The site launched in 1999 with the mission to decrease isolation for people who have parents who are lesbian (lesbian: Describes the sexual orientation of a woman who is sexually and emotionally attracted only or mostly to other women.) , gay (gay: A man who is attracted to other men, or a person of any sex or gender who is sexually and emotionally attracted to people of the same or a similar sex or gender. Often used alongside lesbian.) , bisexual (bisexual: A term for sexual orientation which either describes a person who can be sexually and emotionally attracted to people of more than one gender.) or transgender (transgender: Describes people who find that the gender applied to them because of the sex they were assigned at birth is incorrect.) (LGBT (LGBT: L = lesbian, G = gay, B = bisexual, T = transgender. Additional letters sometimes added include Q = queer/questioning, U = unsure, I = intersex, P = pansexual, A=asexual, S = straight allies.) ), and bringing voice to the experiences of these families.