LGBT is the abbreviation — an initialism, each letter named — of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. It names people, and also the communities and rights movements around them.

LGBTLGBT is the abbreviation是縮寫 an initialism, each letter named是每個字母各自唸出來的字首縮寫 of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender代表lesbian（女同志）、gay（男同志）、bisexual（雙性戀）、transgender（跨性別） It它 names people指的是這些人 and also the communities and rights movements around them也指圍繞著他們的社群和權益運動

It grew out of earlier LGB in the late 1980s in the United States and was used as a self-name in gay-rights work from about 1990. The T has been read as transgender or, in older use, transsexual; today transgender is the usual word, and transsexual is more specific and more contested.

It它 grew out of earlier LGB是從更早的LGB發展出來的 in the late 1980s in the United States在1980年代末的美國 and was used as a self-name in gay-rights work從1990年前後開始 from about 1990被用來當作同志權益運動的自稱 The TT has been read as transgender曾經被理解成transgender or, in older use, transsexual或是比較舊的用法transsexual today今天 transgender is the usual wordtransgender是常用的說法 and transsexual is more specific and more contestedtranssexual比較特定，也比較有爭議

People add letters as the conversation grows: Q for queer or questioning, I for intersex, A for asexual, and a plus (LGBTQ+) for identities the short list does not catch. Some speakers still say LGBT; some prefer the longer form so fewer people feel left out.

People人們 add letters as the conversation grows隨著討論擴大會加上更多字母 Q for queer or questioningQ代表queer或questioning I for intersexI代表intersex A for asexualA代表asexual and a plus (LGBTQ+)還有一個加號（LGBTQ+） for identities the short list does not catch代表這個短清單沒涵蓋到的身份 Some speakers有些人 still say LGBT還是說LGBT some有些人 prefer the longer form比較喜歡用更長的說法 so fewer people feel left out讓比較少人覺得被排除在外

It works as an adjective (LGBT rights, LGBT students) and as a noun for the group (the LGBT community).

It它 works as an adjective可以當形容詞 (LGBT rights, LGBT students)（LGBT rights、LGBT students） and as a noun for the group也可以當名詞指這個群體 (the LGBT community)（the LGBT community）

It is the community’s own label in English public life, not a slur. In Taiwan you will also hear 同志, which is older, warmer, and a bit wider in everyday talk.

It它 is the community's own label是這個社群自己使用的標籤 in English public life在英語的公共生活裡 not a slur不是歧視性的字眼 In Taiwan在台灣 you will also hear 同志你也會聽到「同志」 which is older, warmer, and a bit wider in everyday talk這個說法比較舊、比較溫暖，在日常生活裡用得也比較廣