编辑“︁LGBT”︁（章节）

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[[1990年代]]，由於「[[同性戀社群]]」一詞無法完整體現相關群體，「'''LGBT'''」一词便應運而生、並逐漸普及<ref name="Gay Pride Nee">{{cite web|title=Gay Pride Needs New Direction|url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6198394?source=rss|accessdate=2008-07-05|date=2007-06-21|last=Swain|first=Keith W.|publisher=Denver Post|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007093553/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6198394?source=rss|archivedate=2008-10-07|dead-url=no}}</ref>。在現代用語中，「LGBT」一詞、除了狹義的指[[同性戀]]、雙性戀或跨性別族群，也可廣泛代表所有[[非異性戀|非異性戀者]]<ref name="Gay Pride Nee"/><ref name="The Handbook of Lesb1">{{cite book|last=Shankle|first=Michael D.|title=The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide To Service|publisher=Haworth Press|date=2006|isbn=978-1-56023-496-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pUUyLSKD5voC&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2015-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404062040/http://books.google.com/books?id=pUUyLSKD5voC&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|deadurl=no}}</ref>。另外，也有在詞語後方加上字母「Q」，代表[[酷兒]]（{{lang|en|Queer}}）和/或對其性別認同感到疑惑的人（{{lang|en|Questioning}}），即是「{{lang|en|'''LGBTQ'''}}」。{{lang|en|LGBT}}現今已獲得了許多[[英語國家和地區列表|英語系國家]]中多數{{lang|en|LGBT}}族群和{{lang|en|LGBT}}媒體的認同及採用。<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 Community Center Survey Report|url=http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/2008-lgbt-community-center-survey-report.pdf|accessdate=2008-08-29|work=LGBT Movement Advancement Project|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323181926/https://www.lgbtmap.org/file/2008-lgbt-community-center-survey-report.pdf|archivedate=2020-03-23|dead-url=no|last1=Centerlink}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nlgja.org/resources/stylebook.html National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association: Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology] {{Wayback|url=http://www.nlgja.org/resources/stylebook.html|date=20120425190702}}, NLGJA 2008.</ref>

坊間有不少LGBT的資源中心，提供不少有關LGBT的中文文章，包括醫學、心理學、社會科學及法律的文章，是一個研究LGBT議題人士搜尋資料的地方。然而，「LGBT」的用法並非沒有爭議<ref name="Counseling Lesbian, G">{{cite book|last=Finnegan|first=Dana G.|coauthor=Emily B. McNally|title=Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers: Dual Identities|publisher=Haworth Press|date=2002|isbn=978-1560239253|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=I32nHF_gaTsC|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2019-06-19|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619085713/https://books.google.com/books?id=I32nHF_gaTsC|dead-url=no}}</ref>。部分[[雙性人]]（intersex）認為自己也屬於{{lang|en|LGBT}}族群中，因此支持使用「'''{{lang|en|LGBTI}}'''」<ref name="Challenging Lesbian Nor">{{cite book|last=Aragon|first=Angela Pattatuchi|title=Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender, Intersectional, and Queer Perspectives|publisher=Haworth Press|date=2006|isbn=978-1-56023-645-0|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=usruybRjfMUC|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2020-11-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052759/https://books.google.com/books?id=usruybRjfMUC|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Fenway Guide">{{cite book|last=Makadon|first=Harvey J.|coauthors=Kenneth H. Mayer, Jennifer Potter, Hilary Goldhammer|title=The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health|publisher=ACP Press|year=2008|isbn=1-930513-95-X|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VsRwtwb-He8C&dq=LGBTI+community+intersex+including&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2015-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404082201/http://books.google.com/books?id=VsRwtwb-He8C&dq=LGBTI+community+intersex+including&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref>。也有個別族群不認為自己和LGBT所涵蓋的其他族群有所關聯<ref name="In-Between Bodies">{{cite book|last=Bloodsworth-Lugo|first=Mary K.|title=In-Between Bodies: Sexual Difference, Race, and Sexuality|publisher=SUNY Press|date=2007|isbn=978-0-7914-7221-7|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ph74JKY_5dwC&dq=LGBTQ&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2017-03-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327180804/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph74JKY_5dwC&dq=LGBTQ&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref>。有人基於「同性戀分離主義」思想，認為男、女同性戀者應脫離其他族群成為另一個團體<ref name="In-Between Bodies" /><ref name="Gays/Justice">{{cite book|last=Mohr|first=Richard D.|title=Gays/Justice: A Study of Ethics, Society, and Law|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=1988|isbn=978-0-231-06735-5|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dfUw8Zl0kPEC|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2020-08-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804110210/https://books.google.com/books?id=dfUw8Zl0kPEC|dead-url=no}}</ref>，理由是跨性別和變性者与同性戀人士不同<ref name="Coming Out in Christi">{{cite book|last=Wilcox|first=Melissa M.|title=Coming Out in Christianity: Religion, Identity, and Community|publisher=Indiana University Press|date=2003|isbn=0-253-21619-2|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yjdhpMnHEIMC&dq=%22+the+use+of+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2015-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404085458/http://books.google.com/books?id=yjdhpMnHEIMC&dq=%22+the+use+of+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref>。有人則認為“LGBT”這個用語太過[[政治正確]]，企圖將[[多元性別]]族群劃入灰色地帶，意味著包含主流性別族群的問題和優先權都獲得了平等的考量<ref name="Coming Out in Christi"/><ref name="It's Your World">{{cite book|last=Halpin|first=Mikki|title=It's Your World--If You Don't Like It, Change It: Activism for Teenagers|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2004|isbn=0-689-87448-0|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ud3Zzo2-VMsC&dq=word+searching+gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2015-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404091354/http://books.google.com/books?id=Ud3Zzo2-VMsC&dq=word+searching+gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref>。

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