About LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s.
China crackdown pushes LGBT groups into the shadows
...By Annabelle LiangBBC NewsWhile celebrations were held around the world for Pride month, there were no major Lgbt events in China...
How Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps
...In Egypt, homosexuality is highly stigmatised, and there have long been allegations that police are hunting Lgbt people online...
Russia: Putin's Kremlin targets LGBT in new crackdown
... During a speech in the Kremlin to mark the illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, the president lashed out at the West and Lgbt rights, calling them " pure Satanism"...
'I feel free': LGBT Afghan refugees arrive in UK
...I feel like " a human being for the first time" in my life, a gay Afghan man has said after arriving in the UK with 28 others from the Lgbt community...