Abstract
Friendships can play an important role in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. LGBT friendship patterns and experience have been shown to vary across sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and race. Friendships also differ based on whether or not friends identify as part of the LGBT community. LGBT individuals often think of their friends as ‘families of choice’ as friendships take on increased significance when traditional support from family and community may not be consistently offered. In addition to having their own unique benefits, friendships with individuals outside of the LGBT community have been seen as important in the development of heterosexual allies to the LGBT community.
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