A brief history of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr social movements

Contents:

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

The LGBTQ+ rights movement the send half of the 20th century was predomantly referred to as the “gay rights movement”, reflectg the term gay beg ed for a range of genrs and sexuali. At different pots and different plac, the acronym has been expand to clu a range of other experienc, cludg Queer, Asexual, Pansexual, and some people pla that the acronym is growg too long, and that the clud inti aren’t as real or important, g umbrella terms that clu all is a great way of referrg to our shared experienc, jt like how lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people did when g the acronym e of terms queer, LGBTQA+ (wh the pl symbolisg the rt of the letters), diverse genrs and sexuali, or genr and sexual mori n be helpful, bee they’re simple and still nta anyone who wants to be clud unr them.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

There are different reasons why some cis people, cludg some who are gay, lbian or bisexual, might not feel ready or able to support trans people, we have found though that all of the reasons stem om ignorance that has sadly led to bigotry and history of activism for genr and sexual mori are credibly siar, cludg how lbians (and many genr non-nformg cis women) were policed out of women’s bathrooms, and still are many plac, and how LGB people were seen as predators by straight people – issu that the trans muny are facg today. Edor’s Note: This article prevly appeared a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Not sectn, retired Emma’s latt piece on transgenr rights—specifilly Massachetts’s relatively slow pace to fully enact them pared to gay rights—the most up-voted ment om a rear is simply, “Why exactly are gay issu mashed together wh transgenr issu?