LGBT or GLBT is an initialism that staunds for lesbian, gay, bisexual, an transgender. In uise syne the 1990s, the term is an adaptation o the initialism LGB, which wis uised tae replace the term gay in reference tae the LGBT commonty beginnin in the mid-tae-late 1980s. Activists believit that the term gay commonty didnae accurately represent aw thae tae that it referred.
↑Cahill, Sean, and Bryan Kim-Butler. "Policy priorities for the LGBT community: Pride Survey 2006." New York, NY: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (2006).