编辑“︁LGBT”︁（章节）

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[[File:Marcha-orgullo-buenos-aires.JPG|thumb|right|2007年于[[布宜诺斯艾利斯]]举行的[[骄傲游行]]，旗帜上印有LGBT字样]]
“LGBT”有许多变体用法，有些只是改變其字母排列順序。“'''{{lang|en|LGBT}}'''”和“'''{{lang|en|GLBT}}'''”是最常用的两种<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2SOe4igsrbgC&dq=%22GLBT%22+%22LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |title=Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of The Others |last=Alexander |first=Jonathan |publisher=Haworth Press |accessdate=2008-07-05 |year=2004 |isbn=1-56023-287-0 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404074811/http://books.google.com/books?id=2SOe4igsrbgC&dq=%22GLBT%22+%22LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |archivedate=2015-04-04 |coauthors=Karen Yescavage |dead-url=no}}</ref>。有些人會使用「'''{{lang|en|LGBT+}}'''」來表示LGBT和相關社群<ref name="udayton.edu">{{cite web|title=Armenia's LGBT+ community still waits for change one year after revolution|url=http://news.trust.org/item/20190426194739-w5zag/|access-date=2019-04-28|date=2019-04-26|last=Vikhrov|first=Natalie|website=Thomson Reuters Foundation|archive-date=2021-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224103611/http://news.trust.org/item/20190426194739-w5zag/|dead-url=no}}</ref>。在不包含跨性別者時，它就變成“'''{{lang|en|LGB}}'''”<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" /><ref name="Psychology and Sexu">{{cite book|last=Bohan|first=Janis S.|title=Psychology and Sexual Orientation: Coming to Terms|publisher=Routledge|year=1996|isbn=0-415-91514-7|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=v5IzSjeq1S8C&dq=%22GLBT%22+%22LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2015-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404064550/http://books.google.com/books?id=v5IzSjeq1S8C&dq=%22GLBT%22+%22LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref>。它也可能加入兩個“Q”来代表[[酷兒]]與[[疑性恋]]，變成“'''LGBTQ'''”或“'''LGBTQQ'''”<ref name="In-Between Bodies" /><ref name="Girls' Violence">{{cite book|last=Alder|first=Christine|coauthors=Anne Worrall|title=Girls' Violence: Myths and Realities|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2004|isbn=0-7914-6110-6|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=O0ye93mW0eUC&dq=LGBTQQ&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/20150404071803/http://books.google.com/books?id=O0ye93mW0eUC&dq=LGBTQQ&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Advocacy Research in">{{cite book|last=Cherland|first=Meredith Rogers|coauthors=Helen J. Harper|title=Advocacy Research in Literacy Education: Seeking Higher Ground|publisher=Routledge|year=2007|isbn=0-8058-5056-2|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ct_5Cf1aH0kC&dq=%22GLBTQ%3F%22&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/20150404081545/http://books.google.com/books?id=ct_5Cf1aH0kC&dq=%22GLBTQ%3F%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=同志骄傲月：LGBT历史上鲜为人知的五个故事|url=https://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/57440586|newspaper=BBC 英伦网|accessdate=2023-04-14|language=zh-hans|archive-date=2023-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514141230/https://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/57440586|dead-url=no}}</ref>；加入一個“I”來代表[[雙性人]]，變成“'''{{lang|en|LGBTI}}'''”；加入另一個“T”來代表[[變性人]]或[[異裝癖]]，變成“'''{{lang|en|LGBTT}}'''”；加入一個“A”來代表[[無性戀]]（asexual）或[[直同志]]，變成“'''{{lang|en|LGBTA}}'''”<ref>{{cite web|title=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center|url=http://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/index.html|access-date=2017-01-20|date=2015-09-21|publisher=University of California, Davis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202112709/http://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/index.html|archive-date=2017-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>。如果以上全部都包含進去的話，就變成“'''{{lang|en|LGBTTIQQA}}'''”，不過這種用法極為少見。进入2010年代後，「{{lang|en|LGBTQIA}}」因作为更广泛，更有包容性的缩写词而开始流行起来<ref>{{cite news|title=后同性恋时代的“跨性别主义者”|url=http://cn.nytimes.com/style/20130826/c26lgbt/|accessdate=2013-08-26|newspaper=纽约时报中文网|date=2013年8月26日|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901041340/http://cn.nytimes.com/style/20130826/c26lgbt/|archivedate=2013-09-01|dead-url=yes}}</ref>。（释义：其中 “Q”表示 “Queer”或“Questioning”，即[[酷儿]]与[[疑性恋]]；“I”表示“Intersex”，即[[双性人]]；“A”表示[[无性恋]]（“Agender”）或[[直同志]]（“Ally”））臺灣則有“'''{{lang|en|LGBTSQQ}}'''”的用法<ref>{{citation |url=https://gender.nkuht.edu.tw/var/file/41/1041/img/57_4c80d2fb.pdf |format=PDF |title=認識多元性別 |dead-url=no |accessdate=2022-01-04 |archive-date=2022-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104095658/https://gender.nkuht.edu.tw/var/file/41/1041/img/57_4c80d2fb.pdf }}</ref>，其中的“S”指的是「直同志（{{lang|en|Tonzhi-Friendly Straight}}）」。此外還有表示「不確定」的「U」；[[雙靈]]的「TS」和「2」；[[多邊戀|多角戀]]或[[泛性戀]]的「P」；好奇的「C」；和代表[[全性戀]]或其他的「O」，連寫可為「'''{{lang|en|LGBTQQIAAPPO2S}}'''」<ref name="Oberlin">{{cite book|last=Lebaron|first=Sarah|coauthors=Jessica Pecsenye, Becerra Roland, Jon Skindzier|title=Oberlin College: Oberlin, Ohio|publisher=College Prowler, Inc|date=2005|isbn=978-1-59658-092-3|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=T3RFabY6chcC&dq=LGBTU&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/20150404061448/http://books.google.com/books?id=T3RFabY6chcC&dq=LGBTU&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Teaching about Asian">{{cite book|last=Chen|first=Edith Wen-Chu|coauthors=Glenn Omatsu|title=Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans)|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2006|isbn=0-7425-5338-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JqLOnyU081kC|accessdate=2008-07-05|archivedate=2020-08-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804143414/https://books.google.com/books?id=JqLOnyU081kC|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="After Revolution: M">{{cite book|last=Babb|first=Florence E.|title=After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2001|isbn=0-292-70900-5|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=chnFbKcBXpQC&dq=LGBTT&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/20150404083438/http://books.google.com/books?id=chnFbKcBXpQC&dq=LGBTT&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Gay and Lesbian Righ">{{cite book|last=Padilla|first=Yolanda C.|title=Gay and Lesbian Rights Organizing: Community-based Strategies|publisher=Haworth Press|year=2003|isbn=1-56023-275-7|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DN2KGHnYN0EC&dq=LGBTT+transsexual&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/20150404084346/http://books.google.com/books?id=DN2KGHnYN0EC&dq=LGBTT+transsexual&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="From Hate Crimes t">{{cite book|last=Swigonski|first=Mary E.|coauthors=Robin S. Mama, Kelly Ward, Matthew Shepard|title=From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard|publisher=Haworth Press|year=2001|isbn=1-56023-257-9|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fzp9QP0h6bAC&dq=lgbt2+two-spirit&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/20150404080543/http://books.google.com/books?id=fzp9QP0h6bAC&dq=lgbt2+two-spirit&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" /><ref name="Peace Kills">{{cite book|last=O'Rourke|first=P. J.|title=Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism|publisher=Grove Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-8021-4198-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IqivmWcKYZEC|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191755/https://books.google.com/books?id=IqivmWcKYZEC|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Inoue|first=Natsumi|date=2022-02-10|title=What is LGBTQQIAAPPO2S? {{!}} Sustainability from Japan|url=https://zenbird.media/what-is-lgbtqqiaappo2s/|access-date=2023-03-19|website=Zenbird|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404235019/https://zenbird.media/what-is-lgbtqqiaappo2s/|dead-url=no}}</ref>。在印度，「'''{{Lang|en|LGBTIH}}'''」被用於包含第三性別身份的[[海吉拉]]及相關亞文化，「H」代表受[[艾滋病毒]]影響的人<ref name="Pune Mirror">{{cite web|title=Maiden stage act by city's LGBT face gets censor's chop|url=http://www.punemirror.in/pune/cover-story/Maiden-stage-act-by-citys-LGBT-face-gets-censors-chop/articleshow/45312884.cms|access-date=2014-12-22|website=punemirror.in|publisher=Pune Mirror|last1=Gurjar|first1=Kaumudi|archive-date=2016-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528092821/http://www.punemirror.in/pune/cover-story/Maiden-stage-act-by-citys-LGBT-face-gets-censors-chop/articleshow/45312884.cms|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="GayLeeds">{{cite web|title=Gay Leeds&nbsp;— Your comprehensive guide to all things gay in Leeds|url=http://www.gayleeds.com/editors/article/_LGB-or-LGBT-or-LGBTQ-or-What/|access-date=2014-12-22|website=gayleeds.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109003322/http://www.gayleeds.com/editors/article/_LGB-or-LGBT-or-LGBTQ-or-What/|archive-date=2015-01-09|last1=McCusker|first1=Ros|url-status=dead}}</ref>。

[[泛性恋]]和[[酷儿]]经常被归类在[[双性恋]]之下；[[变性人]]和[[双性人]]被部分人归类在跨性别之下，但这种归类遭到变性人和双性人的反对。各种变体的字母顺序并不统一，除了上文提到的以“{{lang|en|LGBT}}”或“{{lang|en|GLBT}}”两种，也有其它以任意顺序排列的情况，但不如前两种常见<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" />。{{lang|en|LGBT}}一词的各种变体并没有任何政治意味，但是反应了使用者对不同群体或个体的偏好<ref name="Narrative Therapy">{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Catrina|coauthors=Tod Augusta-Scott|title=Narrative Therapy: Making Meaning, Making Lives|publisher=Sage Publications Inc|date=2006|isbn=978-1-4129-0988-4|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=STMieEKGGikC&dq=LGBT+variations&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/20150404084527/http://books.google.com/books?id=STMieEKGGikC&dq=LGBT+variations&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref>。

[[非裔美国人]]同性恋社群为了与[[白人]]主导的同性恋社群区分，倾向保用“同性之爱”（{{lang|en|Same gender loving}}）<ref name="The Politics of Gay Rights">{{cite book|last=Rimmerman|first=Craig A.|coauthors=Kenneth D. Wald, Clyde Wilcox|title=The Politics of Gay Rights|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2006|isbn=1-4129-0988-0|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AlErV-3RpDEC&dq=lgbt+white+same+gender+loving&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/20150404062845/http://books.google.com/books?id=AlErV-3RpDEC&dq=lgbt+white+same+gender+loving&lr=&num=50&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|dead-url=no}}</ref>。医学界倾向于使用“MSM”（{{lang|en|Men who have sex with men}}）来形容一个人的同性倾向。在2000年代，“性与性别认同少数群体”（{{lang|en|Minority sexual and gender identities}}）被引入以形容以上所有的群体<ref>Young, R M & Meyer, I H (2005) The Trouble with "MSM" and "WSW": Erasure of the Sexual-Minority Person in Public Health Discourse American Journal of Public Health July 2005 Vol. 95 No. 7.</ref><ref>Glick, M Muzyka, B C Salkin, L M Lurie, D (1994) Necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis: a marker for immune deterioration and a predictor for the diagnosis of [[AIDS]] Journal of Periodontology 1994 65 p. 393–397.</ref>。其它的[[首字母缩略字]]，如“'''{{lang|en|QUILTBAG}}'''”、“'''{{lang|en|LGBTetc}}'''”、“'''{{lang|en|LGBTQetc}}'''”等曾被提出但没有得到广泛使用<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Claes &#124; LGBTQ-etc Studies|url=http://www.philosophy.ugent.be/tomclaes/lgbtqjournals|accessdate=2011-10-23|date=|publisher=Philosophy.ugent.be|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402114321/http://www.philosophy.ugent.be/tomclaes/lgbtqjournals|archivedate=2012-04-02|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Popular Lgbt Etc Books|url=http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/lgbt-etc|accessdate=2011-10-23|date=|publisher=Goodreads.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111013128/http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/lgbt-etc|archivedate=2012-11-11|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Queer Basics « HUHC: The Conversation|url=http://huhc.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/queer-basics/|accessdate=2011-10-23|date=2011-03-23|publisher=Huhc.wordpress.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402114305/http://huhc.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/queer-basics/|archivedate=2012-04-02|dead-url=yes}}</ref>。