I have a question?? Which is correct?? LGBT or GLBT??

[lazer47]

[YOY]

1. I love a good MLT

where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. They're so perky, I love that.

[LeftHander]

10. Too blade...nt

[lazer47]

2. OK,, now go to the head of the class,, but put your hat on first

[Ms. Toad]

3. LGBT is politically correct -

but otherwise, I'm not sure it matters.

The reason is that lesbians felt invisible in groups labeled "gay"as virtually all groups used to be exclusively. We fought (mostly back in the 80s) to have lesbian added to the name of the groups at all, and the thought is that if "Gay" comes first it makes us less visible. More recently (the last decade or so), trans (T) and bi(B) individuals fought to be specifically named as part of the community in which many were already very active leaders.

[lazer47]

4. I was at a function last night,

at got ripped into by an I assume, straight "Lady" (and I use that term loosley) I support LGBT,,the lady at this function seemed to think the future of mankind rested on my correct use of the term, and from what you just said even she had it wrong,,,,,,,Thanks

[GoesTo11]

7. By that logic, shouldn't it be TLBG or TBLG or BTLG?

I guess there's no way to please everyone.

[Captain Hilts]

12. Ladies/Lesbians first? nt

[MADem]

5. The forum title has been "accepted" here for some time. NT

[Ms. Toad]

15. My guess is that it isn't so much accepted -

as not debated. I don't know too many forums here that actively debated the name.

[meegbear]

6. I find it's usually ...

LGBT when it's a female poster and GLBT when it's a male poster (I use GLBT myself).

[TechBear_Seattle]

8. Both are correct n/t

[notesdev]

9. There's always GBLT

nothing like a good BLT.

mmmmmm bacon.

[LeftHander]

11. TBLG - ::cough::cough::

[TheWraith]

13. Any and all of the above.

Today I saw somebody on a prominant local blog refer to "LBGT."

[xchrom]

14. LGBTIQ. nt

[lazer47]

16. What the hell is that,???,now I'm really confused

[xchrom]

17. lesbian, gay, bisexual,

transgender,intersexed,queer. nt

[friedgreentomatoes]

18. Queer?

or Questioning?
I am sure i had heard that is what the Q stands for.
As for the original question, I go with LGBT cause L=females only; the rest can be of both sexes so I tend to lump them together.

[xchrom]

19. yes queer-- many gay people identify as queer as opposed to gay.

and the q can stand for Questioning or Questing.

[iris27]

20. No joke, the student alliance at my alma mater was LGBTIQQA

Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex, queer, questioning, ally. Just a little over the top, IMO.

I id as queer and genderqueer, but LGBT covers the bases well enough in my mind. Or we could just say "fuck all the labels, we're a community who welcomes anyone who finds themselves outside the het gender binary norm."