LGBT

adjective

relating to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders collectively: the LGBT community.

noun

Usually LGBTs, LGBT's. a person in this group: Which city has the most LGBTs?

Compare LGBTQ.

Also called GLBT.

GLBT

or LGBT

adjective

pertaining to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders collectively.

noun

Usually GLBTs, GLBT's. a person in this group.

Compare GLBTQ.

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Examples from the Web for lgbt

Contemporary Examples of lgbt

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem
David Levesley
January 9, 2015
In Uganda, legislators are considering further criminalization of LGBT advocacy and same-sex relationships.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage
Tim Mak
January 6, 2015
In October, he traveled to Denver with Fry to support his work with LGBT rights organization The Matthew Sheppard Foundation.
Meet Stephen Fry’s Future Husband (Who Is Less Than Half His Age)
Tom Sykes
January 6, 2015
The tweets linking to the National Review, that bastion of LGBT equality.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline
Jay Michaelson
December 28, 2014
Campaigns like opechatesgays.com assume that LGBT people are an interest group with only one interest: their own.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline
Jay Michaelson
December 28, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for lgbt

LGBT

abbreviation for

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

noun (ˈɛlˈdʒiːˈbiːˈtiː) plural LGBT's or LGBTs

a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person

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