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The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. Depending on location, LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT. | The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. Depending on location, LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT. | ||
Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other minorities have been accepted into the community and added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], [[Pansexual]], [[Asexual]], [[Queer]], [[Questioning]], [[Two-spirit]], and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, LGBTIQAP, LGBTQQAP, etc. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, or LGBTQQAP+. The A, when it is added, can refer to asexual and aromantic. However, there has been some debate | Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other minorities have been accepted into the community and added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], [[Pansexual]], [[Asexual]], [[Aromantic]], [[Queer]], [[Questioning]], [[Two-spirit]], and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, LGBTIQAP, LGBTQQAP, etc. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, or LGBTQQAP+. The A, when it is added, can refer to asexual and aromantic, as well as [[agender]]. However, there has been some debate whether the A stands for allies. This comes from the belief that the term "ally" used to describe a closeted LGBT+ community member who wanted to be a part of the community while also protecting themselves from their unsafe or unsupportive environment. | ||
Because the ever longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into different acronyms. Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as: | Because the ever longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into different acronyms. Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as: | ||
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* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+. MOGII is perhaps easier to say, while MOGAI is more accurate (cishet [[Sexes#Dyadic_sexes|perisex]] women have a marginalized gender ''identity'', but their gender aligns with their [[assigned gender at birth]] so they are not a marginalized gender ''alignment'').<ref name="bird" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226115818/https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|title=why I’ve started using MOGAI|archive-date=26 December 2019|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. In some contexts, MOGAI is used to refer only to "newer" or more "niche" identities (such as [[xenogenders]] for example), so you will sometimes see people who are "pro-LGBT and anti-MOGAI" although the latter term technically includes the former. '''IMOGA''' (intersex, marginalized orientations or gender alignments) is a variation of MOGAI mostly used on Tumblr. | * '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+. MOGII is perhaps easier to say, while MOGAI is more accurate (cishet [[Sexes#Dyadic_sexes|perisex]] women have a marginalized gender ''identity'', but their gender aligns with their [[assigned gender at birth]] so they are not a marginalized gender ''alignment'').<ref name="bird" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226115818/https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|title=why I’ve started using MOGAI|archive-date=26 December 2019|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. In some contexts, MOGAI is used to refer only to "newer" or more "niche" identities (such as [[xenogenders]] for example), so you will sometimes see people who are "pro-LGBT and anti-MOGAI" although the latter term technically includes the former. '''IMOGA''' (intersex, marginalized orientations or gender alignments) is a variation of MOGAI mostly used on Tumblr. | ||
** The "opposite" of MOGAI, though not frequently used, is COGAP (Centered Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Perisex).<ref name="lgbt_COGA">{{Cite web |title=COGAP |work=LGBTA Wiki |date=10 March 2021 |access-date=26 July 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/COGAP}}</ref> | |||
* '''LGBTPN''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary) is an alternative created by those who do not include asexuals (or aromantics either) in the community.<ref>https://bihets.tumblr.com/post/161790289892/evilqueerinclusionist-rammstein-borderline</ref> | * '''LGBTPN''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary) is an alternative created by those who do not include asexuals (or aromantics either) in the community.<ref>https://bihets.tumblr.com/post/161790289892/evilqueerinclusionist-rammstein-borderline</ref> | ||