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by kerneloftruth 1564 days ago
I know LGB people who balk at the TQ.* additions to the acronym. Their arguments are cogent and logical. There seems to be plenty of room to disagree, because not all the constituents of the acronym are really fighting the same cause, or even see the groups as all being one team.
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Dylan16807 1563 days ago
The term has been LGBT basically from the start, hasn't it? Being iffy on new optional extensions is one thing, trying to act like the T is new gets a much less charitable view from me.
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kerneloftruth 1563 days ago
It was added in the '90s.

https://www.salon.com/2007/10/08/lgbt/

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Dylan16807 1563 days ago
According to wikipedia "LGBT" was from 1988 and "LGB" itself was spreading in the "mid to late 80s".

If you have a stronger source I'm open to being convinced, but otherwise I don't find one anecdotal account very convincing. I can't easily get to the cited books to get any more clarity they might have.

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