Editing LGBT (section)

== Variants ==
[[File:Plaza de Mayo LGBT.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|2010 [[pride parade]] in [[Plaza de Mayo]], [[Buenos Aires]], which uses the LGBTIQ initialism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar/|title=Marcha del Orgullo LGBTIQ|language=es|publisher=Comisión Organizadora de la Marcha (C.O.M.O)|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-date=8 October 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021008094404/http://www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
[[File:Helsinki Pride Parade I (5897488480).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|People gathering at the [[Senate Square, Helsinki|Senate Square]], [[Helsinki]], right before the [[Helsinki Pride|2011 Helsinki Pride parade]] started]]

Many variants exist including variations that change the order of the letters, including '''{{dfn|LGBT+}}'''. At least some of the components of sexuality (regarding hetero, bi, straight), and also [[gender identity|gender]] are stated to be on (different) [[human sexuality spectrum|spectrums of sexuality]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=LGBT+ mental health |url=https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/living-with-mental-illness/wellbeing-physical-health/lgbtplus-mental-health/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=LGBT+ mental health |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224214757/https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/living-with-mental-illness/wellbeing-physical-health/lgbtplus-mental-health/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="udayton.edu">{{cite web|url=http://news.trust.org/item/20190426194739-w5zag/|title=Armenia's LGBT+ community still waits for change one year after revolution|last=Vikhrov|first=Natalie|date=26 April 2019|website=Thomson Reuters Foundation|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224103611/http://news.trust.org/item/20190426194739-w5zag/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other common variants also exist, such as '''LGBTQIA''',<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LGBTQIA|title=LGBTQIA|author=Merriam-Webster|website=Merriam-Webster.com|publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]]|access-date=2021-01-07|quote=Definition of LGBTQIA:  lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (one's sexual or gender identity), intersex, and asexual/aromantic/agender|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107090134/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LGBTQIA|url-status=live}}</ref> with the A standing for "[[asexuality|asexual]]," "[[aromanticism|aromantic]]," or "[[agender]],"<ref name=":2">{{cite web|last=Kuykendall|first=Emily|title=What the A in LGBTQIA+ Stands For|url=http://www.buddy-project.org/articles/asexual-aromantic|url-status=live|access-date=21 May 2021|website=Buddy Project|language=en-US|quote=The A in LGBTQIA+ stands for asexual, aromantic, and agender[…]|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521215113/http://www.buddy-project.org/articles/asexual-aromantic}}</ref> and '''LGBTQIA+''', where “[t]he ‘+’ represents those who are part of the community, but for whom LGBTQ does not accurately capture or reflect their identity.”<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=LGBTQIA+|url=https://uncw.edu/lgbtqia/facstaff-resources/lgbtqia.html|access-date=31 August 2021|website=www.uncw.edu|language=en|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831162512/https://uncw.edu/lgbtqia/facstaff-resources/lgbtqia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Longer acronyms have prompted criticism for their length,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/quartzy/1303522/the-new-rainbow-pride-flag-is-a-design-disaster-but-a-triumph-for-lgbtq-inclusiveness/ |title=The new rainbow pride flag is a design disaster—but a triumph for LGBTQ inclusiveness |publisher=Quartz |date=12 June 2018 |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628214003/https://qz.com/quartzy/1303522/the-new-rainbow-pride-flag-is-a-design-disaster-but-a-triumph-for-lgbtq-inclusiveness/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Coming to terms with terms|url=http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/9-24-2019/Coming-to-terms-with-terms/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=www.oakpark.com|date=24 September 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629054846/https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/9-24-2019/Coming-to-terms-with-terms/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Oli|date=4 December 2019|title=The challenge of generosity|url=https://oliverarditi.com/2019/12/04/the-challenge-of-generosity/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=Oliver Arditi|language=en|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628115531/https://oliverarditi.com/2019/12/04/the-challenge-of-generosity/|url-status=live}}</ref> sometimes being referred to as "[[alphabet soup (linguistics)|alphabet soup]]",<ref name="DeMarco2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-demarco/no-more-alphabet-soup_b_1527958.html |title=No More Alphabet Soup |work=The Huffington Post |date=18 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203014445/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-demarco/no-more-alphabet-soup_b_1527958.html |archive-date= 3 February 2015 |url-status=live |first1=Linda |last1=DeMarco |first2=Sylvain |last2=Bruni |orig-year=1st pub. 18 May 2012 |id=1527958 }}</ref>  and the implication that the acronym refers to a single community is also controversial.<ref name="Counseling Lesbian, G">{{cite book |last1=Finnegan |first1=Dana G. |first2 = Emily B. |last2=McNally |title=Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers: Dual Identities |publisher=Haworth Press |year=2002|isbn= 978-1-56023-925-3 |url =https://archive.org/details/counselinglesbia2002finn |url-access=registration }}</ref>

Although identical in meaning, ''LGBT'' may have a more [[feminist]] connotation than ''{{dfn|GLBT}}'' as it places the "L" (for "lesbian") first.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" /> ''LGBT'' may also include additional Qs for "[[queer]]" or "[[questioning (sexuality and gender)|questioning]]" (sometimes abbreviated with a question mark and sometimes used to mean anybody not literally L, G, B or T) producing the variants ''LGBTQ'' and ''{{dfn|LGBTQQ}}''.<ref name="In-Between Bodies">{{cite book | last=Bloodsworth-Lugo | first=Mary K. | title=In-Between Bodies: Sexual Difference, Race, and Sexuality | publisher=SUNY Press | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-7914-7221-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph74JKY_5dwC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906145702/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph74JKY_5dwC | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Girls' Violence">{{cite book | last1=Alder | first1=Christine | first2=Anne | last2=Worrall | title=Girls' Violence: Myths and Realities | publisher=SUNY Press | year=2004 | isbn=978-0-7914-6110-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0ye93mW0eUC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906153055/https://books.google.com/books?id=O0ye93mW0eUC | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Advocacy Research in">{{cite book | last1=Cherland | first1=Meredith Rogers | first2=Helen J. | last2=Harper | title=Advocacy Research in Literacy Education: Seeking Higher Ground | publisher=Routledge | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-8058-5056-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ct_5Cf1aH0kC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906154218/https://books.google.com/books?id=ct_5Cf1aH0kC | url-status=live }}</ref>

The order of the letters has not been standardized; in addition to the variations between the positions of the initial "L" or "G", the mentioned, less common letters, if used, may appear in almost any order.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/> In Spain, ''LGTB'' is used, that is, reversing the letters "B" and "T".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/lgtb-en-mayusculas-1074/ |title=LGTB, en mayúsculas |date=22 September 2011 |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219162045/https://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/lgtb-en-mayusculas-1074/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Variant terms do not typically represent political differences within the community, but arise simply from the preferences of individuals and groups.<ref name="Narrative Therapy">{{cite book | last1=Brown | first1=Catrina | first2=Tod | last2=Augusta-Scott | title=Narrative Therapy: Making Meaning, Making Lives | publisher=Sage Publications Inc | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-4129-0988-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STMieEKGGikC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906165342/https://books.google.com/books?id=STMieEKGGikC | url-status=live }}</ref>

The terms ''[[Pansexuality|pansexual]]'', ''omnisexual'', ''fluid'' and ''queer-identified'' are regarded as falling under the umbrella term ''bisexual'' (and therefore are considered a part of the [[bisexual community]]).

Some use ''LGBT+'' to mean "LGBT and related communities".<ref name="udayton.edu"/> '''{{dfn|LGBTQIA}}''' is sometimes used and adds "queer, intersex, and [[asexuality|asexual]]" to the basic term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center|url=http://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/index.html|publisher=University of California, Davis|access-date=20 January 2017|date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202112709/http://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/index.html|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other variants may have a "U" for "unsure"; a "C" for "curious"; another "T" for "[[transvestism|transvestite]]"; a "TS", or "2" for "[[two-spirit]]" persons; or an "SA" for "[[straight ally|straight allies]]".<ref name="Oberlin">{{cite book | last1=Lebaron | first1=Sarah | first2=Jessica | last2=Pecsenye | first3=Becerra | last3=Roland | first4=Jon | last4=Skindzier | title=Oberlin College: Oberlin, Ohio | publisher=College Prowler, Inc | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-59658-092-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3RFabY6chcC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906160313/https://books.google.com/books?id=T3RFabY6chcC | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Teaching about Asian">{{cite book | last1=Chen | first1=Edith Wen-Chu | first2=Glenn | last2=Omatsu | title=Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans) | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-7425-5338-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqLOnyU081kC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906152229/https://books.google.com/books?id=JqLOnyU081kC | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="After Revolution: M">{{cite book | last=Babb | first=Florence E. | title=After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua | publisher=University of Texas Press | year=2001|isbn= 978-0-292-70900-3| url = https://archive.org/details/afterrevolution00flor| url-access=registration }}</ref><ref name="Gay and Lesbian Righ">{{cite book | last=Padilla | first=Yolanda C. | title=Gay and Lesbian Rights Organizing: Community-based Strategies | publisher=Haworth Press | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-56023-275-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DN2KGHnYN0EC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906172637/https://books.google.com/books?id=DN2KGHnYN0EC | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="From Hate Crimes t">{{cite book | last1=Swigonski | first1=Mary E. | first2=Robin S. | last2=Mama | first3=Kelly | last3=Ward | first4=Matthew | last4=Shepard | title=From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard | publisher=Haworth Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-1-56023-257-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzp9QP0h6bAC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906152612/https://books.google.com/books?id=fzp9QP0h6bAC | url-status=live }}</ref> The inclusion of straight allies in the LGBT acronym has proven controversial as many straight allies have been accused of using LGBT advocacy to gain popularity and status in recent years,<ref name="Becker2006">{{cite journal|last=Becker|first=Ron|title=Gay-Themed Television and the Slumpy Class: The Affordable, Multicultural Politics of the Gay Nineties|journal=Television & New Media|date=2006|volume=7|pages=184–215|doi=10.1177/1527476403255830|issue=2|s2cid=145717408|issn=1527-4764}}</ref> and various LGBT activists have criticised the heteronormative worldview of certain straight allies.<ref name="DeTurk2011">{{cite journal|last=DeTurk|first=Sara|title=Allies in Action: The Communicative Experiences of People Who Challenge Social Injustice on Behalf of Others|journal=Communication Quarterly|date=2011|volume=59|issue=5|pages=569–590|doi=10.1080/01463373.2011.614209|issn=0146-3373|doi-access=free}}</ref> Some may also add a "P" for "[[polyamorous]]", an "H" for "[[HIV|HIV-affected]]", or an "O" for "other".<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend"/><ref name="Peace Kills">{{cite book | last=O'Rourke | first=P. J. | title=Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism | publisher=Grove Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-8021-4198-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IqivmWcKYZEC | access-date=2 July 2015 | archive-date=9 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191755/https://books.google.com/books?id=IqivmWcKYZEC | url-status=live }}</ref> The initialism ''{{dfn|LGBTIH}}'' has seen use in [[India]] to encompass the [[Hijra (South Asia)|hijra]] [[third gender]] identity and the related subculture.<ref name="Pune Mirror">{{cite web|last1=Gurjar|first1=Kaumudi|title=Maiden stage act by city's LGBT face gets censor's chop|url=http://www.punemirror.in/pune/cover-story/Maiden-stage-act-by-citys-LGBT-face-gets-censors-chop/articleshow/45312884.cms|website=punemirror.in|publisher=Pune Mirror|access-date=22 December 2014|archive-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528092821/http://www.punemirror.in/pune/cover-story/Maiden-stage-act-by-citys-LGBT-face-gets-censors-chop/articleshow/45312884.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=GayLeeds>{{cite web|last1=McCusker|first1=Ros|title=Gay Leeds&nbsp;— Your comprehensive guide to all things gay in Leeds|url=http://www.gayleeds.com/editors/article/_LGB-or-LGBT-or-LGBTQ-or-What/|website=gayleeds.com|access-date=22 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109003322/http://www.gayleeds.com/editors/article/_LGB-or-LGBT-or-LGBTQ-or-What/|archive-date=9 January 2015}}</ref>

Adding the term ''allies'' to the initialism has sparked controversy,<ref name=ISD>{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Morgan|title=Adding 'allies' to LGBT acronym sparks controversy|url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_50e5e8f6-5edc-11e4-a17f-f77a797314c5.html|website=iowastatedaily.com|publisher=Iowa State Daily|access-date=29 December 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305001010/http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_50e5e8f6-5edc-11e4-a17f-f77a797314c5.html|url-status=live}}</ref> with some seeing the inclusion of "ally" in place of "asexual" as a form of [[Discrimination against asexual people|asexual erasure]].<ref name=Maroon1>{{cite web|last1=Richard |first1=Katherine |title=Column: "A" stands for asexuals and not allies |url=http://www.loyolamaroon.com/2.6713/column-a-stands-for-asexuals-and-not-allies-1.2833151 |website=loyolamaroon.com |publisher=The Maroon |access-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206150654/http://www.loyolamaroon.com/2.6713/column-a-stands-for-asexuals-and-not-allies-1.2833151 |archive-date= 6 December 2013 |quote=That "A" is not for allies[,] [t]hat "A" is for asexuals. [...] Much like bisexuality, asexuality suffers from erasure. |url-status=dead }}</ref> There is also the [[acronym]] ''{{dfn|QUILTBAG}}'' (queer and questioning, unsure, intersex, lesbian, transgender and two-spirit, bisexual, asexual and aromantic, and gay and genderqueer).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apex-magazine.com/reaching-into-the-quiltbag-the-evolving-world-of-queer-speculative-fiction/|title=Reaching into the QUILTBAG: The Evolving World of Queer Speculative Fiction|work=Apex Magazine|access-date=6 October 2014|date=6 March 2012|archive-date=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009003519/http://www.apex-magazine.com/reaching-into-the-quiltbag-the-evolving-world-of-queer-speculative-fiction/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{anchor|LGBTIQA+}} Similarly ''{{dfn|LGBTIQA+}}'' stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual and many other terms (such as non-binary and pansexual)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/support/wellbeing/lgbtiqa-services/what-lgbtiqa-means|title=What does LGBTIQA+ mean|last=University|first=La Trobe|website=www.latrobe.edu.au|language=en|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013093334/https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/support/wellbeing/lgbtiqa-services/what-lgbtiqa-means|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[Canada]], the community is sometimes identified as LGBTQ2 (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Two Spirit).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2017/11/28/government-canada-initiatives-support-lgbtq2-communities-and-promote-diversity-and |title=Government of Canada initiatives to support LGBTQ2 communities and promote diversity and inclusion |date=28 November 2017 |website=JUSTIN TRUDEAU, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012040/https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2017/11/28/government-canada-initiatives-support-lgbtq2-communities-and-promote-diversity-and |url-status=live }}</ref> Depending on the which organization is using the acronym the choice of acronym changes. Businesses and the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] often simply employ ''LGBT'' as a proxy for any longer acronym, private activist groups often employ ''LGBTQ+'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rainbowrefugee.com/|title=Rainbow Refugee|access-date=8 January 2019|archive-date=12 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112043352/http://www.rainbowrefugee.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> whereas public health providers favour the more inclusive ''LGBT2Q+'' to accommodate twin spirited [[indigenous peoples]].<ref>{{cite web |title=LGBT2Q+ |url=http://www.vch.ca/public-health/health-topics-a-z/topics/lgbt2q+ |website=www.vch.ca |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109110908/http://www.vch.ca/public-health/health-topics-a-z/topics/lgbt2q+ |url-status=live }}</ref> For a time the [[Pride Toronto]] organization used the much lengthier acronym ''{{dfn|LGBTTIQQ2SA}}'', but appears to have dropped this in favour of simpler wording.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Szklarski |first1=Cassandra |title=Is it time to drop LGBTQ's 'infinitely expanding alphabet' for something simpler? {{!}} CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lgbtq-queer-sexual-diversity-pride-labels-acronym-1.3661094 |access-date=8 January 2019 |work=CBC |publisher=CBC |date=2 July 2016 |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619085342/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lgbtq-queer-sexual-diversity-pride-labels-acronym-1.3661094 |url-status=live }}</ref> Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] was also criticized for using 2SLGBTQQIA+ acronym<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2021/10/07/justin-trudeau-mocked-after-using-2slgbtqqia-acronym/ |title=Justin Trudeau Mocked After Using 2SLGBTQQIA Acronym}}</ref>

=== Transgender inclusion ===
The term ''trans*'' has been adopted by some groups as a more inclusive alternative to "transgender", where trans (without the asterisk) has been used to describe [[trans men]] and [[trans women]], while trans* covers all non-cisgender ([[genderqueer]]) identities, including transgender, transsexual, transvestite, genderqueer, genderfluid, [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]], [[genderfuck]], genderless, agender, non-gendered, third gender, two-spirit, [[bigender]], and trans man and trans woman.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/01/10/trans_what_does_it_mean_and_where_did_it_come_from.html |title=What Does Trans* Mean, and Where Did It Come From?' |first=Hugh |last=Ryan |date=10 January 2014 |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=21 May 2014 |archive-date=21 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521104711/http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/01/10/trans_what_does_it_mean_and_where_did_it_come_from.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://vadenprd.stanford.edu/special-topics/lgbtq-health/glossary |title=Glossary of Transgender Terms |date=14 February 2014 |work=Vaden Health Center Stanford University |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521105407/http://vadenprd.stanford.edu/special-topics/lgbtq-health/glossary |archive-date=21 May 2014 }}</ref> Likewise, the term ''transsexual'' commonly falls under the umbrella term ''transgender'', but some transsexual people object to this.<ref name="Bisexuality and Transgend" />

=== Intersex inclusion ===
{{main|Intersex and LGBT}}
Those who add [[intersex]] people to LGBT groups or organizations may use the extended initialism '''{{dfn|LGBTI}}''' <ref>William L. Maurice, Marjorie A. Bowman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HX9HAAAAMAAJ Sexual medicine in primary care] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906150820/https://books.google.com/books?id=HX9HAAAAMAAJ |date=6 September 2015 }}, Mosby Year Book, 1999, {{ISBN|978-0-8151-2797-0}}</ref><ref name="Challenging Lesbian Nor"/> or '''{{dfn|LGBTIQ}}'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/trans-women-march-for-their-rights-in-conservative-indonesia/4894550.html|title=Trans Women March for Their Rights in Conservative Indonesia|last=Siddharta|first=Amanda|date=28 April 2019|website=VOA|language=en|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428120725/https://www.voanews.com/a/trans-women-march-for-their-rights-in-conservative-indonesia/4894550.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The relationship of [[intersex]] to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans, and queer communities is complex,<ref>{{cite web |last=Dreger |first=Alice |title=Reasons to Add and Reasons NOT to Add "I" (Intersex) to LGBT in Healthcare |date=4 May 2015 |access-date=8 May 2021 |url=https://www.aamc.org/download/431576/data/reasonsdeck.pdf |publisher=[[Association of American Medical Colleges]] |archive-date=9 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609230211/https://www.aamc.org/download/431576/data/reasonsdeck.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> but intersex people are often added to the LGBT category to create an LGBTI community. Some intersex people prefer the initialism ''LGBTI'', while others would rather that they not be included as part of the term.<ref name="Challenging Lesbian Nor">{{cite book | last=Aragon | first=Angela Pattatuchi | title=Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender, Intersectional, and Queer Perspectives | publisher=Haworth Press | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-56023-645-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usruybRjfMUC | access-date=5 July 2008 | archive-date=22 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122110205/http://books.google.com/books?id=usruybRjfMUC | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Fenway Guide">{{cite book |last1=Makadon |first1=Harvey J. |first2=Kenneth H. |last2=Mayer |first3=Jennifer |last3=Potter |first4=Hilary |last4=Goldhammer |title=The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health |publisher=ACP Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-930513-95-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsRwtwb-He8C |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906161311/https://books.google.com/books?id=VsRwtwb-He8C |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Emi Koyama]] describes how inclusion of intersex in ''LGBTI'' can fail to address intersex-specific human rights issues, including creating false impressions "that intersex people's rights are protected" by laws protecting LGBT people, and failing to acknowledge that many intersex people are not LGBT.<ref>{{cite web| last = Koyama| first = Emi| title = Adding the "I": Does Intersex Belong in the LGBT Movement?| work = Intersex Initiative| url = http://www.intersexinitiative.org/articles/lgbti.html| access-date = 18 May 2016| archive-date = 17 May 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160517075057/http://www.intersexinitiative.org/articles/lgbti.html| url-status = live}}</ref> [[Organisation Intersex International Australia]] states that some intersex individuals are same-sex attracted, and some are heterosexual, but "LGBTI activism has fought for the rights of people who fall outside of expected binary sex and gender norms".<ref>{{cite web | title = Intersex for allies | url = http://oii.org.au/allies | date = 21 November 2012 | access-date = 18 May 2016 | archive-date = 7 June 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160607042937/http://oii.org.au/allies/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>[http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/oii-releases-new-resource-on-intersex-issues-13999.html OII releases new resource on intersex issues] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202143/http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/oii-releases-new-resource-on-intersex-issues-13999.html |date=6 June 2014 }}, ''Intersex for allies'' and ''Making services intersex inclusive'' by Organisation Intersex International Australia, via Gay News Network, 2 June 2014.</ref> [[Julius Kaggwa]] of SIPD [[Uganda]] has written that, while the gay community "offers us a place of relative safety, it is also oblivious to our specific needs".<ref name="Kaggwa2016">{{Cite news| issn = 0261-3077| last = Kaggwa| first = Julius| title = I'm an intersex Ugandan – life has never felt more dangerous| work = [[The Guardian]]| access-date = 3 October 2016| date = 19 September 2016| url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/intersex-ugandan-lgbt-gay-rights-life-never-felt-more-dangerous?| archive-date = 6 October 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161006015137/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/intersex-ugandan-lgbt-gay-rights-life-never-felt-more-dangerous| url-status = live}}</ref>

Numerous studies have shown higher rates of same-sex attraction in intersex people,<ref name="mb1991" /><ref name="hast2010">{{Citation| publisher = The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum| last1 = Dreger| first1 = Alice| last2 = Feder| first2 = Ellen K| last3 = Tamar-Mattis| first3 = Anne| title = Preventing Homosexuality (and Uppity Women) in the Womb?| date = 29 June 2010| access-date = 18 May 2016| url = http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=4754| archive-date = 2 April 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160402051942/http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=4754| url-status = live}}</ref> with a recent Australian study of people born with atypical sex characteristics finding that 52% of respondents were non-heterosexual,<ref name="oiijones">{{cite web | url = https://oii.org.au/30313/intersex-stories-statistics-australia/ | title = New publication "Intersex: Stories and Statistics from Australia" | work = [[Organisation Intersex International Australia]] | date = 3 February 2016 | access-date = 18 August 2016 | archive-date = 29 August 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160829033933/https://oii.org.au/30313/intersex-stories-statistics-australia/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="jones2016">{{Cite book|publisher=Open Book Publishers |isbn=978-1-78374-208-0 |last1=Jones |first1=Tiffany |last2=Hart |first2=Bonnie |last3=Carpenter |first3=Morgan |last4=Ansara |first4=Gavi |last5=Leonard |first5=William |last6=Lucke |first6=Jayne |title=Intersex: Stories and Statistics from Australia |location=Cambridge, UK |date=2016 |access-date=2 February 2016 |url=http://oii.org.au/wp-content/uploads/key/Intersex-Stories-Statistics-Australia.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914152729/http://oii.org.au/wp-content/uploads/key/Intersex-Stories-Statistics-Australia.pdf |archive-date=14 September 2016 }}</ref> thus research on intersex subjects has been used to explore means of preventing homosexuality.<ref name="mb1991">{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1089/cap.1990.1.279| issn = 1044-5463| volume = 1| issue = 4| pages = 279–283| last = Meyer-Bahlburg| first = Heino F.L.| title = Will Prenatal Hormone Treatment Prevent Homosexuality?| journal = Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology| date = January 1990| quote = human studies of the effects of altering the prenatal hormonal milieu by the administration of exogenous hormones lend support to a prenatal hormone theory that implicates both androgens and estrogens in the development of gender preference ... it is likely that prenatal hormone variations may be only one among several factors influencing the development of sexual orientation}}</ref><ref name="hast2010" /> As an experience of being born with sex characteristics that do not fit social norms,<ref name="unfe-fact">{{cite web | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | publisher = United Nations [[Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights]] | title = Free & Equal Campaign Fact Sheet: Intersex | date = 2015 | url = https://unfe.org/system/unfe-65-Intersex_Factsheet_ENGLISH.pdf | access-date = 28 March 2016 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071043/https://unfe.org/system/unfe-65-Intersex_Factsheet_ENGLISH.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> intersex can be distinguished from transgender,<ref name="coeres1952">[http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=20057&lang=en Children's right to physical integrity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226081751/http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=20057&lang=en |date=26 December 2013 }}, [[Council of Europe]] Parliamentary Assembly, Report Doc. 13297, 6 September 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://interactyouth.org/post/100048044990/laverne-cox-is-on-this-weeks-faking-it-in-honor |title=Trans? Intersex? Explained! |publisher=[[Advocates for Informed Choice#Inter/Act|Inter/Act]] |access-date=10 July 2013 |archive-date=18 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018091459/http://interactyouth.org/post/100048044990/laverne-cox-is-on-this-weeks-faking-it-in-honor |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://oii.org.au/18194/differences-intersex-trans/ |title=Basic differences between intersex and trans |publisher=[[Organisation Intersex International Australia]] |access-date=10 July 2013 |date=3 June 2011 |archive-date=4 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904081530/http://oii.org.au/18194/differences-intersex-trans/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while some intersex people are both intersex and transgender.<ref>{{Citation| publisher = Intersex Day| last = Cabral Grinspan| first = Mauro| author-link1 = Mauro Cabral| title = The marks on our bodies| date = 25 October 2015| url = http://intersexday.org/en/mauro-cabral-marks-bodies/| access-date = 4 October 2016| archive-date = 5 April 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160405220557/http://intersexday.org/en/mauro-cabral-marks-bodies/| url-status = live}}</ref>