LGBTQ

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LGBTQ

  • /ˈɛl.d͡ʒi.bi.ti.kju/ US
  • /ˈɛl.d͡ʒiː.biː.tiː.kjuː/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈæl.d͡ʒiː.biː.tiː.kjuː/

Rhymes with -uː

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer. 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.
  2. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning. They represent the “Q,” questioning, part of the LGBTQ acronym. How do such individuals deal with their uncertainty about their sexual orientation?

noun LGBTQs

  1. A person who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. 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 […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gbtq, baby queer, queerism, homophobe, genderqueer, gay person, homophobia, queercrip, lesbianist, queerphobia, queerer, sexual, ex-gay, lesbophile, transgenderist, queer anarchist

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MLA

"LGBTQ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lgbtq. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

LGBTQ. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lgbtq

Chicago

"LGBTQ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lgbtq.

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@misc{lgbtq_2026,
  title = {LGBTQ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lgbtq},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}