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LGBO

LGBO adjective: being a sexual minority, or related to sexual minorities as a class of people.

Adjective

LGBO (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Being a sexual minority, or related to sexual minorities as a class of people.
    • But Chester Street is hardly a gay bar, is it? Just because it's a disco place and there isn't anywhere else much for an LGBO person to go in Chambana?1990 December 1, Jess Anderson, “Closeted Future Politico (was <None>)”, in soc.motss (Usenet), retrieved 11 Dec 2022
    • She started and still maintains many Internet mailing lists for the LGBO community.1995, Katherine Arnup, Lesbian Parenting: Living with Pride & Prejudice

Noun

LGBO (plural LGBOs or LGBO's)

  1. (dated) A gay person or other sexual minority.
    • Trent Lesbian & Gay Collective […] A group for LGBO's of Peterborough, Trent Univ. & Sir Sanford Fleming College, currently considering a name change to be more inclusive to bisexual community members.1996, Robyn Ochs, The Bisexual Resource Guide

Examples of LGBO in a sentence

  • I am currently making six fifteen minute programmes about LGBO life around the world called "The Pink Planet" to be broadcast on Pride FM.1995 April 19, c:demonspoolmail, “PRIDE FM (London)”, in rec.radio.noncomm (Usenet), retrieved 11 Dec 2022:
  • For the purposes of this reporting, 'LGBO' includes adults who report identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or something else/other sexual orientation.2022 June 7, New York State Department of Health, “In Recognition of Pride Month, State Department of Health Releases Health Disparities...

Forms of LGBO

pluralLGBOs
pluralLGBO's

Origin of LGBO

Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other. Intended as a more inclusive alternative to the earlier LGB or GLB. Especially popular on the newsgroup soc.motss, where it was likely coined.

Words formed from LGBO

Questions about LGBO

What does LGBO mean?
LGBO means being a sexual minority, or related to sexual minorities as a class of people.
How do you use LGBO in a sentence?
I am currently making six fifteen minute programmes about LGBO life around the world called "The Pink Planet" to be broadcast on Pride FM.
What part of speech is LGBO?
LGBO can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near LGBO in the dictionary

  1. LGB teen
  2. LGB teens
  3. LGB-teen
  4. LGB-teens
  5. LGBallT
  6. LGBO
  7. LGBO's
  8. LGBOs
  9. LGBQ
  10. LGBQ+
  11. LGBs

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