Talk:LGBT
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[edit] Unnecessary Edit - Sorry
I changed the order of Gay and Lesbian in the opening paragraph, only to realize the document title (but not the link I followed) listed it as LGBT. I was trying to make the definition match the order of the letters. I saw I was mistaken and changed it back. Sorry for any confusion.--Legomancer (talk) 07:16, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
i love fationtv —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.93.200.218 (talk) 06:26, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] last 2 parargrpaphs
most of second to last paragraph& last para are suspect. I'm sure you can oppose LGBT grouping of various subcultures and still be an outspoken gay activist. I'm betting that thier are tons of gay rights activist groups that advocate for less than all those under the LGBT umbrella. can we reflect this in the proper place in some article and maybe link to under the criticsim header here? thanks Farqwar (talk) 01:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- regarding my second edit-- whatr was implied by previous version was like saying if you'r not a democrat or a republican you'r prob not very serious about politics. now that logic may be going somewhere valuable but there is always unexplored middle ground between "yes" and "no". and now a relevant poem:
If this isnt what you see
It doesnt make you blind
If this doesnt make you feel
It doesnt mean youve died
Where the rivers high
Where the rivers high
If you dont want to be seen
You dont have to hide
If you dont want to believe
You dont have to try
To feel alive
Alive in the superunknown
First it steals your mind
And then it steals your soul
If this doesnt make you free
It doesnt mean youre tied
If this doesnt take you down
It doesnt mean youre high
If this doesnt make you smile
You dont have to cry
If this isnt making sense
It doesnt make it lies
Get yourself afraid Get yourself alone Get yourself contained Get yourself control
Alive in the superunknown —Preceding unsigned comment added by Farqwar (talk • contribs) 02:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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- and I meant what I said about ontologists. see category of being. Farqwar (talk) 02:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Acronym?
I have a suspicion that LGBT is not an acronym, contrary to the article. An acronym is a word formed from the first letters of other words (like AIDS, Laser, etc.). Unless LGBT is pronounced as a whole word, it is not an acronym; it is an initalism. Is there some special pronounciation of LGBT that I'm not aware of or is it just pronounced 'L-G-B-T'?. Stephen Shaw (talk) 14:12, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I've never heard LGBT pronounced as one whole word just, like you said, "L-G-B-T". So I guess it does make it an "initalism".--Dil (talk) 20:43, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wider variation
- NOTE: To reply you must do so here, this talk is mirrored onto many talkpages and is designed to be concurrent with all.
Is there an article that has a wider variation that is not exclusively for Lesbians, Gays, Bi(s), and Transgenders. I am looking for a word or article that is on the lines of "everything not heterosexual" and would include Asexuality, Autosexuality, Pansexuality, Paraphilia, Pomosexual, Zoophilia and, like i said, anything not "straight". I ask because i feel that people who aren't "straight" are usually grouped into that one social group and stereotype, one common stereotype (for men) that is prevalent is femininity (Effeminacy) if they are not "straight". --Cooljuno411 (talk) 06:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- Queer/Queer Studies would probably be what you're looking for. though I doubt there is a single catch all phrase that means everything not heterosexual.The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 06:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)