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    An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.

    LGBT? GLBT? huh?

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    #1  Edited By Joshua

    I'm just curious about something... locally this is always referred to as GLBT.  On this site it's LGBT...

    Is this a regional difference, or is it an error on the site?

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    #2  Edited By Endogene

    Im guessing that it is a regional difference, Axercia (the users who added this is not from the states)
    Wikipedia says it is the international wording for it.

    LGBT (also GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual people. In use since the 1990s, the term LGBT is an adaptation of the initialism LGB which itself started replacing the phrase gay community which many within the LGBT communities felt did not represent accurately all those to which it referred. In modern use, LGBT relates to the diversity of sexuality and gender identity-based cultures, and is sometimes used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual, and not exclusively people who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. LGBT is presently so mainstream that it has been adopted by the majority of the LGBT community centers and LGBT media in most English-speaking countries.
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    #3  Edited By BoG

    In Utah, it is LGBT. Utahns are always right.

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    #4  Edited By HandsomeDead

    I've only ever seen it as LGBT. The only kind of alternative i've seen is LGB because T isn't a sexuality.

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    #5  Edited By mike

    Here in San Francisco it's LGBT.  End thread.

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    #6  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    Here in Mississippi, it's "GET YOUR RIFLES AND ROPE!!!"

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    #7  Edited By trav3ler

    BLTG.  Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, and... Gay.

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    #8  Edited By Lies

    Regional differences I suppose. GLBT should be added as an alias to this page by the staff to facilitate both spellings. Actually, I guess you can't add an alias to a concept. Shame.

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    #9  Edited By PureRok

    Doesn't matter to me either way since I've never even heard of the term before.

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    #10  Edited By Giantkitty

    It's LGBT at Wikipedia. I work at a top 10 university and that's the only way I heard it.

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    #11  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    This thread makes me want a BLT.

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