How did "transgendered" come to be included in LGBT? [Details]?

How did "transgendered" come to be included in LGBT? [Details]?
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answer:Funny you should ask. This issue has become a hot item at the traditional women’s colleges in the US. Here is the NYT article about transgender issues at Wellesly College (my alma mater) of Oct.15, 2014 that has gone viral. The comments, white papers, position papers and philosophical debates triggered by the article are already enough to fill the library at Alexandria. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/magazine/when-women-become-men-at-wellesley-college.html?_r=0
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