LGBT 66936 226031225 2008-07-16T14:55:11Z Oxymoron83 4414625 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/71.163.152.135|71.163.152.135]] ([[User talk:71.163.152.135|talk]]) to last version by Gwernol [[Image:Willyoungpride.jpg|thumb|Increasingly [[LGBT pride parade]]s, related events and publications, such as this annual edition from Italy featuring [[closeted|openly]] [[gay]] singer [[Will Young]], drop the ''LGBT'' [[acronym and initialism|initialism]] instead of regularly adding new letters, and dealing with issues of placement of those letters within the new title.]] '''LGBT''' (also '''GLBT''') is an [[acronym and initialism|initialism]] referring collectively to [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexuality|bisexual]], and [[transgender]]/[[transsexualism|transsexual]] people.<ref name="Gay Pride Nee"/><ref name="Human Chemistry"/> In use since the 1990s, the term ''LGBT'' is an adaptation of the initialism ''LGB'' which itself started replacing the phrase ''[[gay community]]'' which many within the LGBT communities felt did not represent accurately all those to which it referred.<ref name="Gay Pride Nee"/><ref name="Human Chemistry"/> In modern use, ''LGBT'' relates to the diversity of [[sexuality and gender identity-based cultures]].<ref name="Gay Pride Nee"/><ref name="The Handbook of Lesb"/> ''LGBT'' is presently so mainstream that it has been adopted by the majority of the [[:Category:LGBT community centres|LGBT community centers]] and [[:Category:LGBT media|LGBT media]] in most English-speaking countries.<ref name="Human Chemistry"/> ==History== {{Main|LGBT history}} [[Image:Queer liberation banners, Philadelphia 1972.jpg|thumb|A banner for [[Pennsylvania State University]] [[homophile]]s is carried in a 1972 march in [[Philadelphia]]. ''Homophile'' was used by emerging [[gay rights]] groups but has since been nearly universally replaced.]] Before the [[sexual revolution]] of the 1960s, there was no common non-derogatory vocabulary for [[non-heterosexuality]]; the closest such term, ''[[third gender]]'', traces back to the 1860s but never gained wide acceptance.<ref name="The Social Studies C"/><ref>Kennedy, Hubert C. (1980) ''The "third sex" theory of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs'', Journal of Homosexuality. 1980-1981 Fall-Winter; 6(1-2): pp. 103-1</ref><ref>[[Magnus Hirschfeld|Hirschfeld, Magnus]], 1904. ''Berlins Drittes Geschlecht'' ("Berlin's Third Sex")</ref><ref>[[Havelock Ellis|Ellis, Havelock]] and [[John Addington Symonds|Symonds, J. A.]], 1897. ''Sexual Inversion''.</ref><ref>[[Edward Carpenter|Carpenter, Edward]], 1908. ''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/carpenter-is.html The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women]''.</ref><ref>Duc, Aimée, 1901. ''Sind es Frauen? Roman über das dritte Geschlecht'' ("Are These Women? Novel about the Third Sex")</ref> The first term used, ''[[homosexual]]'', was thought to carry negative connotations and tended to be replaced by ''[[homophile]]'' and then ''[[gay]]''.<ref name="The Social Studies C">{{cite web | last = Ross | first =E. Wayne | title=The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities | publisher=SUNY Press | date=2006, ISBN0791469093 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=4qFMqjxte9IC&vq=LGBT&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> As [[lesbian]]s forged their own identity, the phrase ''gay and lesbian'' became more common.<ref name="Gay Pride Nee"/> This was soon followed by bisexual and transgender people also asking for recognition as legitimate categories within the larger community.<ref name="Gay Pride Nee"/> However, after the initial euphoria of the beginnings of the [[Stonewall riots]] wore off, starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a change in perception and some gays and lesbians were not very accepting of [[bisexual]] or [[transgender]] people.<ref name="Transgender Subjectivities">{{cite web | last = Leli | first =Ubaldo | coauthors = Jack Drescher | title=Transgender Subjectivities: A Clinician's Guide | publisher=Haworth Press | date=2005, ISBN:0789025760 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=QiJryCzrZmYC&dq=transgender+acceptance+by+gay&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend">{{cite web | last = Alexander | first =Jonathan | coauthors = Karen Yescavage | title=Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of The Others | publisher=Haworth Press | date=2004, ISBN:1560232870 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=2SOe4igsrbgC&dq=%22GLBT%22+%22LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> It was thought that transsexual people were acting out [[stereotypes]]; and bisexuals were simply gay men or lesbian women who were simply afraid to "[[come out]]" and be honest about their identity.<ref name="Transgender Subjectivities"/> The movement underwent growing pains, and these are seen even today in the fact that there is no agreement as to whether the acronym should be GLBT or LGBT.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Not until the 1990s did it become common to speak of "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people" with equal respect within the movement.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Although the LGBT community has seen some controversy regarding universal acceptance of different members (transgender individuals, in particular, have sometimes been marginalized by the larger LGBT community), the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion.<ref name="The Handbook of Lesb">{{cite web | last = Shankle | first =Michael D. | title=The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practioner's Guide To Service | publisher=Haworth Press | date=2006, ISBN:1560234962 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=pUUyLSKD5voC&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Despite the fact that LGBT does not [[nominal]]ly encompass all individuals in the queer communities (see Variants below), the term is generally accepted to include those not identified in the standard, four letter acronym.<ref name="The Handbook of Lesb"/><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Overall, the use of the term LGBT has, over time, largely aided in bringing otherwise marginalized individuals into the general community.<ref name="The Handbook of Lesb"/><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> ==Variants== {{wiktionary|GLBT}}Many variants exist, including variations which merely change the order of the letters; but ''LGBT'' or ''GLBT'' are the most common terms and the ones most frequently seen in current usage.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Although identical in meaning, ''LGBT'' may have more [[feminist]] and [[queer]] connotations than "GLBT" as it places the "L" for lesbian first.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> When not inclusive of transgender people it is sometimes shortened to ''LGB''.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/><ref name="Psychology and Sexu">{{cite web | last = Bohan | first =Janis S. | title=Psychology and Sexual Orientation: Coming to Terms | publisher=Routledge | date=1996, ISBN:0415915147 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=v5IzSjeq1S8C&dq=%22GLBT%22+%22LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> It may also include additional ''Q''s for ''[[queer]]'' and/or ''[[questioning (sexuality and gender)|questioning]]'' (sometimes abbreviated with a question mark) (''LGBTQ'', ''LGBTQQ'', ''GLBTQ?'').<ref name="In-Between Bodies">{{cite web | last = Bloodsworth-Lugo | first =Mary K. | title=In-Between Bodies: Sexual Difference, Race, and Sexuality | publisher=SUNY Press | date=2007, ISBN:0791472213 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=Ph74JKY_5dwC&dq=LGBTQ&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Girls' Violence">{{cite web | last = Alder | first =Christine | coauthors =Anne Worrall | title=Girls' Violence: Myths and Realities | publisher=SUNY Press | date=2004, ISBN:0791461106 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=O0ye93mW0eUC&dq=LGBTQQ&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Advocacy Research in ">{{cite web | last = Cherland | first =Meredith Rogers | coauthors =Helen J. Harper | title=Advocacy Research in Literacy Education: Seeking Higher Ground | publisher=Routledge | date=2007, ISBN:0805850562 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=ct_5Cf1aH0kC&dq=%22GLBTQ%3F%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> Other variants may add a ''U'' for "unsure", an ''I'' for [[intersex]], another ''T'' for ''[[transsexual]]''/''[[transvestism|transvestite]]'' another ''T'' (or ''TS'' or the numeral 2) for ''[[Two-Spirit]]'' people, an ''A'' or ''SA'' for ''[[straight ally|allies]],'' or an ''A'' for ''[[asexual]]''.<ref name="Oberlin">{{cite web | last = Lebaron | first =Sarah | coauthors =Jessica Pecsenye, Becerra Roland, Jon Skindzier | title=Oberlin College: Oberlin, Ohio | publisher=College Prowler, Inc | date=2005, ISBN:1596580925 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=T3RFabY6chcC&dq=LGBTU&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Teaching about Asian">{{cite web | last = Chen | first =Edith Wen-Chu | coauthors =Glenn Omatsu | title=Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans) | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | date=2006, ISBN:0742553388 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=JqLOnyU081kC | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="After Revolution: M">{{cite web | last = Babb | first =Florence E. | title=After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua | publisher=University of Texas Press | date=2001, ISBN:0292709005 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=chnFbKcBXpQC&dq=LGBTT&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Gay and Lesbian Righ">{{cite web | last = Padilla | first =Yolanda C. | title=Gay and Lesbian Rights Organizing: Community-based Strategies | publisher=Haworth Press | date=2003, ISBN:1560232757 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=DN2KGHnYN0EC&dq=LGBTT+transsexual&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="From Hate Crimes t">{{cite web | last = Swigonski | first =Mary E. | coauthors = Robin S. Mama, Kelly Ward, Matthew Shepard | title=From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard | publisher=Haworth Press | date=2001, ISBN:1560232579 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=fzp9QP0h6bAC&dq=lgbt2+two-spirit&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="About Us">{{cite web | title=About Us | publisher=Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit Queer Community Centre Inc. | date=2006 | url =http://glbttqottawacentre.org/prod/en/index.php?page=about-us | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> Some may also add a ''P'' for ''[[pansexual]]'' or ''[[polyamory|polyamorous]],'' and an ''O'' for ''[[omnisexual]]'' or ''other''.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/><ref name="Peace Kills">{{cite web | last = O'Rourke | first =P. J. | title=Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism | publisher=Grove Press | date=2001, ISBN:0802141986 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=IqivmWcKYZEC&dq=lgbtp&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Human Chemistry">{{cite web | last = Thims | first =Libb | title=Human Chemistry (Volume Two) | publisher=Lulu.com | date=2007, ISBN:1430328401 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=KGaghraz8AUC&dq=lgbt+omnisexual&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> The order of the letters is also not standardized; in addition to the uses that reverse the initial L and G, the extended letters, if used, may appear in almost any order.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Variant terms do not typically represent political differences within the community, however, but arise simply from the usage preferences of individuals and groups.<ref name="Narrative Therapy">{{cite web | last = Brown | first =Catrina | coauthors =Tod Augusta-Scott | title=Narrative Therapy: Making Meaning, Making Lives | publisher=Sage Publications Inc | date=2006, ISBN:1412909880 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=STMieEKGGikC&dq=LGBT+variations&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> The terms transsexual and intersex are regarded by some people as falling under the umbrella term ''transgender'', though many transsexual and intersex people object to this (both for different reasons).<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> ''SGL'' (for ''[[same gender loving]]'') is often favored by [[African-American]] people as a way of distinguishing themselves from what they regard as [[white (people)|white]]-dominated LGBT communities.<ref name="The Politics of Gay Rights">{{cite web | last = Rimmerman | first =Craig A. | coauthors =Kenneth D. Wald, Clyde Wilcox | title=The Politics of Gay Rights | publisher=University of Chicago Press | date=2006, ISBN:1412909880 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=AlErV-3RpDEC&dq=lgbt+white+same+gender+loving&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> ''MSM'' (for ''[[Men who have sex with men]]''), is clinically used to describe men who have sex with other men without referring to their sexual orientation.<ref>Young, R M & Meyer, I H (2005) The Trouble with "MSM" and "WSW": Erasure of the Sexual-Minority Person in Public Health Discourse American Journal of Public Health July 2005 Vol. 95 No. 7.</ref><ref>Glick, M Muzyka, B C Salkin, L M Lurie, D (1994) Necrotizing [[ulcerative periodonitis]]: a marker for immune deterioration and a predictor for the diagnosis of [[AIDS]] Journal of Periodontology 1994 65 p. 393-397.</ref> The magazine ''[[Anything That Moves]]'' coined the acronym ''FABGLITTER'' (from [[Sexual fetishism|Fetish]], Allies, Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Intersexed, Transgender, Transsexual Engendering [[Revolution]]), although this term has not made its way into common usage.<ref name="Gay Pride Nee">{{cite web | last = Swain | first =Keith W. | title=Gay Pride Needs New Direction | publisher=[[Denver Post]] | date=[[21 June]] [[2007]] | url =http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6198394?source=rss | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> ==Criticism== The terms ''LGBT'' or ''GLBT'' are not agreed upon by everyone.<ref name="Human Chemistry"/> For example, it may be argued that the transgender and transsexual causes are not the same as that of LGB people.<ref name="Coming Out in Christi">{{cite web | last = Wilcox | first =Melissa M. | title=Coming Out in Christianity: Religion, Identity, and Community | publisher=Indiana University Press | date=2003, ISBN:0253216192 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=yjdhpMnHEIMC&dq=%22+the+use+of+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> This argument centers on the idea that transgender and transsexuality have to do with [[gender identity]], or a person's understanding of being male or female, irrespective of their [[sexual orientation]].<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Meanwhile LGB issues may be seen as a matter of sexual orientation, or attraction.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> These distinctions have been made in the context of political action in which GLB goals may be perceived to differ from transgender and transsexual goals like [[same sex marriage]] legislation and [[human rights]] work that is not inclusive of [[transgender]] and [[intersex]] people.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> Similarly, intersex people want to be included in LGBT groups and would prefer ''LGBTI''; others insist that they are not a part of the LGBT community and would rather not be included in the term.<ref name="Challenging Lesbian Nor">{{cite web | last = Aragon | first =Angela Pattatuchi | title=Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender, Intersectional, and Queer Perspectives | publisher=Haworth Press | date=2006, ISBN:1560236450 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=usruybRjfMUC | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Fenway Guide">{{cite web | last = Makadon | first =Harvey J. | coauthors = Kenneth H. Mayer, Jennifer Potter, Hilary Goldhammer | title=The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health | publisher=ACP Press | date=2008, ISBN:193051395X | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=VsRwtwb-He8C&dq=LGBTI+community+intersex+including&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> A reverse to the above situations is evident in the belief of 'lesbian & gay separatism' (not to be confused with the related, [[lesbian separatism]]) which holds that lesbians and gay men form (or should form) a community distinct and separate from other groups normally included in the LGBTQ sphere.<ref name="In-Between Bodies"/><ref name="Gays/Justice">{{cite web | last = Mohr | first =Richard D. | title=Gays/Justice: A Study of Ethics, Society, and Law | publisher=Columbia University Press | date=1988, ISBN:0231067356 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=dfUw8Zl0kPEC | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> While not always appearing of sufficient number or organization to be called a '[[social movement|movement']], separatists persist as a significant, vocal and active element within many parts of the LGBT community.<ref name="Gays/Justice"/><ref name="Gay and Lesbian Polit">{{cite web | last = Blasius | first =Mark | title=Gay and Lesbian Politics: Sexuality and the Emergence of a New Ethic | publisher=Temple University Press | date=1994, ISBN:1566391733 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=89C9DGEertsC&dq=gay+separatism&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Sexual Identities, Queer Politi">{{cite web | last = Blasius | first =Mark | title=Sexual Identities, Queer Politics: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Politics | publisher=Princeton University Press | date=2001, ISBN:0691058679 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=zXMrHYZ7QdwC&dq=gay+separatism&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> In some cases separatists will deny the existence or right-to-equality of non-[[monosexuality|monosexual]] orientations and of [[transsexualism|transsexuality]].<ref name="Sexual Identities, Queer Politi"/> This can extend to public [[biphobia]] and [[transphobia]].<ref name="Gays/Justice"/><ref name="Sexual Identities, Queer Politi"/> Many people have looked for a generic term to replace the initialisms, acronyms, and abbreviations.<ref name="Sexual Identities, Queer Politi">{{cite web | last = Atkins | first =Dawn | title=Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities | publisher=Haworth Press | date=1998, ISBN:0789004631 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=Rd31TPHaxdEC&dq=word+searching+gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender&lr=&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> Words like ''[[queer]]'' and ''[[rainbow flag (LGBT movement)|rainbow]]'' have been tried but most have not been widely adopted.<ref name="Sexual Identities, Queer Politi"/><ref name="Forging Gay Identities">{{cite web | last = Armstrong | first =Elizabeth A. | title=Forging Gay Identities: Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994 | publisher=University of Chicago Press | date=2002, ISBN:0226026949 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=jnYy6hSdocAC | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> "Queer" has many negative connotations to older people who remember the word as a taunt and insult, a usage of the term that has continued.<ref name="Sexual Identities, Queer Politi"/><ref name="Forging Gay Identities"/> Many younger people also understand "queer" to be more politically charged than "LGBT".<ref name="It's Your World">{{cite web | last = Halpin | first =Mikki | title=It's Your World--If You Don't Like It, Change It: Activism for Teenagers | publisher=Simon and Schuster | date=2004, ISBN:0689874480 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=Ud3Zzo2-VMsC&dq=word+searching+gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="Forging Gay Identities"/> ''Rainbow'' has connotations that recall the [[hippies]], [[New Age]] movements and politics like [[Jesse Jackson]]'s [[Rainbow/PUSH|Rainbow Coalition]]. Other gay people also do not care for the term as the lettering comes across as being overly "[[Political correctness|politically correct]]", or as an attempt to [[Categorization|categorize]] the various groups of people into one [[grey area]] word.<ref name="Coming Out in Christi"/><ref name="It's Your World"/> Another concern is that ''LGBT'' may imply that the issues and priorities of the main groups represented are given equal consideration.<ref name="Coming Out in Christi"/> There are also some lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender people as well as [[ontology|ontologists]] who are against an "LGBT community" or "LGB community".<ref name="In-Between Bodies"/><ref name="That's Revolting">{{cite web | last = Sycamore | first =Matt Bernstein | title=That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation | publisher=Soft Skull Press | date=2005, ISBN:1932360565 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=4moAP04OpPIC | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="The Political Edge">{{cite web | last = Carlsson | first =Chris | title=The Political Edge | publisher=City Lights Books | date=2005, ISBN:1931404054 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=baLQUlbCankC | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> Some are also against the [[LGBT rights|political and social solidarity, and visibility and human rights campaigning]] that normally goes with it including [[gay pride]] marches and events.<ref name="That's Revolting"/><ref name="The Political Edge"/> Some of them believe that grouping together people with non-heterosexual orientations perpetuates the myth that being gay/lesbian/bi makes a person deficiently different than other people.<ref name="In-Between Bodies"/><ref name="That's Revolting"/> These people are often seen or portrayed as fringe community members and may seem less visible compared to more mainstream LGBT activists.<ref name="That's Revolting"/><ref name="The Political Edge"/> Since this faction are difficult to distinguish from the heterosexual majority, it is common for people to assume all LGBT people support LGBT liberation and the visibility of LGBT people in society, including the right to live one's life in a different way from the majority.<ref name="That's Revolting"/><ref name="Class Matters: Cr">{{cite web | last = Leondar-Wright | first =Betsy | title=Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists | publisher=New Society Publishers | date=2005, ISBN:0865715238 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=aD4yphfHBWMC&dq=GLBT+LGBT&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 | accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="The Political Edge"/> ==See also== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} * [[Androphile]] * [[Bisexual community]] * [[Closeted]] * [[Coming out]] * [[Gay community]] * [[Gender]] * [[Gynephile]] * [[LGBT marketing]] {{Col-2}} * [[LGBT rights opposition]] * [[List of transgender-related topics]] * [[List of LGBT publications]] * [[List of LGBT-related organizations]] * [[Non-heterosexuals]] * [[Queer theory]] * [[Queer theology]] {{Col-end}} ==References== {{reflist|2}} * The LibraryThing Blog. [http://www.librarything.com/blog/2005/12/tags-again-glbt-vs-lgbt.php Tags again: GLBT vs. LGBT]. Published online. * Safe Schools Coalition. [http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/glossary.pdf Glossary]. Published online. * Religious Institute. "Time to Seek" [http://www.religiousinstitute.org/documents/TimetoSeekdefinitions.pdf Definitions]. Published online. * Stahl, S. [http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/publications/proceedings/proceedings2004/stahl.pdf Sorting the Alphabet Soup of Sexual Orientation and Identity: a Guide to LBGT Sources]. 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