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LGBTO

LGBTO adjective: being a gender or sexual minority, or relating to these classes of people.

Adjective

LGBTO (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Being a gender or sexual minority, or relating to these classes of people.
    • I might point to Canada where limitations on free publication promoted by certain feminists have empowered the police to stage raid after raid on LGBTO bookstores.1994, bit.listserv.gaynet (Usenet)
    • However, the use of "non-heterosexual" and "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Others (LGBTO)," the mixed genders of the group, and the ambiguous "motss" label, contribute toward a queer formation.2007, David J. Phillips, Queer Online: Media Technology & Sexuality
    Synonyms:
    LGBT, LGBT+, LGBTQ

Synonyms of LGBTO

Origin of LGBTO

Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and other. Used mostly on Usenet communities such as soc.motss. Expansion of earlier LGBO to explicitly include trans identities.

Questions about LGBTO

What does LGBTO mean?
LGBTO means being a gender or sexual minority, or relating to these classes of people.
What part of speech is LGBTO?
LGBTO is an adjective.

Words near LGBTO in the dictionary

  1. LGBTIQA
  2. LGBTIQA+
  3. LGBTIQA+SB
  4. LGBTIQSB+
  5. LGBTism
  6. LGBTO
  7. LGBTP
  8. LGBTphobe
  9. LGBTphobes
  10. LGBTphobia
  11. LGBTphobic

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