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LGBTQ
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English
LGBTQ (term),LGBTQ people
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛl.d͡ʒi.bi.ti.kju/ US,GA
en /ˈɛl.d͡ʒiː.biː.tiː.kjuː/ UK,RP,AU
en /ˈæl.d͡ʒiː.biː.tiː.kjuː/ AU,Victoria,salary-celery
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-StalJosA-LGBTQ.wav US
en uː 5
Adjective
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en lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer.
en Mark Preston CNN, Human Rights Campaign to host Democratic presidential town hall focused on LGBTQ issues w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/politics/cnn-lgbtq-issues-town-hall 2019-09-05 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250918112530/https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/politics/cnn-lgbtq-issues-town-hall/ 18 September 2025
en https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/lgbtq-couples-families-and-marriage-are-against-the-natural-order-thai-constitutional-court-rules/ Coconuts Media Limited Coconuts Bangkok 2021-12-03 2021-12-03 Bangkok LGBTQ couples, families and marriage are ‘against the natural order,’ Thai Constitutional Court rules Portions of the ruling reflected the court’s culturally conservative roots, stating that because marriage is only for reproduction, LGBTQ relationships are unnatural because they cannot produce children. https://web.archive.org/web/20260518065133/https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/lgbtq-couples-families-and-marriage-are-against-the-natural-order-thai-constitutional-court-rules/ 18 May 2026
en lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning.
en 2014 David E. Newton LGBT Youth Issues Today: A Reference Handbook 66 They represent the “Q,” questioning, part of the LGBTQ acronym. How do such individuals deal with their uncertainty about their sexual orientation?
Usage notes
See the notes at en LGBT.
Derived terms
en LGBTQWERTY LGBTQXYZ LGBTQ-friendliness LGBTQ-friendly
Related terms
en 0 LGBTQ+ LGBTQI LGBTQ2 LGBT LGB LG
Noun
A person who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
en LGBTQ+
en 2016 Alexander Dhoest; Lukasz Szulc; Bart Eeckhout LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe 166 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
2021, Rolland “Moose” Amos, Junk Poetry III (page 56)
Now, for example, he is moving forward with his intention to remove all LGBTQs from the military and to ban any further recruiting of LGBTQs.
Further reading
Anagrams
en bglqt GLBTQ
en LGBTQ