Lgbo

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gay person or other sexual minority. dated

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being a sexual minority, or related to sexual minorities as a class of people. dated, not-comparable

    "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?"

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"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?"

Etymology

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.

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