LGBT is shorthand for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. The 'LGB' in this term refers to sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is defined as an often enduring pattern of emotional, romantic and/or sexual attractions of men to women or women to men (heterosexual), of women to women or men to men (homosexual), or by men or women to both sexes (bisexual). It also refers to an individual’s sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, related behaviours and membership in a community of others who share those attractions and behaviours.