English

Alternative forms

• GLBT

Initialism

LGBT

1. Initialism of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual community.

Usage notes

• Sometimes, additional letters are added, such as 'Q' for 'queer' or 'questioning', 'I' for 'intersex', and 'P' for 'pansexual', 'A' for 'asexual', etc.
• Sometimes, the order of the letters is switched to GLBT.
• When speaking only of sexuality and not of gender, the abbreviation LGB or GLB may be used.
• Some authors avoid the umbrella term 'LGBT' because "gender identity is clearly distinct from sexual identity", the 'T' community "is itself heterogeneous, comprising intersex individuals, androgynes, transvestites, and a whole range of others", and transgender and genderqueer people "experience trans-phobia within LGB services and communities".^[1]

Coordinate terms

• LGB, LGBTI/GLBTI, LGBTQ, LGBTQA, LGBTQIA, QUILTBAG, GQ

Translations

Noun

LGBT ‎(plural LGBTs)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A member of the LGBT community.

See also

• LGBT on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• GLBT

References

1. ↑ Katherine Cox, Sexual Orientation, in Death, Dying, and Social Differences (edited by David Oliviere, Barbara Monroe, Sheila Payne, published in 2011), page 197:
   Trans communities
   Although the umbrella term LGBT makes pragmatic sense, there are compelling arguments to treat transgendered people as distinct from LGB communities: gender identity is clearly distinct from sexual identity (Dean et al., 2000) and to conflate the two risks ignoring the particular experiences of this ["trans"] group which is itself heterogeneous, comprising intersex individuals, androgynes, transvestites, and a whole range of others. Transgendered people […] can experience trans-phobia within LGB services and communities[.]

Galician

Initialism

LGBT

1. LGBT

Spanish

Initialism

LGBT

1. LGBT

Turkish

Initialism

LGBT

1. LGBT