The LGBT movement has been going on for more than 20 years, and it has blossomed all over the world and been accepted by many people.

However, the description of promoting knowledge in Chinese textbooks is twenty or thirty years behind.

Before the sexual revolution in the 1960 s, there were no neutral words specifically referring to non-heterosexuality. The most neutral word is/kloc-0, which appeared in the 1960s, but this word has not been widely accepted by people in the society. The first word widely circulated was "homosexuality", but it was considered derogatory in the 1960s and 1970s, so it was once replaced by "same-sex love" and "homosexuality". With more and more people paying attention to lesbians, the use of "gay" and "lesbian" has become very common.

Bisexual and transgender people

During the period after the Stonewall riots, that is,1970s and1980s, both gay men and lesbians had a low acceptance of bisexual and transgender people. Bisexuality is considered to be afraid to come out or unable to identify with one's homosexuality, while transgender people are considered to deviate from people's gender stereotypes. Each community has formed its own self-identity, including whether to accept other gender groups and how to get along with other genders. However, these arguments continue to this day.

The birth of LGBT

LGBT first appeared in the United States in 1988. In the11990s, "LGBT" was used as a neutral word to address these four groups to show respect. Although different groups within the LGBT community have different degrees of acceptance and many controversies, the use of the word "LGBT" is still considered as a positive symbol of tolerance. Although the word "LGBT" does not reflect all non-heterosexual small groups, these groups that are not reflected are usually considered as part of "LGBT". Generally speaking, the word "LGBT" has been trying to include marginalized groups in the meaning of this word.

Lexical development

There are many variants of "LGBT", some of which just change its alphabetical order. "LGBT" and "GLBT" are the two most commonly used. When it does not include transsexuals, it becomes "LGB". It is also possible to add two "Q" to represent queer suspicious love and become a "sexual minority" or "LGBT QQ"; Those who add an "I" to represent bisexuality become "LGBTI"; Add a "t" to represent transsexuals and become "LGBTT"; Add an "A" to represent a straight male ally who supports homosexuality and become "LGBTA". If all the above are included, it becomes "LGBTTIQQA", but this usage is extremely rare. There is a usage of "LGBTSQQ" in Taiwan Province Province, in which "S" means "Tongzhi Friendly Straight". Pansexuality and queer are often classified as bisexuality; Transgender and intersex people are classified as transsexuals by some people, but this classification is opposed by transsexuals and intersex people. The alphabetical order of various variants is not uniform. In addition to the above-mentioned "LGBT" or "GLBT", there are other cases that are arranged in any order, but they are not as common as the first two. The various variants of the word LGBT have no political significance, but only reflect users' preferences for different groups or individuals.

African-Americans tend to use "same-sex love" to distinguish themselves from white-dominated gay groups. Medical circles tend to use "MSM" (men who have sex with men) to describe a person's homosexual tendencies. In the 2000s, "minority and gender identity" was introduced to describe all the above groups. Some people put forward other abbreviations, such as "QUILTBAG", "LGBTetc" and "LGBTQetc", but they are not widely used. In the 20th10s, LGBTQIA became popular as a broader and more inclusive abbreviation. Among them, "Q" refers to "gender identity doubt" and "queer"; "I" means "bisexual"; "A" stands for "ally" or "asexual".