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GLB

GLB

7.8
A name used for gay, lesbian and bisexual people
  • proper noun
translation icon : GLB
  • For gay, lesbian, or bisexual (GLB) youths, many of the challenges and traumas may be the same.
  • GLB youth
  • GLB adolescents
  • drug use among GLB

Examples

  • Are GLB adolescents whose parents are accepting of their sexual orientation less likely to engage in substance use?

    Academic text (2010)

  • We should no longer view GLB youth as damaged or vulnerable, but as self-actualized individuals with the ability to forge their own destinies.

    Academic text (2008)

  • GLB Youth in Schools: Findings From U.S. and U.K. Research

    Academic text (2008)

  • If GLB youth are the passive recipients of others' contempt, these results are not surprising.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Indicators of social stress revealed that GLB adolescents were experiencing high levels of stress based on two measures.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Social workers must be knowledgeable about the legal system to serve as advocates for GLB children and to ensure that decisions are made in their best interest.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Although suicidal ideation remained a strong predictor of drug use among GLB youths, its effect was decreased in the context of both parental acceptance and community involvement.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Beyond general community supports, however, the finding that suicidal ideation significantly increases the risk of drug use in GLB youths suggests that preventive and interventive mental health services are needed for this population.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The GLB community has been instrumental in advocating for LGBTQ rights worldwide.

  • Many GLB individuals face unique challenges, including discrimination and social stigma.

Synonyms

LGBT
vsGLB
77 3.5

A group of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender

is narrower and refers only to the three sexual orientations
queer
vsGLB
53 6.7

A person who identifies as LGBTQ+

is a collective initialism for three specific sexual orientations rather than a personal label
LGB
vsGLB
2 4.8

People who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual

is the same meaning but uses a different letter order
LGBTQ
vsGLB
1 3.5

A group of people who are not straight or whose gender is different from their sex at birth

is narrower describing only the three sexual orientations rather than broader identities
LGBTQIA
vsGLB
1 5.8

People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual

is narrower by naming only the three sexual orientations and not extra groups
LGBT+
vsGLB
4.4

A group of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or have other sexual and gender identities

is limited to the three sexual orientations without adding other identities
LGBTQ+ community
vsGLB
3.0

A group of people with different sexual and gender identities like lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

is focused only on three sexual orientations not the wider minority group
LGBTQIA+
vsGLB
4.6

A community of people with different sexual or gender identities, for example lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual

is narrower naming only the three sexual orientations instead of many identities

Surface Forms

GLB main

Morphology

GLB = gay + lesbian + bisexual (semi-transparent) = G + L + B

The initialism is directly formed from the initial letters of the words 'gay', 'lesbian', and 'bisexual', so knowledge of those words gives the meaning. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

GLB is an initialism from the first letters of 'gay', 'lesbian', and 'bisexual', used to refer to those groups together. So GLB names people or identities who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual.