Has anyone else seen LG"T"B?

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[–]emptiedriver 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Out of curiosity, does anyone know how /why it went that way in Spanish? LGB was the acronym for a couple decades before the T was added - was there some pronounciation reason or was the timeline different in Spanish ...

[–]Etsestases 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think it's just written "LGTB" in Spain and not in any other Spanish speaking country. I remember reading a Spanish person say it's because "it's easier to pronounce" but as a Spanish speaker from South America, that makes no sense to me 😕

[–]ghostraider 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have also seen it in other spanish-speaking countries, for example Peru and Costa Rica, and if I remember correctly Colombia. But when the "I" was added I think LGBTI became more popular.

The pronunciation thing also makes no sense to me. In my opinion this changes come from the activist organizations, so it must have been a political reason or something.