Log in to comment on this word. Word of the day: manticore. a monster with a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and a man's head with three rows of teeth. It roamed the jungles of India and, like the Sphinx , would ask travellers a riddle and kill them when they failed to answer it. See full definition.
The Q stands for queer, which is an umbrella term used to reference those in the LGBTQ community that are not straight or asexual. , music lover, book worm, body dancer, yoga practitioner, ex french teacher.
Some people combine the two acronyms and use the term LGBTIQ. Whether or not LGBT people openly identify themselves may depend on whether they live in a discriminatory environment, as well as on the status of LGBT rights where they live.