The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal.
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
LGBT Foundatn is a natnal chary liverg advice, support and rmatn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) muni. * www lgbt *
LGBTQIA+ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or sometim qutng), tersex, asexual, and others. L (Lbian): A lbian is a woman/woman-aligned person who is attracted to only people of the same/siar genr.G (Gay): Gay is ually a term ed to refer to men/men-aligned dividuals who are only attracted to people of the same/siar genr. However, lbians n also be referred to as gay.
The e of the term gay beme more popular durg the 1970s. Today, bisexual and pansexual people sometim e gay to sually refer to themselv when they talk about their siar genr attractn.B (Bisexual): Bisexual dit an attractn to all genrs.
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The regnn of bisexual dividuals is important, sce there have been perds when people who intify as bi have been misunrstood as beg gay. Other acronym variatns that are sometim ed clu LGBTIQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, and queer) and LGBTQQIP2SAA (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, pansexual, two-spir (2S), androgyno, and asexual). Where a variety of orientatns and inti had prevly been referred to as "the gay muny" and later "the gay and lbian muny," the acronym eventually evolved as a way to be more clive of other inti.