LGBT
/ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/ · adj
Meaning
- Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.
- A member of the LGBT community.
- A sandwich named after the sexuality-gender term, composed of lettuce, guacamole or avocado, bacon, tomato. A variant of the BLT.
- Alternative letter-case form of LGBT.
Etymology / origin
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.
Related words
Descendant words
- LADT(Irish) (calque)
- LGBT(Japanese) (bor)
- 엘지비티(Korean) (bor)
- LGBT(Portuguese) (obor)
- LGBT(Spanish) (bor)
- LGBT(Turkish) (bor)
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