A new
acronym spawned from
transgendered youth groups and activities in the
Bay Area. Where
LGBT stands for "
Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual, and
Transgendered," TGIQ stands for "
Trans,
Genderqueer,
Intersexed, and Questioning."
Maybe the queer spectrum should be written out like this:
L Q
G I
B G
T
or, of course, maybe not, especially given that many intersex people do not identify as differently-gendered in any way.
Can also, felicitously, be read as "Thank Goodness I'm Queer!"