About r/lgbt
In its own words:
A safe space for GSRM (Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minority) folk to discuss their lives, issues, interests, and passions. LGBT is still a popular term used to discuss gender and sexual minorities, but all GSRM are welcome beyond lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people who consent to participate in a safe space.
Community guide
r/lgbt (#811, about 1.3 million subscribers) is oriented around: A safe space for GSRM (Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minority) folk to discuss their lives, issues, interests, and passions. LGBT is still a popular term used to discuss gender and sexual minorities, but all GSRM are… Recent activity samples show 145 posts/day in recent samples (~60% text, ~17% image, ~14% link). Public rules we collected include: Be respectful; Must have willingness to learn; no 'you're too sensitive'; No bait-and-switch posts; No advertisements, spam, or crowdfunders.; No Survey and Research requests.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Need Advice :snoo_thoughtful:, Selfie :snoo:, :flag-united-states: US Specific, :usrrainbowupvote: Coming Out!. Volume is high—clear titles help.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 14, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,440 subscribers (+0.11%). It sits just behind r/HydroHomies (#810) and ahead of r/modernwarfare (#812) in our ranking.
What sets r/lgbt apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 111.0 new posts a day per million members, more than 97% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.73% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 88% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 3.2× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/lgbt grew from 1,298,203 to 1,307,732 subscribers (+9.5K, +0.73%). That is about 217 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/lgbt talks about
We read the titles of 696 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “trans”, “gay”, “halloween”, “sexuality” and “wins”. Other frequent themes are friend, love, help, happy, race and lesbian. Recurring phrases include “happy halloween”, “congressional district”, “trans woman” and “wins reelection”. By format, 60% are text posts, 17% are images and 14% are links.
Popular post flairs: Need Advice :snoo_thoughtful: (135), Selfie :snoo: (61), :flag-united-states: US Specific (53), :usrrainbowupvote: Coming Out! (30), Art/Creative (20), Politics (14).
Activity and best time to post
r/lgbt gets about 150 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,006,092 posts and 9,163,251 comments in total, about 9.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (211 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (125). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/lgbt
The moderators of r/lgbt list 14 rules. In short:
- Be respectful
- Must have willingness to learn; no 'you're too sensitive'
- No bait-and-switch posts
- No advertisements, spam, or crowdfunders.
- No Survey and Research requests
- No promoting hate
- Don't share hate speech
- Please don't direct message individual Mods about a Moderation issue - use ModMail!
- NSFW Content
- Provide sources when sharing news
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/lgbt and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/lgbt?
r/lgbt has 1,307,732 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #811 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,529 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/lgbt created?
r/lgbt was created on Mar 14, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 19, 2008.
Is r/lgbt still active?
Yes. r/lgbt gets about 150 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,006,092 posts and 9,163,251 comments. In a sample of 696 recent posts we counted 550 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/lgbt?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/lgbt?
The community describes itself as: “A safe space for GSRM (Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minority) folk to discuss their lives, issues, interests, and passions. LGBT is still a popular term used to discuss gender and sexual minorities, but all GSRM are wel…” Recent post titles often mention trans, gay, halloween, sexuality and wins. Most posts are text posts (60%).
Is r/lgbt SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/lgbt as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/lgbt?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/lgbt accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful”; “Must have willingness to learn; no 'you're too sensitive'”; “No bait-and-switch posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/lgbt?
Communities with similar topics include r/xxfitness (3.1M), r/starterpacks (6.5M), r/homeautomation (4.6M), r/Jazz (1.3M) and r/pregnant (1.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/lgbt.