lgbt
/ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.
noun
A sandwich named after the sexuality-gender term, composed of lettuce, guacamole or avocado, bacon, tomato. A variant of the BLT.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of LGBT.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In a restaurant in Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, Hu Mingliang and Sun Wenlin exchanged their wedding rings, and received blessings from over 200 friends, relatives, as well as LGBT rights activists from around the country."
- "An applicant may exceptionally be able to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution even if a law criminalizing LGBT is no longer enforced, […]"
- "Further evidence of the political weakness of LGBT is that they are not concentrated enough to be a majority of voters, or even a minority of influence in any state or city."
- "In many cities you will find a neighborhood where the population density of LGBT is higher than it is in other parts of the city."
- "Allies can point this out when they discern that a^([sic]) LGBT is being asked to serve in an expert capacity and ask questions like, "How comfortable do you feel being asked to assume the role of representative for all LGBTs?""
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.