GSRM stands for Gender, Sex, and Romantic Minority.
It is a synonym of
LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTI, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and so on. It is used by people who want to be inclusive to all kinds of
LGBT people, but
don’t want to tack on a letter for each marginalized group.
GSRM is made up of three categories, and each GSRM person
may be one, many, or all of them.
G for Gender minority: Transgender or nonbinary people
S for Sexual minority: Intersex people or those whose body otherwise does not fit as a cis male or cis female
R for Romantic minority: Sexual orientations such as gay,
lesbian,
bisexual, and pansexual, as well as other divergences related to form or experiences of love or attraction, such as polyamory, asexuality, or aromanticity.
(Note that this does not include fetishes, or sexual depravity such as pedophilia.)
Inclusive language isn’t “PC culture gone
mad”; it’s just having
basic decency and compassion for BIPOC, GSRM, or other
people in general.
