Title: Lesbian/Gay terms: meanings and origins
Headings: Meanings, use, and origins of
lesbian, gay & bisexual terms

Homosexuality and bisexuality
Meanings, use, and origins of
lesbian, gay & bisexual terms
The term "GLBT" is an acronym for "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
Transgender/Transsexual. Sometimes, additional letters are
added: "Q" for Queer or questioning, "I" for Intersexual.
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Content: To our knowledge, they have never advocated legislation that gave special rights to the GLBT community that were denied anyone else. Religious and social conservatives frequently use the term "special rights" when referring to LGBT groups who seek legislative changes. For example, CitizenLink, a news service of the fundamentalist Christian group Focus on the Family wrote about the drive for same-sex marriage in Rhode Island -- the only New England state that still reserves marriage as a special privilege for opposite-sex couples. CitizenLink wrote: "Advocates for special rights for homosexuals are looking to pave the way to full-fledged gay marriage. Family advocates are trying to introduce a marriage-protection amendment." They argue that since human rights and LGBT groups are promoting a change to the definition of marriage to include all loving, committed couples, that this is a "special right" they are seeking. Also, their mention of "family advocates" does not refer to persons who actively support all marriages and families. They refer only to advocates of marriages led by opposite-sex couples who also oppose same-sex marriage. What all of this means to this and similar web sites: