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Why We’re “Lumped Together” In LGBT Community

Started by Shana A, October 29, 2011, 09:14:29 AM

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Why We're "Lumped Together" In LGBT Community
By: Autumn Sandeen Friday October 28, 2011 11:13 pm    

http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/28/why-were-lumped-together-in-lgbt-community/

I receive emails every day with Google keyword searches. Many of the keyword searches are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) specific; many are trans terminology specific.

In one of those emails on Thursday, October 27, 2011 came a web search ping for this Yahoo Questions question:

    Why are Trans People lumped together with LGBT when Trans People are basically Straight stuck in the wrong body?

For some reason I felt a need to take a stab at answering that question. So here's my answer to why the the T is "lumped together" with the LGB of LGBT community:

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