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Ms. Toad
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Tue Apr-14-09 07:54 AM
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but otherwise, I'm not sure it matters.
The reason is that lesbians felt invisible in groups labeled "gay"as virtually all groups used to be exclusively. We fought (mostly back in the 80s) to have lesbian added to the name of the groups at all, and the thought is that if "Gay" comes first it makes us less visible. More recently (the last decade or so), trans (T) and bi(B) individuals fought to be specifically named as part of the community in which many were already very active leaders.
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