sexual minority

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Noun

sexual minority (countable and uncountable, plural sexual minorities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being a minor in sexual matters.
2. (countable) A (member of a) group outside of the mainstream of accepted sexual expression or orientation in a given culture. (Also used attributively.)

   Many U.S. states do not protect any sexual minority from discrimination or retribution.

Antonyms

• sexual majority

Coordinate terms

• gender minority (GM)
• SGM (“sexual and gender minority”)

Translations

those outside mainstream sexual expression

• Azerbaijani: cinsi azlıq
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性少數／性少数 (xìngshǎoshù)

• Finnish: sukupuolivähemmistö (fi)
• French: minorité sexuelle f
• German: sexuelle Minderheit f
• Japanese: 性的少数派 (せいてきしょうすうは, seiteki shōsūha), セクシュアル・マイノリティ (sekushuaru-mainoriti)
• Kazakh: жыныстық азшылық (jynystyq azşylyq)
• Korean: 성소수자 (ko) (seongsosuja)
• Polish: mniejszość seksualna f
• Portuguese: minoria sexual f
• Russian: сексуа́льное меньшинство́ (ru) n (sɛksuálʹnoje menʹšinstvó), секс-меньшинство́ (ru) n (sɛks-menʹšinstvó), секс-меньши́нство (ru) n (sɛks-menʹšínstvo)
• Spanish: minoría sexual f