Meanings
- abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual, Queer/Questioning plus; the "plus" is inclusive of other groups, such as asexual, intersex, etc.
WSEs have demonstrated longstanding intent to target racial and religious minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, politicians, and those they believe promote multi-culturalism and globalization at the expense of the WSE identity.
2020 October 28, “Homeland Threat Assessment”, in Department of Homeland Security, page 182 more examples
Jamestown Township isn’t the first library to have its operations disrupted in this way. Libraries across the country have recently become a culture war battleground, facing an unprecedented number of book challenges and bans from conservative and far-right extremist groups opposed to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ authors, staff, and events. Last month, a public library in Iowa was forced to close temporarily after all full-time employees quit. The exodus came after months of complaints from conservative residents, who criticized the display of LGBTQ+ books and complained of gender non-conforming library workers "cross-dressing."
2022 August 5, Claire Woodcock, “This Town Voted To Defund its Public Library After it Included LGBTQ+ Books”, in Vice.com, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022Cora Corré, the co-founder of the Vivienne Foundation, said that, by contrast, the legacy charity started by her grandmother before her death in 2022 will launch a range of T-shirts this week with proceeds going in part to LGBTQ+ charities.
2025 October 14, Lauren Cochrane, “Vivienne Westwood’s granddaughter slams company as Riyadh fashion week deal announced”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: LGBT+
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Bulgarian ЛГБТК+
- ЛГБТК+Translations
Dutch lhbtq+
- lhbtq+Translations
Finnish hlbtq+
- hlbtq+Translations
Hungarian LMBTQ+ LMTBQ+
- LMBTQ+ LMTBQ+Translations
Polish LGBTQ+
- LGBTQ+Translations
Cite this entry
LGBTQ+. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LGBTQ%2B
“LGBTQ+.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LGBTQ%2B. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “LGBTQ+,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LGBTQ%2B.
Source: LGBTQ+ on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.