LGBT Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender. LGBT Terminology & Queer Rights Pride

LGBT is an acronym for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender in this terminology. In the 1990s, as the term "gay community" could not fully reflect the relevant group, the term "LGBT" came into being and became popular.

In modern parlance, the term "LGBT" places great emphasis on sexual orientation and cultural identity of gender identity.

In addition to narrowly referring to homosexual, bisexual, or transgender ethnic groups, it can also broadly represent all non-heterosexuals. 

In addition, some people add the letter "Q" after the word to represent Queer and / or Questioning about their gender identity, which is "LGBTQ".

 

LGBT has now been recognized and adopted by most LGBT communities and LGBT media in many English-speaking countries, and has become a very mainstream usage.

An LGBT representation

However, the use of "LGBT" is not entirely uncontroversial. Some intersexuality consider themselves to belong to the LGBT community and therefore support the use of "LGBTI". 

There are also some ethnic groups who do not consider themselves to be related to other ethnic groups covered by LGBT. Some people believe that gay and lesbians should be separated from other ethnic groups and become another group based on the idea of ​​"homosexual separatism," because transgender and transgender people are different from LGB. 

Some people think that these terms are too politically correct. Attempting to classify diverse ethnic groups into the gray zone means that the issue of mainstream ethnic groups has been given priority consideration.

What LGBT Acronym stands for?

LGBT is an acronym for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender. In the 1990s, as the term "gay community" could not fully reflect the relevant group, the term "LGBT" came into being and became popular. 

In modern parlance, the term "LGBT" places great emphasis on sexual orientation and cultural identity of gender identity. 

In addition to narrowly referring to homosexual, bisexual, or transgender ethnic groups, it can also broadly represent all non-heterosexuals. 

In addition, some people add the letter "Q" after the word to represent Queer and / or Questioning about their gender identity, which is "LGBTQ". 

LGBT has now been recognized and adopted by most LGBT communities and LGBT media in many English-speaking countries, and has become a very mainstream usage.

L for Lesb.

Although LGBT and GLBT have exactly the same meaning, it is generally believed that LGBT contains more lesbian feminism (L in the first letter).

However, the use of "LGBT" is not entirely uncontroversial. 

Some intersexuality consider themselves to belong to the LGBT community and therefore support the use of "LGBTI". 

There are also some ethnic groups who do not consider themselves to be related to other ethnic groups covered by LGBT. 

Some people believe that gay and lesbians should be separated from other ethnic groups and become another group based on the idea of ​​"homosexual separatism," because transgender and transgender people are different from LGB. Some people think that these terms are too politically correct. 

Attempting to classify diverse ethnic groups into the gray zone means that the issues and priorities of mainstream ethnic groups have been given equal consideration.

Development History of LGBT

Prior to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, there was no neutral vocabulary specifically referring to non-heterosexuality in society. 

The closest word to neutrality was the "third sex" that appeared in the 1860s, but the word was not widely accepted in society.

The first widely vocabulary was "homosexuality", but the word was considered derogatory in the 1950s and 1960s, so it was once replaced by "same sex" and "gay" in the 1970s. 

As lesbians get more and more attention, the use of "gay" and "lesbian" has become widespread.

What is Bisexual and Transgender?

During the period following the Stone Wall riots, in the 1970s and 1980s, the acceptance of bisexual and transgender people by both gays and lesbians decreased. 

Bisexuality is considered homosexuality who dares not come out or cannot identify with herself, while transgender is considered to deviate from stereotypes of people. 

Each community has developed its own identity, including whether to accept ethnic groups of other genders and how to deal with other genders, but these debates continue to this day.

When was LGBT born?

"LGBT" first appeared in the United States in 1988. In the 1990s, "LGBT" was used as a neutral vocabulary to address these four groups as a sign of respect. 

Although the level of acceptance of different groups within the LGBT community is variable and controversial, the use of the term "LGBT" is still considered a positive symbol of tolerance. 

Although the term "LGBT" does not reflect all the small groups in non-heterosexuality, these unrepresented groups are often considered to be part of the "LGBT" coverage. 

In general, the term "LGBT" has tried to include marginalized groups in the meaning of the word.

LGBT Vocabulary Development

There are many variants of "LGBT", some just change their alphabetical order. "LGBT" and "GLBT" are the two most commonly used. When trans people are not included, it becomes "LGB". 

It may also add two "Q" to represent queer and intersex, and become "LGBTQ" or "LGBTQQ". Add an "I" to represent intersex person and become "LGBTI". 

Add another " T "to represent transgender people and become" LGBTT ". 

Adding an" A "to represent homosexual straight allies (LGBTA). If all of the above are included, it will become "LGBTTIQQA". But this usage is extremely rare. In Taiwan, "LGBTSQQ" is used, where "S" refers to "Tonzhi-Friendly Straight". 

Pansexual and queer are often classified as bisexual, transgender and bisexual are classified as transgender by some people, but this classification is opposed by transsexuals and bisexuals. 

The alphabetical order of the variants is not uniform. 

In addition to the two mentioned above in "LGBT" or "GLBT", there are other cases in which they are arranged in any order, but they are not as common as the first two. 

The various variants of the term LGBT have no political meaning, but reflect user preferences for different groups or individuals.

In order to distinguish themselves from white-dominated gay communities, African Americans tend to keep the same-sex love relationship. 

The medical community tends to use "MSM" (Men who have sex with men) to describe a person's same-sex tendency. In the 2000s, "Minority sexual and gender identities" was introduced to describe all of these groups. 

Other acronyms, "QUILTBAG", "LGBTetc", "LGBTQetc", etc. have been proposed but not widely used. In the 2010s, LGBTQIA became popular as a broader, more inclusive acronym. 

Among them, "Q" means "doubt of sexual identity" and also "queer", "I" means "intersex", "A" stands for "ally" or "asexual".

What is Criticism of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender?

"LGBT" or "GLBT" is not recognized by everyone. Some people think that trans and bisexuals are different from homosexual and bisexual, so the former should not be placed with the latter. 

According to this view, the focus of transgender is on gender identity and has nothing to do with sexual orientation, while the focus of LGB group is on sexual orientation or what kind of gender is attracted.

 

The significant impact of this distinction is that LGB groups have different political demands than transgender people. 

The LGB movement is usually about fighting for the rights and human rights of same-sex marriage, and trans-gender political demands are not there.

Similarly, bisexuals want to join the LGBT group and are collectively called "LGBTI", but some people think that bisexuals are different from the LGBT group and want to exclude them.

Contrary to the problem mentioned earlier, there is homosexual separatism in the LGBT community. Those who hold this view believe that gay men and lesbians should form their own communities separately from the LGBTQ community. 

Although there is no obvious individual or organization pushing for the relevant proposal, this voice has always existed in the LGBT community. 

Sometimes lesbians and lesbians deny the existence of any non-monosexuality and refuse to recognize the equal rights of non-monosexuals. This can lead to open bisexual phobia and transphobia.

Many people seek more suitable words to replace the existing "LGBT", such as "queer" and "rainbow", but these words have not been widely recognized. 

"Quer" has too many negative associations, especially reminding older people of the period when LGBT groups were persecuted. 

Many young people also understand that "queer" has more political meaning than "LGBT". "Rainbow" is reminiscent of hippies and the New Age movement.

Conclusion

The all-inclusive meaning of "LGBT community" or "LGB community" is not welcomed by some lesbians and gays, and some people do not accept that fighting for LGBT rights is always associated with pride marches. Others believe that bringing together all non-heterosexuals will reinforce rumors that homosexuality and bisexuality are different from others. Fewer people hold this view than mainstream gay activists. Due to the lack of understanding of LGBT groups within heterosexuals, it is generally believed that all LGBT people support LGBT rights and increase the visibility of gender and sexual orientation minority groups in society.