AAA: American Anthropological Association
AICH: American Indian Community House
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIGL: American Indian Gays and Lesbians
AIM: American Indian Movement
APA: American Psychiatric Association
AQA: Association for Queer Anthropology
ARGOH: Anthropological Research Group on Homosexuality:
BDSM: Bondage and Discipline, Sadism and Masochism
BLW: Black Leather Wings
LGBTQ+: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer
GLF: Gay Liberation Front
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IAC: International AIDS Conference
IHS: Indian Health Service
MACT: Men of All Colors Together
MSM: Men Who have Sex with Men
MMIWG: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
NAISA: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
NASTAD: National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDs Directors
NE2SS: North-East Two-Spirit Society
NGLTF: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
NGO: Nongovernmental Organization
NGTF: National Gay Task Force
NNAAPC: National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
OCAP: Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession
SOLGA: Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists
WLW: Women Loving Women
YMCA: Young Men's Christian Association
Abbreviations through Professor Scott Morgensen's Space Between US ISBN 9780816656332