SGM

English

Noun

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, [...]

Coordinate terms

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

See also

• gender minority
• sexual minority

Anagrams

• GMs, GSM, M&Gs, MGS, MGs, MSG, SMG, gms, gsm, msg, msg.