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  1. LGBT

    LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. In use since the 1990s, the term LGBT is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which itself started replacing the phrase gay community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the community in question felt did not accurately represent all those to whom it referred. The initialism has become mainstream as a self-designation and has been adopted by the majority of sexuality and gender identity-based community centers and media in the United States and some other English-speaking countries. The term LGBT is intended to emphasize a diversity of sexuality and gender identity-based cultures and is sometimes used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non-cisgender instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant adds the letter Q for those who identify as queer and/or are questioning their sexual identity as LGBTQ, recorded since 1996. On the one hand, some intersex people who want to be included in LGBT groups suggest an extended initialism LGBTI. This initialism "LGBTI" is used in all parts of "The Activist's Guide" of the Yogyakarta Principles in Action. Furthermore, the initialism LGBTIH has seen use in India to encompass the hijra third gender identity and the related subculture. More recently the catch-all term "Gender and Sexual Diversity" GSD has been proposed.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LGBT in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LGBT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of LGBT in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Beadle:

    The mere perception of LGBT discrimination will have negative consequences.

  2. Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani:

    If I make it, I will continue to look after LGBT people. I will be standing behind them and raising my voice. If I don't make it, I will have given my life for this cause.

  3. Hospice UK Bleakley:

    There are people in the LGBT community ... minority groups, people in prison -- a lot of these people feel that a lot of the traditional services don't work for them.

  4. Ann Hass:

    The addition of Caitlin Ryan’s work to Best Practice Registry is such a step forward in terms of the ability people in communities to do some LGBT-related suicide prevention.

  5. Ozcan Purcu:

    It would have been unimaginable for the CHP to have a Roma or LGBT candidate 10 years ago, it marks a great change. With us in parliament, politics will never be the same.

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