LGBTQQ/SGL

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:07 PM -0400 9/15/10, Mark Mandel wrote:
>Just sent to my synagogue discussion list in response to an announcement
>forwarded by our rabbi:
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>>   Representatives from numerous area organizations and programs serving
>  >  *LGBTQQ/SGL* youth and young people
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>I can't keep up with this ever-growing initialism. I think i know LGBTQ --
>lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered/queer -- but after that I'm lost. What
>does the final "Q/SGL" stand for?

I'd have guessed "single", but I'd have been wrong. According to the
info at the YES! Coalition (Philly) site,
http://www.yescoalitionphilly.org/outreach/,
it's "Same gender loving".  I'm not sure how that's different from
the other categories.  Seems like maybe it's a question of
identificational rather than referential distinction.

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>(And what's the difference between "youth" and "young people"?)
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I'd guess one of the groups is younger than the other, but I can't guess which.

LH

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