LGBT is an
initialism that stands for "
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual, and
transgender". It may refer to anyone who is
non-heterosexual,
non-heteroromantic, or non-
cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. A variant, LGBTQ, adds the letter Q for those who identify as
queer (which can be
synonymous with LGBT) or are
questioning their sexual or
gender identity. Another variation, LGBTQ+, adds a
plus sign "represents those who are part of the community, but for whom LGBTQ does not accurately capture or reflect their identity". Many further variations of the acronym exist, such as LGBT+ (simplified to encompass the Q concept within the plus sign), LGBTQIA+ (adding
intersex,
asexual,
aromantic and
agender), and 2SLGBTQ+ (adding
two-spirit for a term specific to
Indigenous North Americans). The LGBT label is not universally agreed to by everyone that it is generally intended to include. The variations GLBT and GLBTQ rearrange the letters in the acronym. In use since the late 1980s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an
umbrella term for marginalized
sexualities and gender identities.
LGBT is an adaptation of LGB, which in the mid-to-late 1980s began to replace the term gay (or gay and lesbian) in reference to the broader
LGBT community. When not inclusive of transgender people, the shorter LGB is still used. (Full article...)
Writing and illustrating Fun Home took seven years, in part because of Bechdel's laborious artistic process, which includes photographing herself in poses for each human figure. Fun Home has been the subject of numerous academic publications in areas such as biography studies and
cultural studies as part of a larger turn towards serious academic investment in the study of comics/
sequential art. (Full article...)
Laurence David Kramer (June 25, 1935 – May 27, 2020) was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for
Columbia Pictures, which led him to London, where he worked with
United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the film
Women in Love (1969) and received an
Academy Award nomination for his work.
In 1978, Kramer introduced a controversial and confrontational style in his novel Faggots, which earned mixed reviews and emphatic denunciations from elements within the gay community for Kramer's portrayal of what he characterized as shallow, promiscuous gay relationships in the 1970s. (Full article...)
I hear the word 'tolerance'—that some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be 'tolerated'. One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated.
... that The Pittsburgh Courier crusaded against the blue discharge, calling it "a vicious instrument that should not be perpetrated against the American Soldier"?
...that Nireah Johnson was murdered by Paul Moore after Moore discovered Johnson was
transgender?
... that Freeheld is an Academy Award winning documentary by Cynthia Wade that follows a
New Jersey detective fighting for the right to pass on her pension to her female
domestic partner?
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