Project:About
lgbtDB is a structured database of LGBTQIA+ information. All information which is from another source as an excerpt must be cited, but can be taken down upon request. Any information about living individuals will also be removed by request. Unless otherwise licensed by other vocabularies or resources, lgbtDB is bound by the CC0 license.
Why create such a database? Well, why not? A 2024 study found that 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later. LGBTQIA+-related resources, in my personal experience, are also disappearing at an alarming rate. Many websites I used consistently even a few years ago are completely gone, lucky to still have vestiges available on the Internet Archive, which is also constantly at risk. In addition to the content availability here, it is hoped to produce individual "releases" of lgbtDB on GitHub. While this is still a work in progress, it should help keep things available even if this site were to go down, and releasing in multiple formats should help with accessibility as the digital landscape continues to change. Who knows? There may even be a physical release at some stage.
But why LGBTQIA+ data? All around the world, access to information about LGBTQIA+ communities is difficult to access, if it is available at all, and even accessible information is under attack. Many languages lack any vocabulary to describe being LGBTQIA+ in a non-discriminatory manner, impeding any kind of discussion of LGBTQIA+ rights. There is also a constant barrage of misinformation and disinformation about LGBTQIA+ people that has emerged on the internet, severely impacting LGBTQIA+ people and communities. It is therefore important not only to provide information, but to provide reliable and well-sourced information.
Getting Started
Getting Involved
Software
lgbtDB is a Wikibase instance run using the MediaWiki platform, including MediaWiki markup. For more information on MediaWiki markup for editing purposes, please see Help:Formatting or Cheatsheet. For more information regarding Wikibase formatting, see Wikidata:Introduction or Wikidata: Tours.
Logo and Favicon
The logo and favicon for lgbtDB were created and designed by Kiri Anne Ryan Bereznai (design.kiristewart.com) on 21 June 2022. The image files are covered under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Please contact Kiri when re-using the logo or favicon, or for any other artistic endeavors you might have.
Items
Lexemes
Properties
Queries
Queries can be performed on data within LGBTdb using the Query service located in the list of options on the menu on the left. These queries utilize SPARQL query language. SPARQL is a recursive acronym, standing for "SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language". It expands upon relational query languages like SQL to allow for querying of RDF triplestores containing semantic triples. Semantic triples are entities codified in the form of subject–predicate–object expressions.