LGBT
LGBT is a term used to mean Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Trans (although the "T" word is sometimes given as Transgender or Transgendered). It is sometimes shown as LGB&T, the ampersand indicating that trans people are in many ways different from LGB people, and have different needs and different experiences.
In the United States, the term GLBT is generally used instead.
The Welsh equivalent is LHDT (lesbiaidd, hoyw, deurywiol a thrawsryweddol) and the Scottish Gaelic equivalent is LGDT (leasbach, gèidh, dà-sheòrsach, tar-ghnèitheach).[1]
Sometimes the term is extended as LGBTQ, the Q standing for Questioning (especially when referring to younger people who may be unsure about their sexual orientation or gender identity) or to LGBTQQI (... Queer, Questioning, Intersex; also sometimes written LGBTIQQ) or even LGBTQIA or LGBTQQIA (A for "Allies" or "Asexual").
The term "LGBT+" has increasingly come into use to encompass all these various combinations.
LGBAlliance campaign to highlight how sexual orientation (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual) is quite different from all the other letters in the LGBTQIA+ identity alphabet [2].
References
- ↑ Emily McEwan, "The Gaelic for 'Gay'", Gaelic.co, 15 Feb 2017
- ↑ https://lgballiance.org.uk/dont-call-me-queer/ LGBAlliance state: We have long argued that lesbians, gay men and bisexual people have little in common with those who identify as TQ+.We believe that the forced teaming of same-sex attracted and TQ+ people, through the use of the aggregate term LGBTQ+ suggests, wrongly, that these distinct groups have common objectives. We don’t, and this umbrella term serves both groups badly.The Government has abandoned its use of the aggregate term BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) and we call on them to do the same with LGBTQ+.
