Lgbt
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A member of the LGBT community. in-plural, nonstandard
"An applicant may exceptionally be able to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution even if a law criminalizing LGBT is no longer enforced, […]"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of LGBT. alt-of
"The Tirangle Project in Cape Town is a community-based project which supports the lgbt community through counselling, education and advocacy."
- 3 the community of people who have a non-normative gender and/or sexual identity, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or asexual wordnet
- 4 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."
- 1 Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective. not-comparable
"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 cultural context."
Example
More examples""LGBT communities around the world are calling you a 'hero', and say that you were framed," Al-Sayib explained. "But the law enforcement agencies are all labeling you as a ruthless murderer. Which one are you, Dima?""
Etymology
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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.