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    Similar to [[queer]] movement and [[gay]] & [[lesbian]] alliances in anglophone countries, this terminology brought up in the 1980s and 1990s in Brazil, the initials were used more for commercial purposes such as in nightclubs, such as gay-friendly.
    Similar to [[queer]] movement and [[gay]] & [[lesbian]] alliances in anglophone countries, this terminology brought up in the 1980s and 1990s in Brazil, the initials were used more for commercial purposes such as in nightclubs, such as gay-friendly.


    It can be considered an outdated acronym for LGBT+, as there was no other initialism to unify [[variant]] individuals that time and not everyone would fall under the terms homosexual. In 21th century, it's been criticized by LGBTI organizations, such as ABGLT, since simpatizante (freely translated as sympathizer) othered [[bisexual]], [[travesti]] and [[transgender]] individuals. However, many other individuals felt included as well under the acronym GLS, such as [[Asexual|asexuals]], [[cishet]] drag queens, [[Straight Queer|queerhets]], among others, a thing that isn't enough represented thourgh mainstream abbreviations of what we call today as the alphebet mafia, or LGBTcedário, as some use derogatorily nowadays.
    It can be considered an outdated acronym for LGBT+, as there was no other initialism to unify [[variant]] individuals that time and not everyone would fall under the terms homosexual. In 21th century, it's been criticized by LGBTI organizations, such as ABGLT, since simpatizante (freely translated as sympathizer) othered [[bisexual]], [[travesti]] and [[transgender]] individuals. However, many other individuals felt included as well under the acronym GLS, such as [[asexual]]s, [[cishet]] [[Drag Performers|drag queens]], [[queerhet]]s, among others, a thing that isn't enough represented thourgh mainstream abbreviations of what we call today as the alphebet mafia, or LGBTcedário, as some use derogatorily nowadays.


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