Credit to Donald Trump, LGBT’ is over. Someone Tell the BBC

[Social Media]

 

It may come as a surprise to those under 30, but there was a time when the term “LGBT” did not exist. In the late 1990s, university groups dedicated to sexuality were simply known as “LGB Societies.” The acronym was clear and specific—standing for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. The idea of adding a “T” was unheard of because sexuality and gender identity were seen as entirely separate matters.  

 

Had someone asked why “transgender” wasn’t included, they likely would have been directed elsewhere. “LGB” referred to sexual orientation, while being transgender was about gender identity—two fundamentally different concepts. The idea of combining them, at the time, would have seemed as odd as grouping trainspotters with those fighting for gay rights. It wasn’t about exclusion but rather about logic.  

 

Over time, however, this distinction blurred. Activists pushed for the inclusion of transgender identity under the same umbrella as sexual orientation, effectively merging the two in the public consciousness. The shift wasn’t accidental—it was a strategic move. The argument was that since most people already supported gay rights, they should naturally extend that support to transgender activism as well. The phrase “No LGB without the T” became a rallying cry, reinforcing the idea that the movements were inherently linked.

 

This notion suggested that gay rights had only been achieved through the efforts of trans activists, and therefore, the gay community owed unwavering support to the trans cause, whether that meant backing gender self-identification laws, medical treatments for minors, or changes in women’s sports.  

 

But now, the tide appears to be turning. The U.S. government under Donald Trump officially stopped using the term “LGBT,” reverting instead to “LGB” in official documents. The State Department, for example, provides travel advice specifically for “LGB travellers” rather than using longer, more encompassing acronyms. This makes sense when considering that the guidance pertains to countries where homosexuality is illegal—gender identity is simply not relevant in that context.  

 

Despite this shift in some areas, certain institutions remain committed to the broader term. Schools in the UK continue to promote “LGBT History Month,” sometimes introducing children as young as 11 to films advocating for medical interventions such as cross-sex hormones and chest binders.

 

Meanwhile, the BBC still adheres to strict language policies. In a recent case involving a rapist who identified as “non-binary,” the national broadcaster respected the perpetrator’s chosen pronouns of “they/them” while reporting on the crime. The decision to prioritize an offender’s self-identification over the reality of their actions raises questions about where societal priorities lie.  

 

The day institutions like the BBC acknowledge that gender identity and sexual orientation are separate issues may signal a return to common sense. Until then, the debate over language and categorization will continue to reflect broader ideological battles over identity, rights, and the shifting boundaries of activism.

 

Based on a report by Daily Telegraph 2025-02-08

 

 

[Jingthing]

First they came for the transgenders

..

 

Divide and conquer.

[scorecard]

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

First they came for the transgenders

..

 

Divide and conquer.

 

What amuses me is that no matter what title / acronym people use the fact is that gay people exist and in much bigger numbers than most realize, world wide. 

 

Trump and his gang seem to be hoping they can rid the USA of homosexual people in the military, in government and in daily life. They just show their ignorance.

 

Also in the 'mix' is that folks like trump, and all in his party, just don't know who might be gay in their family, their company, amongst their friends, this generation, previous generations or next generation, whether out or not out, and probably in their ignorance have never thought about it.  

 

Changing the acronym back to a previous version is also showing their ignorance. 

[Luuk Chaai]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

 

What amuses me is that no matter what title / acronym people use the fact is that gay people exist and in much bigger numbers than most realize, world wide. 

 

Trump and his gang seem to be hoping they can rid the USA of homosexual people in the military, in government and in daily life. They just show their ignorance.

 

Also in the 'mix' is that folks like trump, and all in his party, just don't know who might be gay in their family, their company, amongst their friends, this generation, previous generations or next generation, whether out or not out, and probably in their ignorance have never thought about it.  

 

Changing the acronym back to a previous version is also showing their ignorance. 

more like just stay in your lane..   no need for the world to bend over backwards or genuflect at the whim of anybody that does not fit the standard definition .. do your thing..  and shut your trap,  nobody really cares what you wear or what your choice of lifestyle  is 

the "alphabet" squad is not owed or entiteld to anything special  ..    

 

[Yellowtail]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

First they came for the transgenders

..

 

Divide and conquer.

You guys overplayed your hand. Americans are generally a tolerant, magnanimous and good-hearted people, but when you want to push men into girls' and women's showers and sports was just a bridge too far.

 

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

 

It's the left that has divided the county, live with it.

[goldenbrwn1]

4 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

You guys overplayed your hand. Americans are generally a tolerant, magnanimous and good-hearted people, but when you want to push men into girls' and women's showers and sports was just a bridge too far.

 

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

 

It's the left that has divided the county, live with it.

Hopefully this reintroduced political stance also carry’s over across the pond very soon  just like the LGBTQRSdFHNC1262626PEDOBLM  rubbish did in the first place 

[hotsun]

I would just like my daughters to be able to use public restrooms without having wierdos with penises in there, is that too much to ask?

[Jingthing]

With maga cruelty is the point. Trans people are being used as one of the easiest initial  scapegoating targets. Fascist movements always need scapegoats.  

[TedG]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

First they came for the transgenders

..

 

Divide and conquer.

Are you hiding? 

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, hotsun said:

I would just like my daughters to be able to use public restrooms without having wierdos with penises in there, is that too much to ask?

So you're good with trans woman who chopped then? Shall we have genital inspections to enter?

[hotsun]

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So you're good with trans woman who chopped then? Shall we have genital inspections to enter?

With liberal logic, any guy can just walk into a womans bathroom and claim he identifies as a woman. This stuff got so bad it would have turned the NCAA into a circus! What if my daughter wants to be an olympic track and field runner but had her dreams crushed by losing in nationals to a man?

[Jingthing]

9 minutes ago, hotsun said:

With liberal logic, any guy can just walk into a womans bathroom and claim he identifies as a woman. This stuff got so bad it would have turned the NCAA into a circus! What if my daughter wants to be an olympic track and field runner but had her dreams crushed by losing in nationals to a man?

That isn't liberal logic. That's transphobic exaggeration and  fear mongering. Forget the sports issue for a moment which in reality actually involved a TINY number of people. Consider what the fascist Trump regime just did. They ordered the complete erasure of any reference to trans (or non binary etc.) in all government documents. Basically, telling trans people that they don't exist. You may hate or be ignorant about trans people but they DO exist and the government is supposed to be for ALL the people.

Consider what they did at the CDC. They ordered all research which presumably cost a lot of money that referred to gay people to be wiped. Erased. That's why I said, first they came for the trans. That research was used to promote health of gay people worldwide and yes (duh) gay people have specific health concerns, just as black people do, etc. This is evil. This is fascism. Look at history if you don't believe me. 

 

Yeah I know maga types will say this is hyperbole, this is paranoid. No. It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you and or ERASE reference to your very existence.

[harryviking]

That would probably be the one and only good thing Trump has done! What about the rest I wonder.....🙄

[Tug]

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

What amuses me is that no matter what title / acronym people use the fact is that gay people exist and in much bigger numbers than most realize, world wide. 

 

Trump and his gang seem to be hoping they can rid the USA of homosexual people in the military, in government and in daily life. They just show their ignorance.

 

Also in the 'mix' is that folks like trump, and all in his party, just don't know who might be gay in their family, their company, amongst their friends, this generation, previous generations or next generation, whether out or not out, and probably in their ignorance have never thought about it.  

 

Changing the acronym back to a previous version is also showing their ignorance. 

Naa they just attack any powerless minority to get their base riled up with righteous indignation then hatred obviously an anatomical male shouldent be using the lady’s room nore compete in women’s sports.its a tiny minority of ( fringe) individuals that try to use the loo or compete in the opposite gender’s sports.

[goldenbrwn1]

24 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

With maga cruelty is the point. Trans people are being used as one of the easiest initial  scapegoating targets. Fascist movements always need scapegoats.  

I figured any attention is attention . They seem to thrive on it . Maybe if the trans activists didn’t  shovel it down our throats daily none of this would be a thing in the first place .  Non activists, non nutty Trans people maybe should  of stepped up to the plate more and not let the nutters be their face and brand

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

That isn't liberal logic. That's transphobic exaggeration and  fear mongering. Forget the sports issue for a moment which in reality actually involved a TINY number of people.

To YOU it's a tiny number of people, because you only care about the men claiming to be women. You do not care about the tens of millions of real girls and women negatively impacted. You'd happily spit on their rights to support trans "rights" 

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Consider what the fascist Trump regime just did. They ordered the complete erasure of any reference to trans (or non binary etc.) in all government documents. Basically, telling trans people that they don't exist. You may hate or be ignorant about trans people but they DO exist and the government is supposed to be for ALL the people.

No one is saying they do not exist. 

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Consider what they did at the CDC. They ordered all research which presumably cost a lot of money that referred to gay people to be wiped. Erased. That's why I said, first they came for the trans. That research was used to promote health of gay people worldwide and yes (duh) gay people have specific health concerns, just as black people do, etc. This is evil. This is fascism. Look at history if you don't believe me. 

What "research"? 

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, Tug said:

Naa they just attack any powerless minority to get their base riled up with righteous indignation then hatred obviously an anatomical male shouldent be using the lady’s room nore compete in women’s sports.its a tiny minority of ( fringe) individuals that try to use the loo or compete in the opposite gender’s sports.

Powerless minority? That's hilarious. 

[hotsun]

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

That isn't liberal logic. That's transphobic exaggeration and  fear mongering. Forget the sports issue for a moment which in reality actually involved a TINY number of people. Consider what the fascist Trump regime just did. They ordered the complete erasure of any reference to trans (or non binary etc.) in all government documents. Basically, telling trans people that they don't exist. You may hate or be ignorant about trans people but they DO exist and the government is supposed to be for ALL the people.

Consider what they did at the CDC. They ordered all research which presumably cost a lot of money that referred to gay people to be wiped. Erased. That's why I said, first they came for the trans. That research was used to promote health of gay people worldwide and yes (duh) gay people have specific health concerns, just as black people do, etc. This is evil. This is fascism. Look at history if you don't believe me. 

 

Yeah I know maga types will say this is hyperbole, this is paranoid. No. It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you and or ERASE reference to your very existence.

The trend was becoming something sick and irreversable. They have this stuff in the olympics. A man won the womens boxing gold medal. The trans agenda is reduce to global population. Western teachers are encouraging kids to question their gender. Bill gates and such support it

[James105]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Basically, telling trans people that they don't exist. You may hate or be ignorant about trans people but they DO exist and the government is supposed to be for ALL the people.

 

So what?  They are still people and are included in one of the 2 genders and they may be same sex attracted or otherwise so are included in gay/straight too.  

 

Anyway, I have yet to hear what rights Trans people have actually lost other than the right to bully women at sport, expose themselves and perve in women's changing rooms.   What exactly has changed for trans people other than that?  Men can still wear dresses, put on lipstick and pretend to be women without getting arrested as far as I know, even in Trump's America.

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

Someone Tell the BBC 

And Australia ABC 

[soalbundy]

15 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

With maga cruelty is the point. Trans people are being used as one of the easiest initial  scapegoating targets. Fascist movements always need scapegoats.  

It's about logic, a truck is a truck not a sports car, getting a new paint job and stripes with fancy wheels won't make me call it a Porsche even if some indulgent souls will bend the English language to accommodate the fantasy.

[hotsun]

8 minutes ago, Tug said:

Naa they just attack any powerless minority to get their base riled up with righteous indignation then hatred obviously an anatomical male shouldent be using the lady’s room nore compete in women’s sports.its a tiny minority of ( fringe) individuals that try to use the loo or compete in the opposite gender’s sports.

A small problem now, a big problem in the future unless it can be stopped

[wombat]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

 there was a time when the term “LGBT” did not exist. In the late 1990's

Er no wrong...LGBT is older than me in the eateries of Australia 

[josephbloggs]

38 minutes ago, hotsun said:

I would just like my daughters to be able to use public restrooms without having wierdos with penises in there, is that too much to ask?

Just stay out of them then.

[Yellowtail]

6 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Just stay out of them then.

I hope you are an American and that you are very vocal in maintaining that position. 

[brewsterbudgen]

16 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

And Australia ABC 

Why would ABC or the BBC want to do anything that the current, short-term, occupant of the White House does?  

[wavodavo]

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

What amuses me is that no matter what title / acronym people use the fact is that gay people exist and in much bigger numbers than most realize, world wide. 

 

Trump and his gang seem to be hoping they can rid the USA of homosexual people in the military, in government and in daily life. They just show their ignorance.

 

Also in the 'mix' is that folks like trump, and all in his party, just don't know who might be gay in their family, their company, amongst their friends, this generation, previous generations or next generation, whether out or not out, and probably in their ignorance have never thought about it.  

 

Changing the acronym back to a previous version is also showing their ignorance. 

What Trump is doing in the army is the right thing.His getting all the lgpdxyzqueers out of the front line  in the military and moving them to other duties.If you were badly injured in the trenches who would you rather have to save you...a strong hetersexual male  soldier or a lbqrzxx who would try to kiss you instead of help you ??I know which one I prefer. 

[wavodavo]

18 minutes ago, hotsun said:

A small problem now, a big problem in the future unless it can be stopped

I bloody sick of everytime when filling out an aplication form for anything they asg you your age and then your sex and they give you the option male.other..lqgb..a-sexuall no-sexual /other..etc .so I always tick other and then tri-sexuai..because I'm trying all the time. So I am glad thatTrump has officially declared that from now on there are only 3 sexes...male and female.

[jippytum]

Message to Keir Starmer and other politicians. when you win an election on campaign promises and secure the popular vote your Supporters expect you to act on your promises. 

Donald Trump is doing that and Kudos to him for doing so. 

[Snackbar]

Send them all to Gaza.