Definition of "LGBT"

This differential treatment in both the community of culture and mainstream white LGBT community may lead some LGBT people of colour to experience varying degrees of visibility and invisibility within these communities, and their identity as a LGBT person may change depending on the cultural context.

2010, Geoffrey Nelson, Isaac Prilleltensky, Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-Being

In a restaurant in Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, Hu Mingliang and Sun Wenlin exchanged their wedding rings, and received blessings from over 200 friends, relatives, as well as LGBT rights activists from around the country.

2016 May 17, Cherie Chan, “Chinese gay couple marry despite court ruling”, in DW News‎, archived from the original on 18 May 2016, LGBT RIGHTS‎

An applicant may exceptionally be able to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution even if a law criminalizing LGBT is no longer enforced, […]

1999, Global Human Rights Law Collection: Historical texts and materials on human rights‎

Further evidence of the political weakness of LGBT is that they are not concentrated enough to be a majority of voters, or even a minority of influence in any state or city.

2016 January 29, Rebekah Herrick, Minorities and Representation in American Politics, CQ Press

In many cities you will find a neighborhood where the population density of LGBT is higher than it is in other parts of the city.

2013, Michael Shankle, The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health‎

Allies can point this out when they discern that a LGBT is being asked to serve in an expert capacity and ask questions like, "How comfortable do you feel being asked to assume the role of representative for all LGBTs?"

1999, Democracy & Education‎, volume 13

2018, Disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly claims ‘the LGBTs’ are trying to rid America of white men, Pink News

Whether it’s LGBT sandwiches in an era where schools in Birmingham are facing protests for teaching LGBTQ rights, or Nike promoting the fight against police brutality in the age of Trump, brands are tapping into this sense of millennial grievance.

2019 May 23, Owen Jones, “Woke-washing: how brands are cashing in on the culture wars”, in The Guardian‎