LGBT. LGBTQ. LGBTQI. LGBTQIA … even in our own community we are not clear on all the acronyms that represent us.
As a person in the LGBT community, if I am having a hard time understanding and knowing all the acronyms sprouting up every other month, how can we honestly expect mainstream America to understand?
Our message is supposed to be about unity to obtain equality, although we cannot even communicate a clear and consistent message.