Regular Expressions 101

\ban ASCII word boundary

Group 1([lgbtLGBT]|.+)

1st Alternative[lgbtLGBT]

Character Class[lgbtLGBT]

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

gthe literal g (103₁₀ / 147₈ / 67₁₆) (case sensitive)

bthe literal b (98₁₀ / 142₈ / 62₁₆) (case sensitive)

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

Lthe literal L (76₁₀ / 114₈ / 4C₁₆) (case sensitive)

Gthe literal G (71₁₀ / 107₈ / 47₁₆) (case sensitive)

Bthe literal B (66₁₀ / 102₈ / 42₁₆) (case sensitive)

Tthe literal T (84₁₀ / 124₈ / 54₁₆) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative.+

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\ban ASCII word boundary

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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Search reference

Regular Expression

\b([lgbtLGBT]|.+)\b

homophobia
transphobia
hate speech
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