The Birth of LGBT

     LGBT stands for Lesbians Gay Bisexual Transgender. Gay is an adjective meaning for "homosexual".

Many years ago in 1637, the Oxford English Dictionary defined gay as an addict pursuing physical and social pleasures.  It has become to refer to individuals who lead an immoral, loose life.  During the 1800s the term “gay” was commonly used to describe female prostitutes,also to “gay it” stood for “to couple up” or “to copulate.”

   In 1935, “geycat” was used to refer to a homosexual boy. By 1966, “gay” was began to be used in the same context as it is used today.  People believed that Peter Wildeblood was the first human being to use the word gay to mean homosexuals in his notes in Against Law.  However, there’s no proof of this, male homosexuals could have been using gay already even long before it was published.

  There are 8.8 million LGBT people in the U.S based on the 2005/2006 American Community Survey(an extension of the U.S. Census).

   The LGBT people are not that strong cause people are against them. They are discriminated, but are also supported. But, in US every has their own rights and their freedom to speak their minds. So, that means they are allowed to be free without being judged.