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LGB

LGB

2 4.8
People who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual
  • noun
translation icon : LGB
  • Many organizations are working to improve the lives of LGB individuals in society.
  • LGB youth
  • LGB community
  • LGB students

And they were calling, they were calling the LGB Alliance terrorists.

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Examples

  • Finally, positive school climate and parental support protected LGB and questioning students against depression and drug use.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Anyway, I think that the number of LGB people has not changed over time.

    Blog text (9)

  • Despite higher rates of depression, the LGB community is given the opportunity to serve.

    Blog text (25)

  • It's what LGB plus veterans deserve.

  • Improved confidence and an enhanced capacity to serve as allies to the LGB community.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Previous studies have also consistently found that LGB adults experience disparities in smoking.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The central finding of this study is that the religious climate surrounding LGB youths serves as a determinant of their health risk behaviors.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Table 1 shows the sociodemographic characteristics of LGB adults compared with their heterosexual counterparts.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Attitudes and affective reactions to lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are generally negative throughout the United States.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Education about LGB issues is essential to foster understanding and acceptance.

Synonyms

GLB
vsLGB
7.8

A name used for gay, lesbian and bisexual people

is the same initialism but orders the letters differently

How Inclusive

LGBT+
4.4
LGBTQ
1 3.5
LGBT
77 3.5
LGB
2 4.8
gay
265 3.3

Surface Forms

LGB singular
LGBs plural

Morphology

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

The initialism is composed of the initial letters of 'lesbian', 'gay', and 'bisexual' and directly encodes that expansion. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

The word LGB is made from the first letters of lesbian, gay, and bisexual, so it stands for people who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual and the issues that affect them.