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SGM (plural SGMs)

  1. (military, US) Sergeant major.
  2. (optics) Initialism of spherical grating monochromator.
  3. Sexual and gender minority/minorities, i.e. non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender person(s). (Also used attributively.)
    Synonym: GSM
    • 2015, André P. Grace, Growing into Resilience: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Canada, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 18:
      Such realities are indeed problematic for SGM youth, whose age and sexual and gender differences render them ...
    • 2018, Barbara Schneider, Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century, Springer, →ISBN, page 210:
      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, Lindsay M. Orchowski, Christine Gidycz, Sexual Assault Risk Reduction and Resistance: Theory, Research, and Practice, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 338:
      [...] since some SGM are forced by stigma to socialize or date in secret, in unfamiliar settings, [...]

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  • (sexual and/or gender minority): GM, SM, GSRM

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