编辑“︁LGBT”︁（章节）

== 历史 ==
1960年代[[性革命]]之前，社会上并没有专门指代[[非异性恋]]的中立词汇。最接近中立的词汇是1860年代出现的“[[第三性]]”，但这个词并没有在社会上得到广泛接受<ref name="The Social Studies C">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4qFMqjxte9IC&vq=LGBT&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |title=The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities |last=Ross |first=E. Wayne |date=2006 |publisher=SUNY Press |accessdate=2008-07-05 |isbn=978-0-7914-6909-5 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404073218/http://books.google.com/books?id=4qFMqjxte9IC&vq=LGBT&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |archivedate=2015-04-04 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>Kennedy, Hubert C. (1980) ''The "third sex" theory of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs'', Journal of Homosexuality. 1980–1981 Fall–Winter; 6(1–2): pp. 103–1</ref><ref>Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1904. ''Berlins Drittes Geschlecht'' ("Berlin's Third Sex")</ref><ref>Ellis, Havelock and Symonds, J. A., 1897. ''Sexual Inversion''.</ref><ref>Carpenter, Edward, 1908. ''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/carpenter-is.html The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women] {{Wayback|url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/carpenter-is.html|date=20130603093506}}''.</ref><ref>Duc, Aimée, 1901. ''Sind es Frauen? Roman über das dritte Geschlecht'' ("Are These Women? Novel about the Third Sex")</ref>。第一个广泛传播的词汇是“同性恋”，但是这个词在1950和1960年代被认为有贬义，所以一度被“同性爱”代替<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=cCoADHpbzHsC&pg=PA238&%7cpg=PA238 |title=Departing from Deviance |last=Minton |first=Henry |publisher=University of Chicago Press |accessdate=2009-01-01 |year=2002 |isbn=0-226-53043-4 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404064001/http://books.google.com/books?id=cCoADHpbzHsC&pg=PA238&%7cpg=PA238 |archivedate=2015-04-04 |dead-url=no}}</ref>，1970年代被“gay”代替<ref name="The Social Studies C" /> 。随着[[女同性恋]]受到越来越多的关注，“{{lang|en|gay}}”和“{{lang|en|lesbian}}”的使用变得普遍<ref name="Gay Pride Nee" />。女同性恋组织[[比利提斯的女儿]]在1970年代提出了女同性恋社群应该更注重哪个方向的争议——应该更关注于[[女权运动]]还是[[同性恋权益]]<ref>Esterberg, Kristen (September, 1994). "From Accommodation to Liberation: A Social Movement Analysis of Lesbians in the Homophile Movement." ''Gender and Society'', '''8''', (3) p. 424–443.</ref>。身兼[[女同性恋]]身份的[[女权主义]]者认为[[男女平等]]应优先考量，认为性别分工和男女气质被这个群体认为是父权的象征，不参与当时在酒吧流行的性别角色游戏，也回避男同性恋[[沙文主义]]；一些女同性恋的女权主义者不愿意和男同性恋者一起工作<ref>{{cite book |title=''Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America'' |author=Faderman, Lillian |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1991 |isbn=0-14-017122-3 |pages=210–211}}</ref>。持[[本质主义]]观点的女同性恋认为自己生来即为同性恋，倾向于用“{{lang|en|lesbian}}”这个词来形容自己的[[性倾向]]，并认为同性恋分离主义和[[女权主义]]者的愤怒观点不利于争取[[同性恋权益]]。这种态度迅速被[[双性恋]]和[[跨性别]]人士认可，并一起寻求更大社群的认同<ref name="Gay Pride Nee" />。在[[石墙暴动]]后的一段时间，即1970和1980年代，男同性恋和女同性恋皆对双性恋和跨性别人士的接纳程度有所降低<ref name="Transgender Subjectivities">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QiJryCzrZmYC&dq=transgender+acceptance+by+gay&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |title=Transgender Subjectivities: A Clinician's Guide |last=Leli |first=Ubaldo |publisher=Haworth Press |accessdate=2008-07-05 |year=2005 |isbn=0-7890-2576-0 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404065031/http://books.google.com/books?id=QiJryCzrZmYC&dq=transgender+acceptance+by+gay&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |archivedate=2015-04-04 |coauthors=Jack Drescher |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" />。双性恋被认为是不敢[[出柜]]或不能自我认同的同性恋，而跨性别被认为其行为偏离了人们对性别的[[刻板印象]]<ref name="Transgender Subjectivities" />。每个社群都发展出了各自的自我认同，其中包括是否接受其他性别的族群以及如何与其他性别相处的问题，然而这些争论持续至今<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" />。

“{{lang|en|LGBT}}”第一次于1988年在美国出现<ref>[http://books.google.ch/books?ei=PW9JTfOeOtPd4AbR54SjDA&ct=result&id=PiglAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22An+Examination+of+the+Family-School+Relationship%22&q=LGBT#search_anchor Research, policy and practice: Annual meeting] {{Wayback|url=http://books.google.ch/books?ei=PW9JTfOeOtPd4AbR54SjDA&ct=result&id=PiglAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22An+Examination+of+the+Family-School+Relationship%22&q=LGBT#search_anchor|date=20181230233546}}, American Educational Research Association Verlag AERA, 1988.</ref>。1990年代，“{{lang|en|LGBT}}”作为中立词汇被用来称呼这四个群体以表示尊重<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" />。尽管LGBT群体内部对不同群体的接纳程度不一且有不少争论，但“{{lang|en|LGBT}}”一词的使用还是被认为是包容的积极象征<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" /><ref name="The Handbook of Lesb2">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pUUyLSKD5voC&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |title=The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide To Service |last=Shankle |first=Michael D. |publisher=Haworth Press |accessdate=2008-07-05 |year=2006 |isbn=1-56023-496-2 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404062040/http://books.google.com/books?id=pUUyLSKD5voC&dq=%22using+LGBT%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |archivedate=2015-04-04 |dead-url=no}}</ref>。尽管“LGBT”一词没能体现非异性恋中的所有小群体，但这些未能体现的群体通常也被认为是“LGBT”所涵盖的一部分<ref name="The Handbook of Lesb1" /><ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" />。总的来说，“LGBT”一词一直尽量把被边缘化的群体包含到该词的意义里<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" /><ref name="The Handbook of Lesb2" />。