Yep. You would know of the starting point. And how many of us are any more familiar with the plus than you are. Not many, i'd bet, so it was a good question.
Will the plus ever be totally settled as long as scientific research in the area continues. You know our huwoan penchant for analysis and classification. For taxonomy .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy . It continues in so many schools of thought. Why should breaking down the gender continuum be any different. Of course if upsets many, because it involves sex. Funny isn't that. LOL, as you know religion upsets many too.
Some of the plus was in the article
“Coverage of LGBTQ issues has moved beyond simplistic political dichotomies and toward more fully realized representations, not only of the diversity of the LGBTQ community, but also of LGBTQ people’s lives, their families, and their fundamental inclusion in the fabric of American society,” explains GLAAD, or the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.2?
Related Terms to Know
Some other terms that you may see or hear related to the LGBTQ+ community include:
* Asexual: Sometimes shorted to "ace," this term refers to someone who has little or no sexual attraction; they may, however, experience romantic attraction.
* Cisgender: This term refers to individuals whose gender identity corresponds to the gender associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.
* Intersex: A term to describe individuals who are born with variations of sex characteristics that do not fit with binary definitions of male or female bodies.3?
* Nonbinary: A person whose gender identity is neither exclusively woman or man.
* Gender nonconforming: An individual whose gender identity or expression is outside or beyond the traditional masculine/feminine and woman/man norms.
A person's gender identity is their internal sense of gender, whether that is woman, man, or a nonbinary gender. A person's gender identity does not necessarily correspond to their sex assigned at birth or with their gender expression. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-does-lgbtq-mean-5069804
Bottom line, millions of individuals worldwide continue to be used, abused, harassed and mocked because of the way they were born. It should be important to others. As important to all as any other topic involving abuse.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”