Journal Reflection 10: What is LGBT?::

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What  is  LGBT?

Here, we took this definition from  wikipedia.




''LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the community in question felt did not accurately represent all those to whom it referred. The initialism has become mainstream as a self-designation and has been adopted by the majority "sexuality and gender identity-based" community centers and media in the United States and some other English-speaking countries.
The term LGBT is intended to emphasize a diversity of "sexuality and gender identity-based cultures" and is sometimes used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or cisgender instead of exclusively to people who are homosexual, bisexual, or transgender. To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant adds the letter Q for those who identify as queer and are questioning their sexual identity as "LGBTQ", recorded since 1996.''





LGBT in the U.K. Military


Homosexuals in the armed forces have had a tough time for centuries, regardless of the country they have pledged to defend, whether it is the United States, China, or somewhere else. The same holds true in the United Kingdom (UK), where lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual (LGBT) persons were prohibited from joining or serving in any branch of the armed forces until 2000.   Until that time, the UK policy was pretty direct: Allowing gays in the military would be bad for morale, making them vulnerable to blackmail or subterfuge from foreign intelligence agencies. Thus, they were banned from serving – which ignored one wee fact: that about 70 percent of the public who were polled around that time said a soldier’s sexual orientation was a non-issue. Still, the UK Ministry of Defense enforced the policy with great vigour, sacking about 60 armed services members every year. In UK military circles, transgender equality maintained the same traction it had for generations – little or none at all. But that was about to change.


SOURCES:LGBT UK

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