SGM
noun1
Government, Military, Politics, War US Sergeant major.
2
Engineering, Natural sciences, Optics, Physical sciences, Physics Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of spherical grating monochromator.
3
Sexual and gender minority/minorities, i.e. non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender person(s). (Also used attributively.)
- Such realities are indeed problematic for SGM youth, whose age and sexual and gender differences render them ...2015, André P. Grace, Growing into Resilience: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Canada, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 18:
- Importantly, SGM youth also demonstrate a great deal of resilience in the face of hostile environments, finding a sense of empowerment from their identities, seeking out or creating safe spaces such as GSAs or LGBTQ resource centers, ...2018, Barbara Schneider, Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century, Springer, →ISBN, page 210:
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- [...] since some SGM are forced by stigma to socialize or date in secret, in unfamiliar settings, [...]2018, Lindsay M. Orchowski, Christine Gidycz, Sexual Assault Risk Reduction and Resistance: Theory, Research, and Practice, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 338:
- Related terms
- gender minority, sexual minority