translated from Spanish: What LGBTTTQIA Pride Stands for

International Pride Day #LGBT+ is commemorated every June 28.
On the same date but in 1969 the Stonewall riots in New York, which marked the beginning of the struggle for the rights of this community, began.
She detailed that a police raid was on that date at the Stonewall Inn bar in that City, and in response the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community came to a system that pursued her.
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Therefore, this date has been defined as the International LGBT Pride Day for the purpose of supporting the option and that no one is ashamed, whatever their gender, orientation or sexual identity.
But do you know what the acronyms mean?
Lesbian: A woman who is emotionally or emotionally attracted to women. Being a lesbian is a sexual orientation.
Gay: A man who is attracted erotically or emotionally to men. Being gay is a sexual orientation.
Bisexual: A person who feels erotically or emotionally attracted to men and women. Being bisexual is a sexual orientation.
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Transsexual: A person whose biology does not correspond to their gender identity and who can make a change to it to adapt it. Transsexuality is a gender identity.
Transgender: A person whose biology does not correspond to their gender identity, but does not seek to make modifications to adapt it. Transgenderism is a gender identity.
Travesti: People who use a gender performance considered different from their own, without implying a homosexual orientation or preference. Cross-treatment is a gender expression.
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Intersex: A person born with a combination of male and female biological characteristics, such as chromosomes or genitalia, so the specific definition of his biological sex is ambiguous. Intersex is a biological condition.
Queer: A person who lives his gender identity and sexual orientation fluently, without feeling the need to adopt any particular denomination. Therefore, a queer person transits between gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation.
Asexual: A person who does not experience sexual attraction to either sex. Being asexual is a sexual orientation.
With information from Memory Museum and Tolerance.
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Original source in Spanish