lgbt
/ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/
lgbt is the alternative letter-case form of LGBT.
Adjective capitalized: LGBT
LGBT (not comparable)
- Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.
- This differential treatment in both the community of culture and mainstream white LGBT community may lead some LGBT people of colour to experience varying degrees of visibility and invisibility within these communities, and their identity as a^([sic]) LGBT person may change depending on the...2005, Gary W. Harper, “Heterosexism and Oppression”, in Geoffrey Nelson, Isaac Prilleltensky, editors, Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-being, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York...
- In a restaurant in Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, Hu Mingliang and Sun Wenlin exchanged their wedding rings, and received blessings from over 200 friends, relatives, as well as LGBT rights activists from around the country.2016 May 17, Cherie Chan, “Chinese gay couple marry despite court ruling”, in DW News, archived from the original on 18 May 2016, LGBT rights
- Synonyms:
- GBT, GLBT, BGLT, alphabet mafia, 2SLGBTQ+, 2SLGBTQQIA+, GBTQ, GBTQ+, GLB, GLBTI
Noun capitalized: LGBT
LGBT (plural LGBTs or LGBT)
- A member of the LGBT community.
- An applicant may exceptionally be able to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution even if a law criminalizing LGBT is no longer enforced, […]1999, Global Human Rights Law Collection: Historical texts and materials on human rights
- Further evidence of the political weakness of LGBT is that they are not concentrated enough to be a majority of voters, or even a minority of influence in any state or city.2016 January 29, Rebekah Herrick, Minorities and Representation in American Politics, CQ Press, →ISBN
- A sandwich named after the sexuality-gender term, composed of lettuce, guacamole or avocado, bacon, tomato. A variant of the BLT.
- Whether it’s LGBT sandwiches in an era where schools in Birmingham are facing protests for teaching LGBTQ rights, or Nike promoting the fight against police brutality in the age of Trump, brands are tapping into this sense of millennial grievance.2019 May 23, Owen Jones, “Woke-washing: how brands are cashing in on the culture wars”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms of lgbt
Forms of lgbt
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | GLBT |
| alternative form | lgbt |
| alternative form | BGLT |
| Noun | |
| plural | LGBTs |
| plural | LGBT |
Origin of lgbt
Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual, derived from earlier LGB. Attested since 1988. Used as a self-designation in United States gay rights activism since about 1990.
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Questions about lgbt
- What does lgbt mean?
- Lgbt means being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.
- What is lgbt the alternative letter-case form of?
- Lgbt is the alternative letter-case form of LGBT.
- What part of speech is lgbt?
- Lgbt can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce lgbt?
- Lgbt is pronounced /ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lgbt (page history and authors); LGBT (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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