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: 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: It is becoming very difficult to write about any human sexuality topic without alienating some of our visitors. Rather than adopt either the terminology used by the LGBT community or by social/religious conservatives, we typically use medical definitions. We adopted the same approach in matters relating to abortion access. Rather than use terms promoted by pro-life, anti-abortion or pro-choice groups, we again use medical definitions. Sponsored link: