals WP:MILHIST in its activity, efficiency, and success.
2. To bring every LGBT related article up to FA status.
3. To maintain or improve articles that come under our jurisdiction.

[edit] Scope

The scope of the projects is to:

1. Identify and categorize existing LGBT and Queer studies articles on Wikipedia
2. Develop standards for what is required for LGBT and Queer studies articles to qualify as excellent
3. Improve the quality of existing LGBT and Queer studies articles
4. Ensure LGBT and Queer studies articles are in line with Wikipedia's minimum standards and policies, including but not limited to: WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:NPOV
5. Identify and develop standardized tables, tags and categorization schemes for LGBT and Queer studies articles
6. Identify and create LGBT and Queer studies articles that are not yet included in Wikipedia
7. Identify potential material that may be also be transwikied — (i.e. collect information for possible high-quality LGBT/Queer studies textbooks for Wikibooks).

[edit] What this Wikiproject is not

1. This project does not extend beyond the cultural, political and historical manifestation of same-sex, bisexual, or transgender identities, attractions, and relationships, and related societal reactions.
2. This project does not extol any point of view, political or otherwise, other than that of a neutral documentarian.
3. This project does not limit itself to European/North American issues.

[edit] Related areas

Members of WikiProject LGBT Studies maintain Portal:LGBT — the maintenance rota could do with some volunteers right now so pitch in if you can.

There is a LGBT notice board, which is meant for alerting users to AfDs, RfCs, disputes and suchlike. Functions, however, are slowly being moved away from it to other processes.

WikiProject LGBT Studies shares a deletion sorting page with other related WikiProjects, which lists all relevant XfDs within our scope.

[edit] Departments

The WikiProject runs several departments to aid us in our goals. Anyone is welcome to help out with any of them.

LGBT studies WikiProject open tasks watch · edit · discuss
Announcements
A project-wide drive has begun, to cross-reference our LGBT lists with all the people categorised as LGBT on Wikipedia, using reliable sources. Please help us, by checking articles listed here, finding sources for them and adding them to the relevant list. Every active member committing to checking just one article a day would wipe out this backlog in days. Please help the WikiProject by contributing. Please update the deletion sorting list when you come across LGBT XfDs.
Featured article candidacy/review  Peer review List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people; Gateways club; Miriam Rivera	Deletion Discussions  Category:Circuit Parties; Category:Gay porn stars; Image:Andrew Van De Kamp; List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/No longer identified (again)
Articles needing attention
Here are some articles you can edit: Articles to Clean Up: Sodomy laws in the United States, Village People Articles Needing Expert Attention: Shiroi Heya no Futari Articles Needing Wikification: K.d. lang Articles With NPOV Issues: Atisone Seiuli, Circles (comic book) Articles Needing Verification: Down-low, Michael Jeter, Civil unions in Croatia, Gay-for-pay, A Village Affair, List of gay villages, Drag Ball, List of LGBT Jews, Nat Ginzburg, Our Lady of the Assassins (novel), Lou Cass, Brandon Teena, It's All Relative, Tranny chaser, Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heyetsbury, Boy George Articles Needing Expanding: Jarosław Kaczyński, Max Valiquette, Bisexuality Articles Needing Translation This is a randomly generated subset of our full to-do list
Collaboration
The current LGBT WikiProject Collaboration of the Month is Transgender! Please read the nomination text and help improve the article to featured article standard if you can. Requested articles 1920 berlin - Amanda Milan - BiCEP - BiPAC - BiPol - Brad and Guiermo - Coalition for Unity and Inclusion - Cymbrogi - Environment and sexuality - FreeZ - Galimony - Gigi Raven Wilbur - Heinz Heger - Hetero Holdouts - History of Religious Persecution of GLBT people - intercurial intercourse - Jade Hines - Jason Gage - Kate Bornstein's Gender Aptitude Test - Kinsey Sicks - Lavendar Scare - Mogenic - Pink Prom - Post-Gay Movement - Relationship Terminology - Thai Gay History - Transgender activism - Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge - Underdressing - Zeb Atlas See also Wikipedia:Requested articles/Social Sciences and Philosophy#Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender

[edit] Assessment

One of the main tasks of the LGBT WikiProject is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's LGBT articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to help in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work. They also play a role in the WP:1.0 program, which the WikiProject uses to help automate some of the assessing process.

It is easiest if you simply tag and assess articles as you come across or edit them, though you can go through if you wish. To find out more, see Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Assessment.

[edit] Collaboration

The LGBT WikiProject runs a monthly Collaboration, to try to harness the editing skills of the entire Project to bring one article up to Featured Article standard a month. Typically, an article that is one of our core subjects is chosen. The COTM article is also peer reviewed shortly before becoming the Collaboration article, in order to help editors pinpoint what most needs changing. See Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Collaboration for more information.

	The current LGBT WikiProject Collaboration of the Month is Transgender!
	Please read the nomination text and help improve the article to featured article standard if you can.

[edit] Community

The Community Department of the LGBT WikiProject is a centralised place to develop ways of fostering a sense of community and belonging in all our members, and to recruit more people into our community. Editors who are happy and have support when they need it are more likely to work harder at improving articles than if they feel no-one cares.

To achieve this, we currently have:

• A successful recuiting programme to headhunt helpful contributors to the Wikipedia.
• A welcome template to inform new members of aspects of the WikiProject and where they can go for help.
• A newsletter to keep members up to date with all the latest news from the WikiProject
• A quilt in which every member has their own patch to place whatever they want.

Any other ideas are welcome! Please propose them on the main talkpage.

[edit] Jumpaclass

Jumpaclass is a fun semi-competition that the LGBT WikiProject runs to improve the quality of lower-quality articles. There are many processes for higher quality articles, such as Peer review and FAC, but many stubs and start rated articles languish unedited for lack of interest. Jumpaclass is a unique attempt to correct that.

To enter, find an article you would like to improve from the list of assessed LGBT articles: you can choose Stub, Start, or B class articles. You then have seven days to improve the article. If within a week, you "jump" an article one or more assessment classes, you win points that are noted on a leadership board. Check Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Jumpaclass for all the details. Challenge a friend to go "head to head" with you and see who can jump their article the furthest!

[edit] Peer Review

The LGBT WikiProject peer review articles on request. This is to encourage better articles by having contributors who may not have worked on articles to examine them and provide ideas for further improvement. The process is highly flexible and can deal with articles of any quality though requesting reviews on very short articles may not be productive as there is little for readers to comment on. This process is not an academic peer review by a group of experts in a particular subject, and articles that undergo this process should not be assumed to have greater authority than any other.

To learn more about our peer review system, see Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Peer review.

[edit] Translation

If you have another language besides English, please consider adding your name to our List of Translators. Translation is a very new process, so we're still tweaking its purpose and objectives. Feel free to join in the discussion!

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Essential biographies

Some of the core biographies identified by WP:1.0 are of LGBT personalities — if we could improve them it would improve both our profile and Wikipedia's. Other biographies form an essential part of LGBT history. Improving them to Featured status will also improve the status of our project.

1. Andy Warhol
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Leonardo Da Vinci
4. Lord Byron
5. Walt Whitman
6. Marcel Proust
7. Alexander the Great
8. Socrates
9. Francis Bacon
10. Virginia Woolf
11. Gertrude Stein
12. James Dean

[edit] Watchlist

The LGBT WikiProject maintains two watchlists: one for controversial LGBT articles, one for all articles tagged as within our scope.

The main Watchlist is here. Anyone who comes across contentious or highly vandalised article is welcome to add to it. This userbox links to the recent changes to articles on that page.

This user keeps track of the LGBT Watchlist

The Watchall list may be found here. It lists every article tagged by us, and may also be helpful if a normal alphabetical list is needed. It is updated automatically by bot, so manual changes are not required. There is also a userbox for the Watchall list:

This user tries to monitor the LGBT Watchall list.

[edit] Proposed tasks

• Photography - I saw this on WikiProject Australia. Potentially, having pictures of famous LGBT places and or events could be quite helpful. Do we have anyone here involved with the photography side of Wikipedia to give us some input as to how this works? Or anyone who would be interested in taking this further?

• DavidShankbone

• An IRC channel for real-time discussion, similar to WikiProject Tropical Cyclones.

[edit] Proposed taskforces

• A taskforce dealing with LGBT publications has been proposed. Please place your name below if you are interested in getting involved:

1. jtowns (talk • contribs)

[edit] Guidelines

1. Sexuality and Sexual identity are not interchangeable.
2. The Wikipedia Manual of Style's guidelines on identity indicate to refer to transgendered individuals according to the names and pronouns they use to identify themselves. MOS#Identity

More currently under discussion

[edit] 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	Use on	Description
{{LGBT-footer}}	Article pages	LGBT series footer (see here for usage notes) Should normally be used at bottom of pages instead of {{LGBT}} to avoid cluttering articles with infoboxes.
{{LGBT}}	Article pages	LGBT and Queer studies series infobox
{{Bi}}	Article pages	Bisexuality series infobox
{{Transgender}}	Article pages	Transgender series infobox (goes on right side of article)
{{Transgender footer}}	Article pages	Transgender series footer infobox (goes at bottom of article)
{{LGBT-stub}}	Article pages	This article about lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender issues is a stub.
{{Gay rights}}	Article pages	LGBT rights infobox
{{SSM}}	Article pages	Same-sex marriage infobox
{{Civil union}}	Article pages	Same-sex civil unions infobox
{{LGBTProject}}	Article talk pages	LGBT WikiProject 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 {{LGBTProject | class=}} Someone else will do the assessment later.
{{LGBT Current collaboration}}	User pages	Current Collaboration of the Month
{{User LGBT Project}}	User pages	User box to show that you're a project member
{{LGBT Welcome}}	User talk pages	Welcome box for new participants' talk pages. Use in the form {{subst:LGBT Welcome}}.
{{LGBT Navigation}}	WikiProject pages	LGBT WikiProject Navigation box
{{User LGBT}}	User pages	LGBT Community member box

Other templates are here: Wikipedia:Template_messages

[edit] Categories

[edit] Lists

• List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
• List of bisexual people
• List of transgender people
• List of the first LGBT holders of political offices

[edit] Articles

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Notice board

[edit] New articles related to LGBT

Please feel free to list your new LGBT-related articles here (newer articles at the bottom, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

1. Affinity (novel), book by lesbian author Sarah Waters and featuring same-sex romance. - Emiellaiendiay 03:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
2. Lesbian fiction - I started this requested article, but it's currently in a state of utter crap — please do help. -- Emiellaiendiay 02:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
3. Access to Amenities - Started as it was a broken link on the transgender infobox - please help :) Lwollert 00:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
4. Colour Blossoms - only a stub at the moment, but I'll be doing some more work on this article during the next week or so. PC78 14:45, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
5. Homosexual readings of Jesus and John‎ (20 February DYK Main Page feature) - Help! Haiduc 04:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Mark Barnes - founded first AIDS law clinic in the country; health commissioner who tried to close the bathhouses down during early era of the AIDS epidemic; descendant of Daniel Boone, too. --DavidShankBone 02:21, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
7. San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus - world's first openly-gay men's chorus. There are many other choruses with significant histories but currently there are only a few articles on the subject. MusicMen MusicMen 18:16, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
8. Same-sex marriage in Italy (26 February DYK Main Page feature) Help! Raystorm 20:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
9. James Mossman, BBC journalist subject of a new play at the Royal National Theatre --Zefrog 23:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
10. George Cecil Ives, poet, writer, penal reformer and early gay rights campaigner --Zefrog 01:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC) Appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 28 February 2007.
11. John Glines - good article, needs referencing and a little work. Please help if you can. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 13:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
12. Classification of transsexuals (2 March DYK Main Page feature) started as the Alternative Terminology section of Transsexualism introduced some terms involved, past and present Lwollert 10:24, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
13. Steve Stanton (8 March DYK Main Page feature) is the Largo, Florida city manager who is in the process of being fired following disclosure last week that he is pursuing gender reassignment. He will become Susan Stanton. I'm monitoring, & will change article name & pronouns when his name change occurs. -- Yksin 22:56, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
14. Prescott Townsend, early gay rights activist. PC78 16:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
15. Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus, first chorus of its kind in the southern hemisphere. MusicMen 02:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
16. Michael Dillon (physician), first transman to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Just a stub so far. A new biography was just published, so people will be looking for this. —Celithemis 07:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
17. Brent Hartinger. Gay teen novel author. -FisherQueen (Talk) 00:38, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles recently tagged as related to LGBT

Please feel free to list articles recently tagged as part of the WP:LGBT studies family (newer articles at the bottom, please). Only add an article to this list after you have tagged the article's talk page with the {{LGBTProject}} template.

1. Bisexual pornographic movie — coelacan — 02:29, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Eric Alva gay Marine, first U.S. service member injured in the current Iraq war. — coelacan — 02:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Cartman Sucks (South Park episode) - Koweja 05:56, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
4. Daniel Scott fresh off the Special:Newpages pile. — coelacan — 08:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
5. Billy Name Groundbreaking photographer, Warhol collaborator, official "Factory Fotographer", and gay.
6. Ralph Pomeroy (poet) — coelacan — 02:34, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
7. Shequida - drag queen, actor, opera singer - recently created article
8. Non-human animal sexual behavior - Aleta 03:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
9. Turtle Creek Chorale - this article has been there for a while, but I just tagged it. MusicMen 15:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
10. James Buchanan - Quite possibly America's first homosexual president. Jeffpw 20:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
11. Abraham Lincoln -America was obviously going through a Queer Renaissance at that time. Jeffpw 20:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC).
12. Unification Church views of sexuality — coelacan — 17:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
13. Eastern Orthodox view of sin - Aleta 19:07, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
14. Homosexuality and Presbyterianism — coelacan — 19:56, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
15. Tales of the City (miniseries)--emerson7 | Talk 05:06, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
16. Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Aleta 06:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
17. Don Dunstan - An Australian state premier who pioneered gay rights legislation in Australia. There has been recent vandalism to remove all gay references from the article with comments such as "take your activism elsewhere". 150.203.2.85 02:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
18. Anthony Callea - Australian singer. Came out in today's media with a well staged blaze of publicity. 150.203.2.85 03:46, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Current FACs

[edit] LGBT Articles listed as Good Articles

• Romaine Brooks - promoted January 11, 2007.
• Civil unions in the Republic of Ireland - promoted October 26, 2006
• Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other - promoted August 18, 2006
• GayFest — promoted September 19, 2006
• Gay bathhouse - status restored January 24, 2006
• Homosexuality — promoted August 6, 2006
• Institut für Sexualwissenschaft - promoted August 29, 2006
• Lesbian American history - promoted December 9, 2006
• Oscar Wilde - promoted January 17, 2006
• Same-sex marriage in Canada - promoted April 18, 2006

[edit] LGBT Featured Articles

• Homer's Phobia - promoted March 26, 2007. Primary author and nominator: Gran2
• Trembling Before G-d - promoted March 15, 2007. Primary author and nominator: Dev920
• Same-sex marriage in Spain - promoted January 31, 2007. Primary author and nominator: Raystorm.
• The Well of Loneliness - promoted January 31, 2007. Primary author and nominator: Celithemis.
• Latter Days - promoted December 31, 2006. Primary author and nominator: Dev920
• James Robert Baker — promoted November 22, 2006. Primary author and nominator: Jeffpw.
• Jenna Jameson - promoted February 17, 2007. Primary author and nominator: AnonEMouse
• Natalie Clifford Barney - promoted October 23, 2006. Primary author and nominator: Celithemis.

[edit] Barnstar

There is an LGBT Barnstar for anyone who has made significant contributions to LGBT articles:

Image	What to type	Category	Description
	{{subst:The LGBT Barnstar|message ~~~~}}	Category:LGBT. See Sexuality	The LGBT Barnstar is awarded to editors who make significant contributions to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender articles that expand Wikipedia’s knowledge about homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality, typical behaviour, notable LGBT people, events and movements, sociological issues, and population statistics.

An LGBT ribbon may be found here.

[edit] Members

There is now a userbox available for members of this project:

Please feel free to put this on your userpage by adding {{User LGBT Project}}.

It is automatically assumed that you want the newsletter delivered to your talkpage. If you would prefer the direct link, or not to receive it at all, do let Dev920 know.

Please sign up on the member list if you want to get involved in the project.

Current Members