Most people typically associate the term LGBT with the six colour rainbow flag (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple) It was originally introduced by Gilbert Baker in 1978 and has commonly been used as a way of showing identity or support.
It has become adopted into the mainstream as an umbrella term for things relating to gender identity and sexuality. Introduced during the 1990’s it is a term which was created as a non-discriminatory way to describe those that identify under these sexual orientations. The abbreviation LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender.
