File under “stupid” what a town did in England, they took us out of LGBT and added us as an “And.”
LGBT is more than sexual orientation and gender identity… it is about the struggle that we went through for our rights, it is about the discrimination that we face together, and it is about our roots.
Back in the fifties we were all grouped under “gay” it wasn’t until we struggled for our individual identities that the LGBT became popular in the nineties because our history was being forgotten under the “Gay” umbrella.
I see the “&T” movement as part of the TERF efforts to marginalize us.
That was the last meeting that I attended of that organization.
I see the “LGB&T” movement gaining popularity in the “Gay Inc.” part of the LGBT community.
Middlesbrough Council votes to change LGBT acronymWhat did the local trans community think of being a “&T?”
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By Sofia Lotto Persio
2nd December 2018
A council in England has voted to change the LGBT acronym, adding a distinction between sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Middlesbrough Council’s Adult Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel will now longer be using the LGBT acronym to signify “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender” but LGB&T.
A committee produced a report to consider possible changes to the LGBT acronym, according to local news outlet Teesside Live.
Local transgender charity Trans Aware welcomed the decision, with founder and director Ellie Lowther telling BBC the change represented a “massive stride forward.”I think it was a massive step backward from being inclusive to exclusive.
“I think there’s a discussion to be had and I think it’s currently not being had,” Lowther added.
LGBT is more than sexual orientation and gender identity… it is about the struggle that we went through for our rights, it is about the discrimination that we face together, and it is about our roots.
Back in the fifties we were all grouped under “gay” it wasn’t until we struggled for our individual identities that the LGBT became popular in the nineties because our history was being forgotten under the “Gay” umbrella.
I see the “&T” movement as part of the TERF efforts to marginalize us.
But the change is likely to be controversial. Following the anti-trans protest by a lesbian group during Pride in London in July, which parade organisers condemned as “vile,” members of the LGBT+ community think it is important to highlight unity rather than differences.This battle reminds me of a meeting I was invited to; a state LGBT organization wanted to rebrand itself from a nondescript name to one that was more reflective of the LGBT community it served. Well as the meeting advanced it became obvious to me that my view of having an inclusive name using LGBT was being pushed aside in favor of just “LG” when I heard the consensus of the attendees favoring LG over LGBT because LGBT was “too” confusing to people. People didn’t know what the “BT” stood for, may answer was then let it be our mission to educate people about all the aspects of our community… nope, they went with Gay and Lesbian.
“The two things go hand in hand in the sense—without supporting one another, we are already a marginalised group. Let’s not marginalise an already marginalised group. Let’s stick together and let’s support one another,” said Anjeli Patel, a senior consultant with EY’s [Ernst & Young] people advisory practice, in a recent video filmed by LGBT+ charity Stonewall.
That was the last meeting that I attended of that organization.
I see the “LGB&T” movement gaining popularity in the “Gay Inc.” part of the LGBT community.
Reminds me of a certain local LGBT organization that had separate bathrooms for the T's attending their annual big event.
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