LGBT
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Initialism
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- An acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, especially as a united community, commonly used from around 1990,[1] but it can refer to a community of people who are not heterosexual or cisgender.[2][3]
Usage notes
[change]- Sometimes, additional letters are added, such as 'Q' for 'queer' or 'questioning', 'I' for 'intersex', and 'P' for 'pansexual', 'A' for 'asexual', and more.[4]
- When talking about sexuality leaving out gender, the shorter form LGB can be used.[5]
- Some people do not use the umbrella term 'LGBT' because they see gender identity as separate from sexual identity.[6]
- Some people do not like the term because they think that there is a lot of transphobia within the LGB community.[6]
Noun
[change]- (usually plural) A member of the LGBT community.
Related words
[change]- transgender, transsexual, queer
- (sexual orientations): gay, lesbian, homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, asexual
References
[change]- ↑ Since 1988 (Research, policy and practice: Annual meeting, American Educational Research Association AERA, 1988)
- ↑ Swain, Keith W. (21 June 2007). "Gay Pride Needs New Direction." Denver Post. URL accessed on 2008-07-05.
- ↑ Shankle, Michael D. (2006). The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide To Service. Haworth Press.
- ↑ "'Diversities' May Enrich 'LGBTQIAP' Alphabet Soup." The Huffington Post. URL accessed on 20 December 2014.
- ↑ Alexander, Jonathan (2004). Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of The Others. Haworth Press.
- 1 2 Katherine Cox, Sexual Orientation, in Death, Dying, and Social Differences (edited by David Oliviere, Barbara Monroe, Sheila Payne, published in 2011), page 197:
Trans communities
Although the umbrella term LGBT makes pragmatic sense, there are compelling arguments to treat [transgender] people as distinct from LGB communities: gender identity is clearly distinct from sexual identity (Dean et al., 2000) and to conflate the two risks ignoring the particular experiences of [transgender people] which is itself heterogeneous, comprising intersex individuals, androgynes, transvestites, and a whole range of others. [Transgender] people [...] can experience transphobia within LGB services and communities[.]