"sexual minority" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-ncalif-sexualminority.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: sexual minorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sexual minority (countable and uncountable, plural sexual minorities)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being a minor in sexual matters. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): LGBT Coordinate_terms: gender minority (english: GM), SGM (english: sexual and gender minority)
    Sense id: en-sexual_minority-en-noun-LqNd3Nsk Disambiguation of LGBT: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 75 25
  2. (countable) A (member of a) group outside of the mainstream of accepted sexual expression or orientation in a given culture. (Also used attributively.) Tags: countable Translations (those outside mainstream sexual expression): cinsi azlıq (Azerbaijani), 性少數 (Chinese Mandarin), 性少数 (xìngshǎoshù) (Chinese Mandarin), sukupuolivähemmistö (Finnish), minorité sexuelle [feminine] (French), sexuelle Minderheit [feminine] (German), 性的少数派 (seiteki shōsūha) (alt: せいてきしょうすうは) (Japanese), セクシュアル・マイノリティ (sekushuaru-mainoriti) (Japanese), жыныстық азшылық (jynystyq azşylyq) (Kazakh), 성소수자 (seongsosuja) (Korean), mniejszość seksualna [feminine] (Polish), minoria sexual [feminine] (Portuguese), сексуа́льное меньшинство́ (sɛksuálʹnoje menʹšinstvó) [neuter] (Russian), секс-меньшинство́ (sɛks-menʹšinstvó) [neuter] (Russian), секс-меньши́нство (sɛks-menʹšínstvo) [neuter] (Russian), minoría sexual [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sexual_minority-en-noun-ZvmkB-Qp Disambiguation of 'those outside mainstream sexual expression': 14 86

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