LGBTQ
English
Adjective
LGBTQ (not comparable)
- Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer.
- 2019 September 5, Mark Preston, “CNN, Human Rights Campaign to host Democratic presidential town hall focused on LGBTQ issues”, in CNN[1]:
- HRC said the October 10 primetime event, airing live on the eve of National Coming Out Day, will feature the largest ever audience for a Democratic presidential town hall devoted to LGBTQ issues.
- 2021 December 3, “LGBTQ couples, families and marriage are ‘against the natural order,’ Thai Constitutional Court rules”, in Coconuts Bangkok[2], Bangkok: Coconuts Media Limited, retrieved 3 December 2021:
- Portions of the ruling reflected the court’s culturally conservative roots, stating that because marriage is only for reproduction, LGBTQ relationships are unnatural because they cannot produce children.
- Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning.
- 2014, David E. Newton, LGBT Youth Issues Today: A Reference Handbook, page 66:
- They represent the “Q,” questioning, part of the LGBTQ acronym. How do such individuals deal with their uncertainty about their sexual orientation?
Usage notes
- See the notes at LGBT.
Derived terms
- LGBTQ-friendliness
- LGBTQ-friendly
Related terms
Noun
LGBTQ (plural LGBTQs)
- A person who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.
- Coordinate term: LGBTQ+
- 2016, Alexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc, Bart Eeckhout, LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe, page 166:
- This confirms the claim that the internet is not an entirely safe space, and while blogs offer LGBTQs the opportunity to express their views freely and anonymously, they grant this possibility to haters and homophobes, too […]
- 2021, Rolland “Moose” Amos, Junk Poetry III (page 56)
- Now, for example, he is moving forward with his intention to remove all LGBTQs from the military and to ban any further recruiting of LGBTQs.