LGBT+ is inherently exclusionary, and I say this as leftist.

In particular, one of the largest and yet almost totally unrepresented sexual minorities is A — asexual. Because of the tremendous stigma against it, it’s hard to actually get clear numbers, but it looks like about 10% of women and 5% of men are A.

I am not A but I have a couple of friends who are — they keep it a secret from almost everyone. It’s kind of pathetic that if you even suggest to people you’re A, (“I’ve never had much interest in sex”), the immediate response is almost always to suggest psychological therapy.

If your sexual identity is such that you would be shunned by your wider community if it came out, you deserve our support as much as anyone, even if you’re a Furry (who are the butt of everyone’s jokes and bear up under mockery from the straight and gay community alike with surprisingly dignity).

So I don’t think LGBT+ is up to the task, given that it’s quite likely that the + covers as many people as the LGBT does, just between crossdressers and asexuals alone.

My current preferred term is just “queer”. I consider it a much more universal umbrella, and it also sounds and looks better. It unites us under a single name, rather than a laundry list like “lesbian/gay/bisexual/trans” which divides rather than unites.