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'''LGBT''', or '''GLBT''', is an [[Wikipedia:Initialism|acronym]] that stands for [[w:c:orientation:lesbian|lesbian]], [[w:c:orientation:gay|gay]], [[w:c:orientation:bisexual|bisexual]], and [[transsexual]]/[[transgender]]. Originating during the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism '''LGB''', which was used to replace the term [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Gay_men gay] in reference to the [[W:C:LGBT:LGBT community|LGBT community]] beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s.<ref>''Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary,'' Volume 1, Part 1. Gale Research Co., 1985, {{ISBN|978-0-8103-0683-7}}.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=JDtUAAAAMAAJ Factsheet five, Issues 32–36, Mike Gunderloy, 1989]</ref> Activists believed that the term [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Gay_men gay] community did not accurately represent all those to whom it referred.<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>

The initialism has become mainstream as a self-designation; it has been adopted by the majority of [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Sexual_orientation?so=search sexuality] and [[gender identity]]-based cultures community centers and media in the United States, as well as some other [[W:C:Wikipedia:English-speaking world|English-speaking countries]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Centerlink|title=2008 Community Center Survey Report|url=http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/2008-lgbt-community-center-survey-report.pdf|website=LGBT Movement Advancement Project|accessdate=August 29, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nlgja.org/resources/stylebook.html|title=NLGJA Stylebook on LGBT Terminology|author=|date=2008|work=nlgja.org}}</ref>
The initialism LGBT is intended to emphasize a diversity of [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Sexual_orientation?so=search sexuality] and [[gender identity]]-based cultures. It may be used to refer to anyone who is non-[https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Straight heterosexual] or non-[[cisgender]], instead of exclusively to people who are [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Lesbian?so=search lesbian], [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Gay_men gay,] [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Bisexual?so=search bisexual], or [[transgender]].<ref name="Gay Pride Nee" /><ref name="The Handbook of Lesb">{{cite book |last=Shankle |first=Michael D. |title=The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide To Service |publisher=Haworth Press |year=2006|isbn= 1-56023-496-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pUUyLSKD5voC}}</ref><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend">{{cite book |last=Alexander |first= Jonathan |first2=Karen |last2=Yescavage |title= Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of The Others |publisher=Haworth Press |year=2004|isbn= 1-56023-287-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SOe4igsrbgC}}</ref> To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant adds the letter Q for those who identify as [[Wikipedia:Queer|queer]] or are [[questioning]] their [https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Sexual_orientation?so=search sexual identity]; LGBTQ has been recorded since 1996.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkUEAQAAIAAJ |title=The Santa Cruz County in-queery, Volume 9, Santa Cruz Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Community Center, 1996 |publisher=Books.google.com |date=2008-11-01 |accessdate=2011-10-23}} page 690</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/05/23/civilities-what-does-the-acronym-lgbtq-stand-for/|access-date=February 19, 2018|work=Washington Post|title=Civilities, What does the acronym LGBTQ stand for?}}</ref> Those who add [[intersex]] people to LGBT groups use an extended initialism LGBTI.<ref>William L. Maurice, Marjorie A. Bowman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HX9HAAAAMAAJ Sexual medicine in primary care], Mosby Year Book, 1999, {{ISBN|978-0-8151-2797-0}}</ref><ref name="Challenging Lesbian Nor">{{cite book | last=Aragon | first=Angela Pattatuchi | title=Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender, Intersectional, and Queer Perspectives | publisher=Haworth Press | year=2006|isbn= 1-56023-645-0 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=usruybRjfMUC |accessdate= 2008-07-05 }}</ref> Some people combine the two acronyms and use the term LGBTIQ or LGBTQI. Others use LGBT+ to encompass [[W:C:sexual-orientation:human sexuality spectrum|spectrums of sexuality]] and [[Gender identity|gender]].<ref name="udayton.edu">{{cite web |url=https://www.udayton.edu/womenscenter/info/lgbt/terms-and-definitions.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-05-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20160714093127/https://www.udayton.edu/womenscenter/info/lgbt/terms-and-definitions.php |archivedate=2016-07-14 |df= }}</ref> Although some people also use LGBTQIA+ as a even more modernized acronym. An even more modernized acronym being seen in use is LGBTQIAP2S+.
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